Wednesday, 2 april 2025.
Sarajevo Wartime Police Chief Cleared of Crimes Against Prisoners
Dragan Vikic, the wartime commander of a Bosnian interior ministry police unit in besieged Sarajevo, was acquitted of involvement in the killing of eight Yugoslav People’s Army prisoners in 1992.
Bosnians Mourn Civilians’ Deaths in Wartime Attacks on Villages
Commemorations will mark the 29th anniversary of the killings of 116 civilians by Croatian Defence Council fighters in the village of Ahmici and the killings of 15 civilians by Bosnian...
Bosnia Upholds Serb Soldier’s Jailing for Killing Two Bosniaks
The Bosnian court rejected former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Bozidar Perisic’s appeal against his ten-year prison sentence for killing two Bosniak men in a village near Rogatica during the war...
Bosnian Serb Army Officer’s Forced Labour Conviction Quashed
Wartime Bosnian Serb Army officer Veljko Papic’s conviction for forcing civilians to do hard labour on the front lines in besieged Sarajevo in 1993-94 was overturned and a retrial ordered.
Bosnian Woman Acquitted of Financing Terrorism in Syria and Iraq
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a first-instance verdict acquitted Sena Hamzabegovic of financing terrorist activities by raising cash and taking it to help ISIL fighters in Syria and...
Montenegro Indicts Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier for Murder, Rape
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Slobodan Curcic is accused of shooting two Bosniaks dead and raping a woman in the Foca area during the Bosnian war in 1992.
Bosnia Prosecution Maintains Trend of Accusing Previously Convicted Persons
State Prosecution filed 15 war crime indictments against 39 persons this year, less than in 2020, including four persons who were previously convicted by the Hague Tribunal and State Court.
Bosnia Confirms War Crime Charge Against Serb Ex-Police Chief
The Bosnian state court confirmed an indictment charging ex-police chief Nedjeljko Popovic with committing a crime against Bosniak and Croat civilians in Mrkonjic Grad during the war in 1992.
Bosnia Acquits Serb Chetniks of Inciting Ethnic Hatred
Three members of the Ravna Gora Movement, a Serb nationalist Chetnik organisation, were cleared of inciting ethnic and religious hatred at a uniform-clad rally in the eastern Bosnian town of...