15. February 2021.
Peace activists have installed plaques at sites where people were killed or imprisoned during the 1992-95 Bosnian war in the Zenica, Doboj and Zepce areas.
Lamija Grebo
28. January 2021.
Italian TV personnel Marco Luchetta, Alessandro Sasa Ota and Dario D’Angelo were killed by artillery fire in 1994 while reporting on the plight of children in the war-ravaged, ethnically-divided town of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
22. January 2021.
Wartime fighter Senad Dzananovic’s lawyer said he should be acquitted of unlawfully detaining, raping and killing Serbs in Sarajevo in 1992 during the siege of the city.
21. January 2021.
The State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested three people in the Olovo and Kladanj areas on suspicion of involvement in the illegal trafficking of firearms and military equipment.
4. January 2021.
The UN court in The Hague has rejected a request for early release from former Bosnian Serb Army unit commander Dragoljub Kunarac, who was convicted of multiple rape and the enslavement of two women.
25. December 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed the work of Bosnia’s Missing Persons Institute in 2020 and halted it completely for two months, leading to a drop in the number of victims found compared to previous years.
17. December 2020.
An analysis of defamation proceedings before courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past four years reveals that in more than 80 per cent of cases, lawsuits against journalists are being initiated by politicians and other public officials such as judges and prosecutors, and that verdicts are often delivered without adequate explanation and without complying with the standards of the European Court of Human Rights. Journalists and media experts warn that the increasing number of lawsuits without any proper basis is an attempt to intimidate reporters and discourage them from investigating.
17. December 2020.
Public officials are behind the overwhelming majority of defamation cases brought against Bosnian journalists, dragging them through expensive and often lengthy court proceedings that make many think twice about the stories they choose to write.
14. December 2020.
The head of the UN court said the final verdict in the trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, who is appealing against his conviction for genocide and other crimes, will be handed down in May.
26. November 2020.
The legal team of Milivoj Petkovic – a former leader of the self-proclaimed statelet of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison – has requested his early release, saying the conditions will be met next year.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.