Sunday, 20 april 2025.
Syria Defendant Seen ‘Uniformed and Armed’, Say Witnesses
Prosecution witnesses’ statements read out at the trial of alleged fighter Milarem Berbic claimed they saw him armed and wearing a uniform while he was in Syria, but that they...
Bosnian Serb Army General’s Plea for Release Rejected
The UN court in The Hague rejected a request for release on probation from Stanislav Galic, ex-commander of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, who was convicted of terrorising the...
UN Court Denies Bosnian Croat Wartime Leader Early Release
The UN court in The Hague rejected a request for early release from former Bosnian Croat political leader Jadranko Prlic because he has not yet served two-thirds of his 25-year...
Bosnian Activists Mark Wartime Detention Camp Sites
A group of activists put up temporary memorial signs to mark former detention centres at schools, industrial buildings and a nightclub where prisoners were held during the Bosnian war in...
Slow Pace of Balkan Repatriation Leaves Over 100 Children in Syrian Camps
Since the fall of the Islamic State ‘caliphate’, piecemeal efforts by Balkan states to repatriate their nationals from refugee camps in Syria means more than 100 children are still living...
Activists Place Memorial Plaques at Bosnian ‘Sites of Suffering’
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.
Italian Reporters Died Shielding Bosnian Child from Blast
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...
Bosnian Fighter ‘Innocent’ of Sarajevo Siege Charges, Says Lawyer
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.
Bosnia Arrests Three for Suspected Arms Trafficking
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.