Lamija Grebo, Author at Detektor

Questioning the number of victims of the 1995 massacres, complaining of an international anti-Serb conspiracy and glorifying Bosnian Serb wartime leaders are just some of the tactics used by Srebrenica genocide deniers, says a new report.

The Bosnian state prosecution has filed an indictment charging Emir Alisic with unlawfully forming and joining foreign paramilitary or parapolice formations and fighting as a member of the so-called Islamic State in Syria over a period of about six years.

Hundreds of families in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been searching for the remains of their loved ones for a quarter of a century – and the agonising wait has now been prolonged again by the coronavirus pandemic.

The repatriation of Bosnian women and children who lived in territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State and are now in camps in Syria has been postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A lawyer representing Ratko Mladic, who is appealing against his conviction for genocide and other crimes, said the former Bosnian Serb military chief has left hospital after having a colon operation. Miodrag Stojanovic, one of the lawyers representing Ratko Mladic at his trial in The Hague, told BIRN that the former Bosnian Serb military commander […]

The prosecution has asked for a longer sentence for Ibro Cufurovic, who was jailed for four years for organising a terrorist group and fighting in Syria, while the defence asked for the sentence to be reduced.

The UN court in The Hague turned down a request from Ratko Mladic’s defence to introduce new evidence before the former Bosnian Serb military leader’s appeal against his conviction is heard. The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague said on Thursday that it has rejected a request to introduce new evidence about the […]

Almin Djelilovic was 21 when he was seized by Bosnian Serb forces and held in detention camps where he was beaten up and forced to work on the frontlines, carry corpses and loot houses - trying all the while just to survive.

BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina held a round-table discussion on February 26 about the implementation of the state strategy for preventing and combatting terrorism and the challenges remaining for Bosnia and Herzegovina prior to the adoption of a new strategy. Bosnia and Herzegovina has managed to stop people going abroad to fight in foreign conflicts, participants […]