Monday, 29 september 2025.
Jailed Bosnian Serb Wartime Minister Asks Hague Tribunal for Early Release
Former Bosnian Serb interior minister Mico Stanisic, sentenced to 22 years in prison by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, has submitted a request for early release from...
Batons and Blood: The Bosnian Music School That Became a Brutal Jail
Thirty years have passed since Bosnian Army troops detained and assaulted Croat and Serb prisoners in a music school basement in Zenica. In the Hague Tribunal archives, BIRN found names...
Justice Denied: How Warden of Infamous Bosnian Croat Camp Escaped Prosecution
Former inmates of the notorious Heliodrom camp still ask why warden Stanko Bozic – and others who allowed prisoners to be beaten and taken from the camp for forced labour...
Local Wartime Security Chief Acquitted of Rape Charges in Bosnia
Bosnia's state court ruled that Andrija Bjelosevic was not guilty of the multiple rape of a Bosniak woman in Derventa during the 1990s war, questioning the reliability of her testimony.
BIRN Investigation Wins EU Award for Best Investigative Journalism in Bosnia
Jury members praise probe into massive online pyramid scheme as ‘textbook example of good journalism, saying it ‘reads like a crime novel’.
Bosnian Serb Fighters’ Convictions for Deadly Village Attack Upheld
Five wartime Bosnian Serb fighters were sentenced to a total of 59 years in prison for involvement in an attack that left several civilians dead in the village of Zecovi...
UN Court Again Rejects Bosnian Serb Commander’s Plea for Release
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a third time rejected the early release request of the wartime leader of a Bosnian Serb Army reconnaissance unit who was sentenced...
Filming Horror: How Videographer Captured Srebrenica’s Last Moments Before Genocide
Ibro Zahirovic filmed life in the besieged enclave during the Bosnian war and captured the last moments before it fell in July 1995 – escaping with videos that were later...
Episode 163: Families of Srebrenica genocide victims call for mass graves to be marked
Victims of the Srebrenica genocide have been found in more than 80 mass graves, most of which have not been marked and are hard to find. BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina...