Nine former Croatian Defence Council fighters have been charged with committing crimes against Serbs in the town of Orasje during wartime - a case that has angered Zagreb and Croats in Bosnia.
The trial of Bosnian Serb general Novak Djukic - already convicted in Sarajevo of ordering a deadly artillery strike on Tuzla in Bosnia - was postponed again because of the defendant’s poor health.
Azra Basic, a former Bosnian Croat fighter accused of brutally killing a Serb prisoner and torturing others, was extradited from the United States to Sarajevo to stand trial.
Jovan Tintor, a high-ranking wartime politician and former adviser to Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, was charged with committing crimes against humanity against Bosniaks and Croats in 1992.
The Bosnian state prosecution filed an indictment against Jovan Tintor on Wednesday, charging him with crimes against humanity in the Vogosca area, near Sarajevo, in the spring and summer of 1992.
Twelve witnesses’ testimony was discounted in the trial of a former Croatian Defence Council fighter for wartime crimes in Livno because the defendant’s lawyer was suspended.
The UN war crimes court has granted $508,797 for the preparation of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic’s appeal against his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Former Bosnian Serb police official Ljubomir Borovcanin, who was jailed for 17 years for aiding the killings of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, was released after serving two-thirds of his sentence.
A group of Sarajevo residents is developing a museum devoted to childhood during wartime to preserve the mementoes and memories of Bosnians who grew up during the 1990s conflict.
The first witness testified at the trial of Borislav Paravac, a Serb former member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency, accused of participating in wartime attacks that killed several hundred Bosniaks and Croats.
Tens of thousands of children went to school in improvised classrooms during the siege of Sarajevo that started 24 years ago this week, with pupils and teachers often risking their lives for education.