Thursday, 13 november 2025.
PTSD in Bosnia and Herzegovina
For years, those suffering from PTSD have felt abandoned and forgotten while dealing with their traumas. Then the pandemic and war in Europe began, intensifying the loneliness and old nightmares...
Bosnia’s Genocide Denial Law: Why Prosecutors Haven’t Charged Anyone
BIRN has obtained documents showing why Bosnian prosecutors haven’t filed a single indictment a year and a half after a legal ban on denying the Srebrenica genocide and glorifying war...
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...
Serbia Agrees to Prosecute Suspects in Two Bosnian War Cases
The Serbian judiciary has taken over the prosecution of Milorad Kotur, who is accused of involvement in killing over 50 Bosniaks and Croats, and Lazar Mutlak, who is charged with...
Bosnian Serb Detention Camp Guards Charged with Prisoner Abuse
The Bosnian prosecution charged 15 former guards with crimes against civilians and prisoners of war who were detained at the Military-Investigative Prison in Banja Luka, known as Mali Logor, from...
Bosnia Charges Ex-Fighters, Policeman with Wartime Violence
The Bosnian prosecution charged two former Territorial Defence fighters with attacking Serb civilians near Kotor Varos in 1992 and a former policeman with violence against Bosniaks in the Foca area...
Chronicler of Yugoslav War Crime Trials Mirko Klarin Dies
Mirko Klarin was the editor-in-chief and founder of SENSE news agency, known for its comprehensive coverage of war crime trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Bosnia to Miss Deadline for Resolving War Crime Cases Again
Despite the deadline set in the revised state strategy, war crime cases will not be completed by the end of 2023, judicial officials told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina – a...
Hague Archives Reveal Suspects in Bosnian Croat Prison Camp Crimes
Almost three decades after the last prisoners left the notorious Dretelj detention camp, several Bosnian Croat military policemen and security officers named in a Hague Tribunal verdict who could be...