28. July 2021.
A hearing in a war crimes trial was postponed over confusion caused by changes to the criminal code imposed by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s international overseer to ban the denial of genocide and crimes against humanity.
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23. July 2021.
Former Bosnian Serb Army company commander Rade Macura pleaded not guilty to failing to punish subordinates who abused and shot civilian prisoners in the Gradiska area in 1992.
20. July 2021.
Six former Bosnian Serb Army military policemen failed to appear for the opening of their trial in Sarajevo for their alleged involvement in executing 78 Bosniak civilians in the Kljuc area in 1992.
5. July 2021.
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Bozidar Perisic was sentenced to ten years in prison for killing two Bosniak men in a village near Rogatica during the war in 1992.
28. June 2021.
The wartime commander of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Sana Brigade, Branko Basara, is accused of attacking, forcibly relocating and murdering civilians in the Sanski Most area of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.
14. June 2021.
In a retrial before the Belgrade Higher Court, Bosnian Serb soldier Joja Plavanjac was convicted of killing 11 people at a prison in Bosanska Krupa in Bosnia in August 1992, and his fellow ex-serviceman Zdravko Narancic of helping him.
11. June 2021.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced Senad Dzananovic to 11 and Edin Gadzo to five years in prison for crimes against Serb civilians detained in Alipasino Polje, Sarajevo – though they may appeal the verdict.
10. June 2021.
In a second-instance verdict, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced six defendants for crimes committed against Serb and Croat civilians in the Hadzici area to a total of 42 years in prison.
8. June 2021.
The UN court in The Hague rejected the former Bosnian Serb military chief’s appeal against his conviction and sentenced him to life imprisonment for genocide and crimes against humanity.
4. June 2021.
Enver Buza, wartime acting commander of the Bosnian Army’s Prozor Independent Battalion, was sentenced to eight years in prison for failing to discipline his subordinates for killing 27 Croat civilians in the village of Uzdol in 1993.
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