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Bosnia’s Strategy for Prevention and Combatting Terrorism, which expires this year, has not received nearly enough resources to succeed – and clear terrorism prevention systems have yet to be set up in all local communities, analysis by BIRN shows.

BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina is launching a campaign entitled ‘Forgotten Victims’, aimed at highlighting the victims of war crimes for which no one has yet been convicted under final verdicts. BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday begins its ‘Forgotten Victims’ campaign, which intends to enable victims of unprosecuted war crimes and their families to speak […]

Miladin Trifunovic, the wartime commander of the Vogosca Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army, went on trial for committing crimes against humanity in the Vogosca and Ilijas area in 1992. Miladin Trifunovic went on trial at the Bosnian state court on Tuesday, accused of allowing commanders of units subordinate to him to issue orders to […]

Munib Ahmetspahic expressed regret for having joined the Islamic State in Syria. A Court declared him “deradicalised”, but experts say his case provides few real lessons for the fight against religious radicalism. Standing in a Bosnian courtroom in April last year, Munib Ahmetspahic repented. “How naïve we were,” he said. The war in Syria had […]

Malko Koroman, a wartime police chief in Pale, went on trial for the unlawful arrest and detention of Bosniak civilians, some of whom were tortured and killed in 1992. The crimes against humanity trial of Malko Koroman, the wartime chief of the police’s Public Security Station in Pale who is now a deputy mayor, opened […]

Two courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina have rejected pleas to ban 16 Serb nationalist Chetnik associations for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred, while three more courts are still considering similar requests. Courts in the towns of Doboj and Sokolac have rejected requests to ban 16 associations whose titles contain the words ‘Chetnik Movement’ or ‘Ravna Gora […]

As the migrant smuggling business booms in Bosnia, the number of people convicted of this crime rose in 2019 compared to the year before.

The state prosecution launched an investigation after noisy celebrations by convoys of Serbs driving through Srebrenica, Visegrad and Bratunac, allegedly playing nationalist songs, caused fear among local Bosniaks. The Bosnian state prosecution opened a case on Wednesday to investigate whether Bosniaks who returned to the Srebrenica, Visegrad and Bratunac areas after fleeing during the 1990s […]

Orthodox Christmas celebrations by Serbs driving through Srebrenica, Visegrad and Bratunac in convoys of cars blaring Serbian songs sparked calls for an official investigation into claims that they terrified Bosniaks.

Hardcore fans of Partizan Belgrade football club staged a noisy demonstration in support of Ratko Mladic outside the UN detention unit near The Hague, where the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief is in custody.

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Prevention Remains Biggest Challenge to Bosnia’s Anti-Terrorism Strategy

BIRN BiH Launches ‘Forgotten Victims’ Campaign

Bosnian Serb Brigade Commander Tried for Crimes Against Humanity

In Bosnia’s First ‘Deradicalised’ Syria Fighter, Limited Lessons

Bosnia Tries Serb Police Chief for Crimes Against Humanity

Two Bosnian Courts Reject Ban on Serb Chetnik Associations

Bosnia’s Courts Convict More Migrant Smugglers

Bosnia Probes Christmas Eve ‘Intimidation’ by Celebrating Serbs

Serbs’ Noisy Christmas Convoy Through Srebrenica Causes Fear

Serbian Fans Chant for Ratko Mladic at UN Detention Unit

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