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At the panel “BiH Transitional Challenges versus Reality Shaped by Foreign Influences and Artificial Intelligence,” during the Internet Governance Forum, speakers emphasized utilizing existing technologies to detect AI-generated content and raising media and information literacy to defend against disinformation .

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The Podgorica court said it has ended the detention of Slobodan Pekovic, accused of wartime murder and rape in Bosnia, because three years have passed since the indictment was issued without a verdict being reached.

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Paul Lowe, a respected British photojournalist who covered major world events including the wars in the former Yugoslavia and worked for years in the Bosnian capital, has died at the age of 61.

Prosecutors accuse Serif Patkovic, a wartime Bosnian Army battalion commander, of shooting a wounded Bosnian Croat prisoner dead in the village of Dusina in 1993.

A documentary made by BIRN about Bosnian rock guitarist Samir ‘Bowie’ Mehic looks at his wartime life in besieged Srebrenica before his death in the July 1995 genocide.

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 to 28 years in prison for multiple rapes and enslavement in Foca.

Educating citizens about the sharing of data on the Internet, where gender-based violence, disinformation and other harmful narratives abound, is a necessity, BIRN’s Internet Freedom Meet conference in Skopje heard.

The UN war crimes court rejected a request from former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic to grant him provisional release on humanitarian grounds or allow him to continue to serve his life sentence in Serbia.

Participants agree transitional judice is a priority for the EU and feelings of ‘fatigue’ must not get in the way.

On the 31st anniversary of the abduction and execution of 20 non-Serb passengers seized from a train in Strpci in Bosnia during wartime, victims’ relatives expressed discontent about alleged perpetrators’ recent acquittals in Serbia.

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Educating Citizens Crucial for Defense against Disinformation and Malign Influence

Montenegro Court Cancels Detention of War Crime Defendant

News Tributes Paid to Photojournalist Paul Lowe, Chronicler of Sarajevo’s Siege

Bosnian Army Ex-Officer Charged with Killing Injured Croat Commander

‘Bowie from Srebrenica’ Film Premieres at Sarajevo Festival

UN Court Again Rejects Bosnian Serb Commander’s Plea for Release

Internet Freedom Meet in North Macedonia: Solving Challenges Requires Society’s Involvement

Hague Court Rejects Ratko Mladic’s Plea for Provisional Release

Transitional Justice Vital for Bosnia’s EU Path, Conference Says

Bosnia Train Massacre Victims’ Families Lament ‘Lack of Justice’

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