Sunday, 16 March 2025.
Bosnian Ex-Police Chief Asks for War Crimes Acquittal
The defence lawyer for Ibro Merkez, a wartime police commander in Gorazde on trial for involvement in unlawfully detaining, abusing and killing Serb civilians in 1992, said he should be...
Jail Urged for Bosnian Serb in Visegrad Mass Killing Trial
The prosecution asked for the maximum sentence for former Bosnian Serb soldier Radomir Susnjar, who is on trial for killing 57 Bosniaks in a house that was set on fire...
Bosnian Army Officer Rejects Responsibility for Croats’ Killings
Enver Buza, the former commander of a Bosnian Army battalion, said he should be acquitted of charges of failing to punish his subordinates for killing 27 Croat civilians in an...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Jailed for Wartime Rape
The court rejected former policeman Dragan Janjic’s appeal against his conviction for raping a woman at a police station in the Foca area of eastern Bosnia in 1992 and sentenced...
Jail Urged for Bosnian Army Officer Accused over Croats’ Deaths
Enver Buza, the former commander of a Bosnian Army battalion in Prozor, is on trial for failing to punish his subordinates for killing 27 Croat civilians in an attack on...
Bosniak Commander Acquitted of Abusing Serb Prisoners
Ahmet Sejdic, the former commander of the First Visegrad Brigade of the Bosnian Army, was cleared of the unlawful arrest and inhumane treatment of Serb civilians and prisoners of war...
Former Bosnian Army Soldiers Jailed for Raping Minor
The Appeals Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has jailed Samir Kesmer and Mirsad Menzilovic for six years each for raping a minor in Sarajevo in 1993. The...
Convictions Urged for Bosnian Ex-Policemen Accused of Abusing Serbs
The prosecution urged the Bosnian state court to convict former local police chiefs Ibro Merkez, Predrag Bogunic and Esef Huric of unlawfully detaining, abusing and killing Serb civilians in Gorazde...
Bosniak Ex-Fighters Tried for Abusing Serb Civilian Prisoners
Eight former fighters went on trial for wartime crimes against Serb civilians who were unlawfully detained and allegedly tortured and sexually abused in the Lukavac area in 1992. The trial...