Wednesday, 19 March 2025.
Bosnia Tries Serb Ex-Policeman for Persecution, Murders
The trial of former reservist policeman Mico Jurisic, accused of committing crimes against humanity including murder and torture in Bosnia’s Prijedor municipality in 1992, opened in Sarajevo.
Bosnian Croat Commander Cleared of Prisoner Abuses
Former Croatian Defence Council battalion commander Mile Puljic was acquitted of crimes against humanity as prosecutors failed to prove he allowed his subordinates to use prisoners as forced labour and...
Sarajevo Court Acquits Serbs of Killing Family
Wartime fighters Milorad Radakovic and Goran Pejic were acquitted of murdering five members of a family in the village of Tukovi near Prijedor in June 1992. The Bosnian state court...
Bosniak Commander’s Trial Resumes after Four-Year Break
The trial of Zulfikar Alispago, former commander of the Bosnian Army’s ‘Zulfikar Squad’, accused of responsibility for civilian deaths during a 1993 attack on the village of Trusina, resumed after...
Bosnian Serb Soldier Acquitted of Killing Bosniak
A Sarajevo court found former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Djordje Simic not guilty of crimes against humanity, clearing him of killing a Bosniak man in the village of Sevarlije in...
Witness Recalls Rape by Bosnian Serb Soldier in Foca
Testifying at the rape trial of former Bosnian Serb serviceman Milomir Davidovic, the first witness described how a soldier sexually assaulted her while she was a captive in Foca in...
Bosnian Serb Soldier ‘Raped Victim, Then Demanded Coffee’
After beating and raping a woman in Visegrad during wartime in 1992, a Bosnian Serb soldier ordered her to make coffee, then offered her gold as a gift, the victim...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier’s Sexual Enslavement Trial Opens
Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Milan Todovic went on trial on charges of raping and sexually enslaving a Bosniak woman who he allegedly ‘bought’ then held captive in Foca in...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Tried for Visegrad Wartime Rape
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Vuk Ratkovic - charged with torturing, abusing and raping a Serb woman in Visegrad during wartime because she was married to a Bosniak - went...