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Two Ukrainians who were held prisoner by Russia are using the pain they endured to motivate them to help other survivors of wartime sexual violence. They are also asking the Ukrainian authorities to make sexual violence in conflict a legal offence and recognise the legal status of survivors.

When Russian forces occupied the area where 13-year-old Sophia was living, the school system was transformed to indoctrinate Ukrainian pupils into believing they are patriotic Russians – and to stifle any dissenting views.

When entire families were killed during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, almost all hope of ever identifying them died too.

Security agencies’ responses to a series of false bomb scares in Bosnia and Herzegovina have highlighted a general unpreparedness to address new security challenges and threats - suggesting that the hoaxers may want to publicly expose these inadequacies, experts say.

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Three decades after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, many families are still searching for the remains of teenage children killed after joining the warring sides.

Under the new educational curriculum in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity, elementary school students will be taught about the achievements of Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic – but not about their war crimes convictions.

With help from Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik has been building international with right-wing and pro-Russian politicians worldwide. Now right-wing triumphs in several European elections have convinced him that Donald Trump will win the US polls and take him off the American sanctions list.

Immediately after the closing of the Olympic Games in Paris, where Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won a gold medal, she filed a legal complaint to a Paris court against social media platform X about the harassment to which she was subjected in a wave of online comments about her gender after her first bout.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Central Election Commission revealed the identities of dozens of people who reported electoral irregularities, putting them at risk of political pressure, blackmail or retaliation and deterring others from reporting violations.

Researcher Mirza Buljubasic spent months undercover in the Telegram channel of Right Sector Una, a new right-wing group, before they introduced stricter oversight of members. For Detektor, he analyses the symbols and hate messages of the group, the existence of which is unveiled for the first time in this article.

Analysis

Ukrainian Survivors of Sexual Violence in Russian Captivity Turn Trauma into Motivation

How Children in Occupied Ukraine are Being Re-Educated as Russians

Without a Trace: The Bosnian War Victims Who May Never be Identified

Bomb Hoax Responses Spotlight Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Cybersecurity Weaknesses

‘Still in the Dark’: The Search for Bosnia’s Missing Teenage Soldiers

Bosnian Serb Schoolchildren to be Taught Mladic, Karadzic Were ‘Heroes’

Dodik’s Dream of Trump Triumph Boosted by Right-Wing Advances

Algerian Boxer Sues Social Network X Over Hate Speech on Pro-Russian Accounts

Bosnian Election Commission Failing to Protect Identities of Bosnian Voters Reporting Violations

Right Sector Una: Spreading Right-Wing Extremism through Telegram Group

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