10. August 2023.
A minor from Bijeljina who posted videos on TikTok threatening his Bosniak neighbors has expressed regret for his actions. However, experts warn that his case highlights deeper problems in combating hate speech on social media.
Analysis
19. June 2023.
A documentary recently aired by Russian television network RT argues the existence of a “Bosnian caliphate” and radicalization of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while dismissing the judicial verdicts on the Sarajevo siege and Srebrenica genocide. At a time when Russia is actively waging war on Ukraine, what is the significance behind an international television station financed by the Russian state echoing the long-standing claims of Milorad Dodik and his ideologues?
7. April 2023.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ethnically-divided schooling system, teaching about the 1990s conflict is often one-sided and excludes important war crimes verdicts – so BIRN has created a database of court-established facts in an attempt to bring changes.
6. January 2023.
Courts across the country have issued at least 172 warrants for the arrests of war crimes suspects, indictees and convicts who can’t be brought to justice because they are no longer in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN has learned.
28. December 2022.
In 2022, the Bosnian prosecution charged 60 people with war crimes, although ten of them are outside the country so can’t be brought to trial – a problem that the new chief prosecutor has promised to tackle.
28. October 2022.
Despite the deadline set in the revised state strategy, war crime cases will not be completed by the end of 2023, judicial officials told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina – a blow to victims’ families’ hopes that justice will be achieved.
9. September 2022.
Experts and officials fear Russia could exploit Bosnia and Herzegovina’s weaknesses to influence this October’s election
3. August 2022.
The UN, EU, OSCE and others have told Bosnia it must make the appointment of the three rights ombudsmen more open to the public and CSOs – or face penalties.
29. July 2022.
Although the European Union has placed the Russian oil company under sanctions, Motorways of the Federation, a public company, is running a campaign encouraging driver to fill their vehicles at its petrol stations.
5. July 2022.
Public denials of the Srebrenica genocide have decreased significantly in the year since a ban was imposed on denying war crimes and glorifying their perpetrators, although prosecutors have yet to bring anyone to court.
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