Analysis: Ibro Macic Accused of Murder in Blace and Prisoner Abuse in Musala
The Bosnian state court will pronounce a first instance verdict against Ibro Macic, accused of having committed war crimes in Konjic, on April 17.
Analysis – Witnesses describe torture and rape at Indira Kameric trial
On April 17, after a trial that has lasted fifteen months, the Bosnian state court will pronounce a verdict in the Indira Kameric case. Kameric has been charged with war...
Former Captives Describe Beating and Starvation at the Silos Detention Facility
After almost three years, the Bosnian state prosecution finished presenting evidence at the trial of former Bosnian security forces accused of committing crimes against civilians and prisoners of war at...
Analysis – Josip Tolic: Claims to be innocent of severe civilian abuse
On March 6, Bosnias state court will hand down a verdict in the case of Josip Tolic, a former Croatian Defence Council (HVO) soldier accused of committing war crimes in...
Strpci: Last Stop on a Fatal Journey
Twenty-two years ago, Serb paramilitaries stopped a train in Bosnia, seized 20 passengers and killed them and only now is there a possibility that most of the suspects will...
Domestic Violence Revives Ex-Prisoners Wartime Nightmares
Women who were traumatised by rape and sexual abuse during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina have often become the victims of domestic violence by abusive husbands afterwards.
Verdict Expected Soon in Sekaric Trial
After a trial that nearly lasted a year, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will soon be issuing its verdict on the Dragan Sekaric case. Former Bosnian Serb fighter Sekaric...
Memories of bloody snow in Alipasino polje
Snowfall and children playing football beneath a window remind the parents of Alipasno Polje of the children they lost in an attack on their neighbourhood on January 22, 1994. They...
A programme of protection exists but rarely applied
If witnesses at war crimes trials or their family members are at risk, they can be accepted into a programme of protection, which allows them to change their identity, move...
Hague Tribunal Faces a Dramatic 2015
Verdicts in the high-profile war crimes trial of Radovan Karadzic and Goran Hadzic are due this year, while the controversy over the release of Vojislav Seselj looks set to continue.
Serbia Blocks Payment to Bosnian Torture Victims
Two detainees tortured at the Sljivovica wartime detention camp in Serbia have not received the compensation awarded to them because Belgrades public attorneys office has demanded the case be reviewed.
Documentaries mark BIRNs year
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) of Bosnia and Herzegovina successfully ended its ninth year of work with 2014 being marked by the practice of anonymisation being abolished for first...