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Bosnian Court Delivers First Genocide Denial Conviction
The Bosnian state court on Thursday found Vojin Pavlovic, the head of the Eastern Alternative NGO, guilty of breaching legislation banning genocide denial and the glorification of war criminals – the first sentence of its kind in the country. The court found that Pavlovic organised a rally in Bratunac on...
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New Anti-Corruption Body to Target Graft in Bosnia’s Federation
In a new move aimed at tackling graft in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Federation entity, the Special Department for Corruption, Organised and Inter-cantonal Crime was launched on April, 30 at the...
Dan ubijene djece Sarajeva. Foto: Detektor
Sarajevo Remembers Child War Victims – But Killers Remain Unpunished
Flowers were laid on Monday at the Memorial to the Murdered Children of Besieged Sarajevo in the Bosnian capital, but relatives of the dead expressed anger that those directly responsible...
Mothers of Srebrenica Seek Permit to Mark Mass Graves in Zeleni Jadar
The Mothers of Srebrenica are demanding the right to remembrance and for the truth to be publicly displayed about the genocide committed against Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995. They...
BIRN BiH and Partners Team up to Help Teach Facts about War
This year, three organisations dedicated to transitional justice are leading study trips for students on the events of the 1992-5 war in Bosnia and are preparing materials for history teachers...
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Detektor Journalist Wins First Prize at ‘Remembering Through Art’ Exhibition
The video testimony is part of “Lives Behind the Fields of Death”, a joint project of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN BiH, and the Srebrenica Memorial...
UN Court Again Refuses Bosnian Croat Wartime Leader Early Release
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals has rejected a request for the early release of Jadranko Prlic, the former political leader of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, a wartime...
Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighters Charged with Wartime Prisoner Abuses
The former Silos detention camp in Zepce. Photo: Detektor The Bosnian state prosecution said on Wednesday that an indictment has been filed charging seven former members...
Bosnia Indicts Five Serb Ex-Military Policemen for Genocide
Zvornik. Photo: BIRN BiH The Bosnian state prosecution announced on Wednesday that it has charged Rajko Milic, Miodrag ‘Mijo’ Pavlovic, Radenko Zaric, Vukasin Draskovic and Milan Tomic with participating in...
Bosnia Charges Ten with War Crimes Against Serb Prisoners
Hrasnica. Photo: BIRN BiH The Bosnian state prosecution said on Friday that it has charged ten former officers and soldiers of the Bosnian Army with committing...
Ukraine Does Not Get to Penalize All Crimes against Children
A school in a shelter. Photo: EPA The evidence gathering process for these crimes is extensive and complex, as Russia continues to occupy Ukrainian territories, and monitoring the humanitarian consequences...