Sunday, 18 january 2026.
Commanders Go Unpunished for Killings in Bosnia’s Konjic
It was the summer of 1992 when Hasna and Vasvija Buturovic went for a walk by Boracko Lake near the town of Konjic. They never came back alive, and Sead...
Bosnian War Rape Convicts Compensate Victim for First Time
A lawyer representing a Bosnian rape victim told BIRN that the convicted defendants have voluntarily paid 30,000 Bosnian marks (about 15,400 euros) in compensation – the first time that perpetrators...
Bosnia Arrests Two Serb Ex-Soldiers for Multiple Rape
The two former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers have been charged with committing a crime against humanity. A prosecutor will interview the suspects and then decide whether to file a custody...
No Arrests Yet After Death Threats to Bosnian Judges
The president of the Bosnian state court, Ranko Debevec, told BIRN that he has still not been informed by the state prosecution that the person or persons who threatened him...
Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstic Denied Early Release
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague has again rejected a request for early release filed by Radislav Krstic, the wartime commander of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Drina...
Bosnia Arrests Serb Ex-Soldier for Crime Against Humanity
“He has been charged, in his capacity as a Bosnian Serb Army member, with having acted contrary to provisions of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons...
OSCE Mission Chief: Bosnia ‘Too Slow’ in Prosecuting War Crimes
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s outgoing chief, Bruce Berton, told BIRN in an interview that at the end of his two-year term in the country, he was concerned...
Bosnian Serbs’ Deaths in Village Massacre Go Unpunished
It was a freezing morning without snow when gunfire, shouting, noise and panicked cries woke Dusanka Visnjic Lalovic and her family up in the eastern Bosnian village of Josanica on...
Hague Rejects Karadzic’s Plea to Reconsider Denial of Appeal
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals on Thursday denied Radovan Karadzic’s motion for an appeal chamber to be appointed at the Hague court to decide on his request to review...
Wartime Landmines Still Taking Lives in Bosnia
When two deminers were killed on August 25 nearby the town of Livno in south-west Bosnia while they were on duty in one of the minefields that still blight the...
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