BIRN journalists in Serbia on Thursday held up banners asking Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had arrived in Belgrade, to release imprisoned journalists in Russia and to respect human rights....

Human Rights Watch, HRW, said in its World Report 2019, published on Thursday, that Balkan countries made only modest progress last year in the field of human rights, citing lack...

Serbia's Prosecutor’s Office for Organize Crime said it is awaiting more extensive expertise before deciding whether to take on the case of man recently arrested by the police and allegedly...

They were also acquitted of killing two other Bosniaks in Barakovic, and two more in Kalata near Prijedor. But the court ordered a retrial for Vlasenko over one accusation of...

An Interpol red notice, the closest mechanism to an international arrest warrant, has been issued for for Jozo Djojic after he did not turn up to start serving his six-year-sentence...

The unconfirmed indictment alleges that the victims were tortured and abused in an extremely humiliating manner, causing severe physical and mental injuries. It also said they were sexually abused and...

“As a result of the shelling on several occasions in May and June 1995, a 15-year-old child died and several civilians were injured. The shelling caused major damage to property,”...

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina found Lubarda guilty of crimes against humanity. On the basis of witness testimonies, the court determined that Lubarda participated in the persecution of the...

The trial of Dane Lukajic, a 68-year-old citizen of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina accused of committing war crimes against prisoners of war while he was a captain in the...

Radakovic and Pejic had been accused of going to the village of Tukovi near Prijedor on June 13, 1992, when one of the defendants killed three members of the Ecimovic...