Friday, 22 august 2025.
Serbian Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of Wartime Assault
But the court acquitted Budimir of participating in the murders of the Bosniak man’s wife and mother. According to the indictment, Budmir was one of three fighters who broke into...
Skulls Found in Bosnian War Grave Exhumation
The Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina told BIRN on Monday that investigators carrying out an exhumation of a suspected war grave have found two skulls that are believed...
Sarajevo Politician Champions Legislation to Outlaw Hate Speech
Damir Marjanovic, a member of the Sarajevo Canton parliament from the liberal, multi-ethnic Nasa Stranka (Our Party), told BIRN that he has filed the proposal for new legislation to the...
Serbia Convicts ‘Red Berets’ Fighter of Wartime Rape
According to the indictment, Vida Lujic, together with two other unidentified fighters, entered a house in Brcko on the day of the assault, wearing a uniform and armed with a...
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...
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