Wednesday, 24 september 2025.
Lawyers Take Fight for Syrian Reparations to Dutch Courts
Lawyers say they are trying to locate witnesses, and potential suspects, among the thousands of Syrians who have sought refuge in the Netherlands since the uprising against Bashar al-Assad began...
Some Bosnian Prosecutors File No War Indictments in 2018
The Bosnian prosecution indicted more people for war crimes in 2018 than in the previous year, but the number of prosecutors working on the cases is still higher than the...
Bosnia Indicts Ex-Fighters for Crimes Against Serbs
Eight former fighters were indicted for wartime crimes against Serb civilians who were unlawfully detained and allegedly tortured and sexually abused in the Lukavac area in 1992. The Bosnian state...
Bosnia Has Plan, But no Money, to Fight Radicalisation
Concerned by the spread of radical Islamism, Bosnia adopted a five-year strategy to counter the threat in 2015. But the funds have not been allocated to implement it, according to...
Bosnian Army Ex-General Indicted for Attacking Village
The former commander of the Bosnian Army’s Fourth Corps, Ramiz Drekovic, was indicted for committing a war crime by ordering artillery attacks on a Serb-populated village in the Konjic area...
Bosnian Court Convicts Serb Ex-Fighter of War Crimes
A former Bosnian Serb soldier was found guilty of crimes against humanity in a Bosniak area of eastern Bosnia in 1992 and 1993. Former Bosnian Serb fighter Zdravko Lubarda was...
Donbass Brothers: How Serbian Fighters Were Deployed in Ukraine
Serbs carried out combat and counter-intelligence missions for several pro-Russia paramilitary units including the notorious Wagner group of mercenaries, BIRN has learned.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Officer Goes on Trial in Croatia
The trial of former Bosnian Serb Army officer Dane Lukajic, accused of involvement in violence against prisoners of war detained at the Manjaca camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992,...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighters Cleared of Murdering Family
Former fighters Milorad Radakovic and Goran Pejic were acquitted on appeal of killing five members of a family in the village of Tukovi near Prijedor in June 1992. The appeals...