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Despite a 2021 conviction for breaching his fiduciary duty, Marinko Brkic continued to represent clients after the Republika Srpska Bar Association missed the deadline to remove him from the registry of attorneys. This has left several war crimes trials in a state of uncertainty, Detektor reveals.

The state court upheld the acquittal of Djordje Ristanic, head of the Serb wartime leadership in Brcko in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, clearing him of involvement in persecuting Bosniaks and Croats in 1992.

Coalition designed ‘to create a free and healthy online environment for all citizens of Bosnia as well as to promote peace through digital technologies’ was officially launched in Sarajevo.

A documentary recently aired by Russian television network RT argues the existence of a “Bosnian caliphate” and radicalization of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while dismissing the judicial verdicts on the Sarajevo siege and Srebrenica genocide. At a time when Russia is actively waging war on Ukraine, what is the significance behind an international television station financed by the Russian state echoing the long-standing claims of Milorad Dodik and his ideologues?

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Wartime rape survivors from Bosnia and Herzegovina say they are ready to help victims of sexual violence in the conflict in Ukraine by sharing their experiences of issues like coping with trauma, undergoing treatment and seeking justice.

Thirty-one years after a wartime campaign of persecution against non-Serbs began in Bosnia’s Prijedor area, survivors and their families commemorated the victims and urged the authorities to finally allow a memorial to be built.

Borislav Gligorevic, a former Territorial Defence fighter and Bosnian Serb Army soldier who is suspected of raping two Bosniak women prisoners in Liplje in 1992, was arrested at a border crossing with Serbia.

The UN court in The Hague will hand down its verdict in the war crimes retrial of Serbian State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic after they appealed against their initial conviction.

The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina approved negotiations to build two new gas pipeline links with Serbia and Croatia, but a decision on fuel import controls that is being sought by Russia was removed from their agenda.

Senaid Memic, the former mayor of Ilidza municipality and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s current ambassador to Malaysia, was arrested on charges related to building permits for a hotel funded by a Saudi company.

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Banja Luka Attorney Represents Clients Despite Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Bosnia Confirms Acquittal of Wartime Brcko Leader

BIRN BiH Part of Coalition for Freedom of Expression and Content Moderation in Bosnia

Russian TV Documentary Sees Caliphate in Bosnia, but not Genocide

Bosnian Wartime Sexual Violence Victims Offer Help to Ukraine

Bosnians Call for Prijedor War Victims Memorial on ‘White Ribbon Day’

Bosnia Arrests Serb Ex-Soldier for Wartime Rape of Prisoners

Serbian Wartime State Security Chiefs’ Appeal Verdict Due on May 31

Bosnian Council of Ministers Backs New Gas Pipelines Despite Controversy

Bosnia Arrests Ex-Mayor of Ilidza Over Hotel Building Permits

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