The Bosnian court upheld the acquittal of two former policemen and three Bosnian Serb Army ex-soldiers, clearing them of involvement in the murders of at least 57 Bosniak civilians in the village of Zaklopaca in 1992.
State Investigation and Protection Agency officers arrested former Bosnian Army soldier Mustafa Gegaj for allegedly committing war crimes against Serb prisoners in Sarajevo in 1992.
A terrorism suspect, who was arrested with a cache of weapons and photographs of high-level Croatian officials, also shared covid disinformation and links to a forum known for far-right content, earlier investigated by BIRN.
Two former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers, Marinko Vidovic and Pero Vujovic, were charged with committing a crime against humanity over the execution of 20 civilians in the village of Ljesevo, near Ilijas, in 1992.
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has published an interactive map providing detailed information about scores of far-right and extremist organisations in six countries in the Balkans.
The British embassy in Sarajevo rejected allegations made by public figures in Serbia and Republika Srpska that genocide convict Radovan Karadzic is being held in unacceptable conditions in a UK prison.
Srebrenica victims’ associations condemned an appeal to the UN by public figures in Serbia and Republika Srpska who claimed that genocide convict Radovan Karadzic is being held in poor conditions in a British prison.
Despite the deadline set in the revised state strategy, war crime cases will not be completed by the end of 2023, judicial officials told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina – a blow to victims’ families’ hopes that justice will be achieved.
Since the Uborak and Sutina massacres, the most serious war crimes in the Herzegovina region during the 1990s conflict, the victims’ families have been calling for a dignified memorial, but have faced indifference from ethno-nationalist political leaders.