Wednesday, 20 august 2025.
Bosnian Serb ‘Used Prisoners as Human Shields’
At the trial for wartime crimes at detention camps in Vogosca near Sarajevo, a witness said defendant Branko Vlaco decided which prisoners did hard labour or served as human shields.
UN Peace Envoy Testifies for Karadzic Defence
Former UN peace envoy Jasushi Akashi testified at Radovan Karadzic’s Hague trial that it was impossible to prove that Bosnian Serb forces were responsible for a market massacre in Sarajevo.
No Possibility to Demilitarise Srebrenica Enclave
Prosecution witness Evert Rave confirms at the trial of Ratko Mladic at The Hague that Srebrenica was not demilitarised prior to July 1995, despite an agreement reached in 1993, under...
Bosnian Torture Victims Stage Parliament Protest
Victims’ groups protested at the state parliament in Sarajevo about delays in adopting an umbrella law to provide basic rights for some 200,000 people who were tortured in wartime.
Hearing Postponed Due to Absence of Important Witnesses
The trial of Oliver Krsmanovic, who is charged with crimes in Visegrad, has been postponed as three State Prosecution witnesses fail to appear.
“Kill me. My Whole Family Has Been Killed Anyway”
Testifying about his detention in the Rogica kuce complex in Donja Jablanica, Marinko Dreznjak says that a person, whose name, as he found out later, was indictee Edin Dzeko, threatened...
Bosnian Serb Prisoners ‘Regularly Abused’ at Dretelj Camp
A witness at the trial of five Croatian Defence Forces fighters for war crimes at the Dretelj detention camp in southern Bosnia in 1992 said prisoners were physically and mentally...
Bosnian Serb Fighter ‘Organised Deadly Prisoner Convoys’
At the trial of three Bosnian Serb fighters for war crimes in Visegrad, a witness alleged that one defendant organised convoys from which civilians were taken and executed, including her...
Indictee’s Face Covered with Stocking
As the trial for crimes in Bratunac continues, two State Prosecution witnesses say that they saw indictee Najdan Mladjenovic, whose face was covered with “a stocking”, among a group of...