Tuesday, 14 october 2025.
Bosnian Serb Wartime Camp Guards’ Sentences Reduced
Boris Bosnjak, Miodrag Grubacic and Ilija Djajic, who were convicted of mistreating and abusing Bosniak and Croat civilian detainees held at a military barracks in Bileca in 1992, had their...
Serbian Officials’ Verdict Rouses Grim Memories in Bosnian Town
War survivors in Bosanski Samac still remember the brutality of Serbian State Security fighters deployed to their town in 1992, where they committed crimes that eventually led to landmark convictions...
Bosnia’s Constitutional Court Rejects Babic Appeal Over Prijedor Verdict
The Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal filed by Zoran Babic against his cumulative 35-year sentence for crimes committed in Prijedor, concluding that his right to a fair defence had...
Police ‘Targeting’ of Bosnia Rights Activists Goes Unpunished
In less than two years, the Banja Luka police has filed at least 160 charges against activists seeking justice in the Dragan Dragicevic case – which experts see this as...
Hague Tribunal Leaves Uncertain Legacy as Last Trial Nears End
Ahead of the initial verdict in the last trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, BIRN looks back on the landmark judgments, controversies, successes and failures in the UN court’s...
On World Refugee Day, Pakistani Ali Teaches Bosnians Cricket
Refugees and migrants often encounter rejection and hostility in Bosnia – but in Tuzla some are finding inventive ways of building bridges with locals – and each other.
Facebook Removes Video Glorifying ‘Legend’ Ratko Mladic
Facebook removed a video posted by the Bosnian Serb ruling party that praised Ratko Mladic after his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes, and warned that the party could...
Solidarity Under Fire: The Legacy of Grassroots Aid Missions to Bosnia
Historian Nicolas Moll’s new book tells the story of European humanitarian activists who braved the risks of war to deliver aid supplies by road to Bosnia during the 1992-95 conflict.
Sarajevo Belatedly Honours Sportsman Who Sacrificed Life for Neighbour
Campaigners for renaming a sports hall after handball player Goran Cengic – who perished trying to save his elderly neighbour in the war – are finally celebrating victory.