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Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, Valentin Inzko, said a law banning genocide denial would be adopted by this year’s anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres - but this hasn’t happened yet and Inzko is reluctant to impose it himself.

The trials of Jasmin Keserovic and Armen Dzelko, both accused of terrorism for going to fight in Syria, will begin at the Bosnian state court on May 4, the court and defence lawyer Senad Dupovac told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina.

<div class="btArticleExcerpt">When prosecutors started to investigate the killings of six people by rebel Bosniak militiamen in north-western Bosnia, relatives hoped that indictments would soon follow - but 15 years later, the probe is still ongoing.

The repatriation of Bosnian women and children who lived in territory controlled by the so-called Islamic State and are now in camps in Syria has been postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Men who were raped or sexually assaulted during the 1992-95 Bosnian war have long been reluctant to speak out for fear of stigmatisation, but now attempts are being made to ensure they get the same welfare benefits as other war victims.

An agreement between security agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina on mutual assistance and operational collaboration in countering terrorism entered into force on April 22 and will improve the exchange of data and coordination of activities, BIRN was told.

<div class="btArticleExcerpt">The evidence suggests rates of domestic abuse are up since states in the Balkans began imposing strict limitations on movement in the fight against COVID-19.</div> <div class="btArticleBody portfolioBody btTextLeft"> <p class="wpml-ls-statics-post_translations wpml-ls"></p> <div class="post_teaser"> “Before the quarantine he would insult me, use slurs, tell me I’m a whore, that I’m kissing other men.

<div class="btArticleExcerpt">The Bosnian state court refused to confirm an indictment charging former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Tadija Mitrovic with crimes against humanity for killing a civilian in the Bratunac area in May 1992.</div> <div class="btArticleBody portfolioBody btTextLeft"> <div class="bt_bb_wrapper"> <div class="boldRow"> <div class="rowItem col-sm-12 btTextLeft"> <div class="btArticleContentWrap"> <div class="btArticleContent"> <div class="btArticleBody portfolioBody btTextLeft"> <div class="bt_bb_wrapper"> The Bosnian state court told BIRN that it has rejected the indictment charging Tadija Mitrovic with crimes against humanity during the war in 1992 because there are not sufficient grounds to suspect that he committed the crime.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court is to rule on whether banning minors and people over 65 from leaving their homes because of the coronavirus pandemic breaches their civic rights.

A hospital concealed underground to avoid artillery fire in the Bosnian town of Olovo managed to save hundreds of lives during the war – and medics who worked there hope it can be preserved as a permanent monument. The video footage shows white-coated medics moving through the gloom of what looks like a subterranean bunker, […]

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Srebrenica Genocide Denial Law Remains a Non-Starter in Bosnia

Bosnia Begins Trials of Syria Suspects on May 4

Families Distressed by 15-Year Probe into Bosnian War Deaths

Virus Keeps Bosnian Families of ISIS Fighters in Syrian Camps

Male Rape Victims Confront the Bosnian War’s Last Taboo

Bosnia Activates Counter-Terror Information Exchange Agreement

COVID-19 and Domestic Abuse: When Home is not the Safest Place

Bosnian Court Rejects Serb Soldier’s Murder Indictment

Bosnia’s Constitutional Court to Rule on Movement Restrictions

Underground Hospital: How a Hidden Bosnian War Clinic Saved Lives

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