Some of the war criminals from the 1990s conflicts who admitted their guilt in court spoke to BIRN about why they confessed - although some say now that they only expressed remorse to get shorter sentences.
The shelling of a tram full of passengers in January 1996 was one of the last major attacks of the siege of Sarajevo, after the peace deal ending the Bosnian war was signed, but the perpetrators have never been caught.
The state prosecution launched an investigation after noisy celebrations by convoys of Serbs driving through Srebrenica, Visegrad and Bratunac, allegedly playing nationalist songs, caused fear among local Bosniaks. The Bosnian state prosecution opened a case on Wednesday to investigate whether Bosniaks who returned to the Srebrenica, Visegrad and Bratunac areas after fleeing during the 1990s […]
The court upheld the verdict acquitting former policemen Jadranko Saran, Samir Sabic and Zijad Kadic of war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in Bosanska Krupa in Bosnia in 1995 and 1996. The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court has upheld the first-instance verdict acquitting ex-policemen Jadranko Saran, Samir Sabic and Zijad Kadic […]
Orthodox Christmas celebrations by Serbs driving through Srebrenica, Visegrad and Bratunac in convoys of cars blaring Serbian songs sparked calls for an official investigation into claims that they terrified Bosniaks.
The Belgrade trial of Bosnian Serb ex-fighters for the 1993 abduction and murder of passengers from a train in Strpci in Bosnia has seen witnesses change their stories to blame a man who has already been convicted. The first year of the trial in Belgrade for the abduction and killing of 20 passengers from a […]
Over the past four years, more than two million euros have been dedicated to building memorials honouring military and civilian casualties of the Bosnian war - but most only commemorate victims from the dominant ethnic group in each area.
Over the past four years, more than two million euros have been dedicated to building memorials honouring military and civilian casualties of the Bosnian war – but most only commemorate victims from the dominant ethnic group in each area.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has accused the president of the Veterans’ Organization of Republika Srpska, BORS, Milomir Savcic, of assisting in the commission of genocide in Srebrenica in July 1995. Savcic has been charged, in his capacity as former commander of the 65th Protective Motorized Regiment of the Main Headquarters with the Bosnian Serb […]