Wednesday, 25 march 2026.
Bosnian Prosecutors Struggle to Tackle Backlog of War Cases
The transfer of less serious war crimes cases from Bosnia’s state-level prosecution to lower-level prosecutors was supposed to speed up the processing of major cases - but plans to make...
Bosnia to Request Prisoner Abuse Suspect’s Extradition from Serbia
The Bosnian state prosecution filed an extradition request for war crimes suspect Osman Osmanovic, who was arrested in Serbia for allegedly assaulting and abusing captured Serb civilians and prisoners of...
Serbia Holds Bosniak Ex-Fighter for Alleged Prisoner Torture
Former fighter Osman Osmanovic, suspected of assaulting and abusing captured Serb civilians and prisoners of war in the summer of 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was remanded in custody by...
Bosnia Struggling to Prosecute Migrants when Identity in Doubt
The acquittal of an Algerian migrant charged with murder in Bosnia has spurred calls for a change to the law and court rules on establishing the identity of a defendant.
BIRN BiH Journalists Nominated for Fetisov Awards
Two BIRN Bosnia journalists have each been nominated for a series of articles looking at the legacy of the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Bosnia Charges Serb Police Chief with Prisoner Abuse, Torture
Former police chief Malko Koroman was charged with the abuse and torture of several dozen Bosniak prisoners who were detained during wartime in the town of Pale, some of whom...
Bosniak Ex-Fighters Tried for Assaulting Serb Prisoners
Five former Bosniak fighters went on trial for physically abusing captured Bosnian Serb Army soldiers in the Visegrad, Gorazde and Rogatica areas between 1992 and 1995. The trial of former...
Serbia Convicts Bosnian Serb Troops of Killing Prisoners
Belgrade Higher Court convicted former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Joja Plavanjac of killing 11 people at a prison in Bosanska Krupa in Bosnia in August 1992 and his fellow ex-serviceman...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Acquitted of Burning Homes
Former reservist policeman Slavko Milovanovic was acquitted of ordering the burning of Bosniaks’ homes during an attack by Bosnian Serb forces on a village near Srebrenica in May 1992. The...
Bosnians Protest Against Serbian Book Denying War Crime
Demonstrators rallied in Tuzla in Bosnia after a book was published in Serbia denying that Bosnian Serb forces were responsible for the Tuzla Gate massacre which killed 71 people in...
Bosnian Serb Police Accuse Bosniak Commanders of War Crimes
Police in Trebinje in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska filed a criminal complaint against two wartime Bosniak military commanders, accusing them of persecuting Serbs and Croats during wartime.
Bosnian Prosecutor Demands Tougher Punishment for Serb Policeman
The Bosnian prosecution said former reservist policeman Mico Jurisic, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for committing crimes against humanity against non-Serb civilians in the Prijedor area in...