Bosnian courts are resisting what analysts say are moves by the main Bosniak political party to hand over Turks wanted by Ankara for their links to the alleged mastermind of a failed 2016 coup.
Around 20 people indicted for 1990s wartime crimes in Bosnia have died over the past five years, causing the cases to be halted, while ten more cases are at a standstill because the defendants are ill.
Several people suspected of going to fight in Syria on behalf of the so-called Islamic State have arrived by plane in Sarajevo and have been detained, the Bosnian state prosecution confirmed.
BIRN has published an updated and improved version of its War Crimes Verdicts Map, an interactive tool that offers an overview of hundreds of court rulings on the crimes committed during the 1990s wars in the former Yugoslavia. The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network on Wednesday published its updated and improved War Crimes Verdicts Map, enabling […]
Ibro Cufurovic told the Bosnian state court that he was guilty of travelling to Syria to fight in the conflict there on the side of the so-called Islamic State.
International ‘red notices’ have been issued for the arrests of ex-fighters Darko Mrdja and Dragan Marjanovic, who have both fled Bosnia and Herzegovina after being convicted of wartime crimes. Bosnia and Herzegovina is seeking the arrests of Bosnian Serb ex-policeman Darko Mrdja and ex-military policeman Dragan Marjanovic, who both absconded after second-instance verdicts convicted them […]
Prosecutors in ex-Yugoslav countries are not doing enough to cooperate to ensure war crimes suspects are brought to trial, said Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor at the UN court in The Hague.
Dozens of organisations in Bosnia are involved in organising lectures by Salafi preachers who stand accused of promoting intolerance and questioning basic human rights.
The UN court in The Hague has scheduled former Bosnian Serb military chief’s appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes for March 17, 2020.
The appeals chamber of Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals has scheduled Ratko Mladic’s appeal for March 17 next year, as the former Bosnian Serb military commander challenges the first-instance verdict sentencing him to life imprisonment.