Saturday, 1 February 2025.
Serbia Asked to Enforce Fugitive Military Policeman’s Sentence
The Bosnian court asked the Serbian judiciary to enforce the 14-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity handed down to wartime Bosnian Serb Army military police commander Dragomir Kezunovic.
Bosnian Syria Fighter Convicted of Arms Possession
The Cantonal Court in Zenica has upheld a verdict sentencing Mehmud Tutmic, who was found guilty of going to the Syrian battlefront, to a year and a half in prison...
Bosnia Seeks Arrest of Convicted Serb Ex-Policeman
The Bosnian authorities are seeking the arrest of ex-policeman Mico Jurisic, who failed to appear to start serving his 11-year sentence for committing crimes against humanity in the Prijedor area...
Forgotten Victims: ‘Hundreds of Prisoners’ Killed by Bosnian Serbs at School
In the latest in the Forgotten Victims series, BIRN asks why there have been no convictions for the brutal abuse and murders of prisoners detained by Bosnian Serb forces at...
BIRN Wins Austria’s Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Award
RSF Austria on Thursday awarded BIRN its prestigious Press Freedom Award – A Signal for Europe – which BIRN’s regional director, Marija Ristic, described as an honour and encouragement.
Bosnian Serb War Criminal Asks for Review of Life Sentence
Wartime paramilitary leader Milan Lukic, who was sentenced to life in prison by the Hague Tribunal for committing crimes against humanity in Visegrad in Bosnia, asked the UN court to...
Reporting Bosnia’s War Changed My Life, Turkish Journalist Says
Serif Turgut, one of the few female Turkish reporters who covered the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says that witnessing the conflict and its tragedies shaped her life and her...
Serbian Artist’s Pictures Tell Stories of Srebrenica Victims and Survivors
Young Serbian artist Jelena Jacimovic’s images of victims and survivors of the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, inspired by their personal testimonies in war crimes archives, are going on...
Access Denied: Most Balkan War Crimes Case Files Not Public
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia, most of the case files and evidence from war crime trials are not immediately accessible to journalists, researchers and the general public,...