6. February 2024.
The Bosnian court rejected a challenge to the verdict acquitting Spomenko Novovic and Borislav Pjano of involvement in the illegal detention and killing of Bosniak civilians in the Foca area during the war in 1992.
City: Foca
3. August 2023.
In the new edition of TV Justice we’ll be talking about crimes committed in Foca during the war, which are commemorated in August. In the spring and summer of 1992, members of the non-Serb population were held in detention facilities, raped, killed and deported. More than 600 people who went missing during that period are still being looked for, and surviving victims and people who returned to Foca after the war are struggling to overcome its legacy without the support of the authorities.
27. July 2023.
Belgrade Appeals Court quashed the verdict convicting Danko Vladicic of killing an elderly couple in the Bosnian town of Brod na Drini during the war in 1992 and sent the case for a retrial.
6. July 2023.
Spomenko Novovic and Borislav Pjano were cleared of involvement in the illegal detention and killing of Bosniak civilians in the Foca area of eastern Bosnia during the war in 1992.
18. November 2022.
Former soldier Radovan Veljovic was sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a women during a “widespread and systematic” attack by Bosnian Serb forces in the Foca area in 1992.
19. September 2022.
The prosecution asked the court to convict Radovan Veljovic of committing a crime against humanity for raping a woman during a campaign of violence by Bosnian Serb forces in the Foca area in 1992.
25. January 2022.
The Bosnian state court confirmed an indictment charging wartime unit commander Miodrag Nikacevic with committing a crime against humanity for his involvement in persecuting Bosniaks in Foca in 1992.
11. January 2022.
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Slobodan Curcic is accused of shooting two Bosniaks dead and raping a woman in the Foca area during the Bosnian war in 1992.
12. November 2021.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official imposed a ban on the glorification of war criminals and urged municipal authorities to remove murals of convicted offenders like Ratko Mladic – but many have ignored him.
12. October 2021.
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Radovan Veljovic pleaded not guilty to committing rape and sexual abuse in the Foca area of south-east Bosnia during the war in 1992.
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