Bosnian Serb Army veterans installed a new plaque in Sarajevo that honours their former military commander Ratko Mladic, defying legislation that prohibits the honouring of war criminals.
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.
Bosnia inaugurated its first state prison, which will accommodate war criminals and organised crime convicts, after more than a decade of delays in the construction of the 40-million-euro, European-standard penitentiary.
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.
Posters of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic have been put up at a municipality building in East Sarajevo, in what the mayor said was a gesture of support for the war crimes defendant.
A commemoration of the 1992 killings of Yugoslav troops in Sarajevo was held outside the capital after Serb officials complained of inadequate security and refusals to allow them a permanent memorial.
The Bosnian prosecution filed an indictment against ex-soldier Milenko Krsmanovic, accusing him of planning the murder of a lawyer from Sarajevo to prevent him from testifying in court.
The Bosnian prosecution filed an indictment against ex-soldier Milenko Krsmanovic, accusing him of planning the murder of a lawyer from Sarajevo to prevent him from testifying in court.