Friday, 6 june 2025.
Bosnia War Crime Victims ‘Further Victimised’ by Courts Recovering Costs
NGO TRIAL International says some war crime victims who had their cases rejected have ended up in extreme poverty because of having to pay the costs of the proceeding to...
Bosnia Arrests Seven Serb Ex-Police Officers for Wartime Killings
Seven former Bosnian Serb police officers were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of 22 Bosniak civilians, including women and children, in a village near Bijeljina in 1992.
Bosnia Upholds Serb Ex-Policeman’s Crimes Against Humanity Sentence
The Bosnian court upheld the verdict convicting former reservist policeman Simo Stupar of involvement in illegally detaining, beating and killing Bosniaks in the Vlasenica area in 1992.
Nine Persons Arrested for War Crimes in Bosanski Novi Area
The State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, arrested nine persons due to existence of a grounded suspicion that they committed crimes against humanity against Bosniak and Croat victims in the...
‘Watch Out, Sniper’ Exhibition Tells Tragic Stories of Sarajevo Siege
A multimedia exhibition created by Paul Lowe uses photography, 3-D models and witness testimonies to explore stories from Sarajevo’s ‘Sniper Alley’ during the 1992-95 siege of the Bosnian capital.
Sarajevo Exhibition Documents Perils of Wartime ‘Sniper Alley’
Photographer Paul Lowe is presenting a BIRN-backed multimedia exhibition entitled ‘Watch Out, Sniper’, documenting the experiences of people who endured the dangers of Sarajevo’s Sniper Alley during the 1992-95 siege.
Sarajevo Unveils Memorial to Victims of Kazani Pit Killings
A memorial was unveiled to the mostly Serb victims who were killed in 1992 and 1993 at the Kazani Pit in the hills above Sarajevo on the orders of a...
Exhibition Documents Children’s Experiences of War-Ravaged Sarajevo
Previously unpublished images of the Bosnian capital in the 1990s taken by Scottish photographer Chris Leslie show how children in Sarajevo experienced the devastating aftermath of war.
Bosnian Court Orders Wartime Rape Case Retrial
A court ruled that former Bosnian Army military policeman Adem Kostjerevac, who was accused of raping a Serb woman in Zvornik during the war in 1992, must be retried.