Tuesday, 16 september 2025.
Bosnia Charges Croat Ex-Fighter Over Dretelj Camp
Alleged camp boss Ivan Ancic is accused of committing war crimes against Bosniak prisoners, including teenage boys and elderly men who were held at Dretelj by Bosnian Croat forces in...
Bosnian Croat Defendant Zelenika Helped Prisoners
Testifying in his own behalf, defendant Ivan Zelenika said that he was an ordinary soldier for the Croatian Defence Forces, CDF in 1992, and as such could not issue any...
Dretelj Prisoners Forced to Lick the Dog
At the trial for crimes committed in Dretelj detention camp, the prosecutor read two statements from witnesses who, due to their deteriorated health, could not testify in person before the...
Documentation from Mostar Prison Confiscated
Members of the Federal Police Administration confiscate documentation related to the flight of Dominik Ilijasevic, known as Como, from the Penal and Correctional Facility in Mostar. Ilijasevic was sentenced to...
Vranica Crime Trial Adjourned After 13 Years
The Mostar Cantonal Court adjourned indefinitely the retrial of three defendants charged with crimes committed in the Vranica residential complex, in Mostar municipality.
Defendant Had No Command Responsibility, Expert Claims
Testifying for the defence of the third defendant, military expert Asim Dzambasovic said that Senad Hakalovic was an ordinary soldier and as such he could not have issued any orders,...
Police Hunt Fugitive Bosnian Croat War Criminal
Bosnian’s federal police have issued a warrant for the arrest of fugitive Dominik Ilijasevic, who was serving a 15-year jail sentence for war crimes including the murder of civilians.
Bosnian Croat Forces ‘Beat and Molested’ Female Prisoner
A witness at the trial of Croatian Defence Forces fighters for war crimes at the Dretelj jail camp in Bosnia in 1992 testified how she was seized, locked up, humiliated...
Witness Recalls Beatings and Abuse in Dretelj
At the trial of five former members of Croatian Defence Forces for crimes in Mostar and Capljina, a witness said that he was imprisoned in the Dretelj camp in August...
Families of the Missing Request Information about War Crimes
During a public debate held in Mostar, families of the missing say that it is important for them to receive information about the processing of war crimes in Bosnia and...