Tuesday, 28 april 2026.
Freed Bosnian Croat War Criminal Shot Dead in Mostar
Former Croatian Defence Council officer Marko Radic, whose sentence for crimes against humanity was controversially reduced by a Croatian court, was shot dead in Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In Bosnian River Town, Far-Right Symbols and a Link to Ukraine
Finding inspiration in Ukraine’s notorious far-right battalion Azov, Bosnian Croat ‘skinheads’ and football fans in the town of Mostar have embraced far-right and neo-Nazi symbols and slogans.
Constitutional Court Rejects Appeals by Demirovic and Copelj
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has rendered decisions rejecting appeals filed by Ibrahim Demirovic, who was sentenced to 13 years, and Habib Copelj, who was sentenced to five...
Bosnian Croat War Criminal’s Sentence Increased for Woman’s Murder
Croatia’s Supreme Court increased the prison sentence handed down to Vinko Martinovic, a Bosnian Croat wartime fighter already convicted of ethnic cleansing by the Hague Tribunal, for the 1996 murder...
Croatia to Investigate Bosnian Croat General for War Crimes
The prosecution in Zagreb has agreed to take over Bosnia’s case against former Croatian Defence Council general Zlatan Mijo Jelic, who is accused of wartime crimes against Bosniak civilians in...
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Grabovica Massacre: The Soldiers Who Couldn’t Forget
Two soldiers were on opposing sides when 33 Bosnian Croats were massacred by Bosnian Army troops 27 years ago - but now they are both working to ensure that the...
Bosnia to Transfer Croat General’s War Case to Croatia
The Bosnian state court agreed to transfer to Croatia the case against former Croatian Defence Council general Zlatan Mijo Jelic, who is accused of committing crimes against humanity against Bosniak...
Bosnian Crimes Against Humanity Defendant Dies Before Verdict
Proceedings against Marinko Sunjic, a former Croatian Defence Council fighter who was on trial for the illegal detention, persecution and abuse of Bosniak civilian prisoners in Mostar in 1992 and...
Forgotten Victims: Bosnian Croat Fighters Never Tried for Elderly Civilians’ Murders
In the latest in the Forgotten Victims series, BIRN examines the killings of several elderly people by members of the Bosnian Croat wartime force, the Croatian Defence Council, who have...
Bosnia Finds Two War Victims in Hidden Grave
The remains of at least two people, believed to be Serbs killed in the 1992-95 war, were exhumed from a hidden grave in the Jajce area in central Bosnia and...