Tuesday, 16 september 2025.
NEWS Burial Ceremony Held for Six War Victims from Bosnia’s Prijedor
Six people’s remains were buried at the annual ceremony for recently-exhumed war victims at the Kamicani Memorial Centre near Prijedor, but the event was scaled down because of the coronavirus...
Acquitted Serb War Crime Defendant Sues Bosnia for Compensation
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Rade Vlasenko, who was acquitted of taking three civilians from a detention camp in 1992 and then killing one of them, is suing the state...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Jailed for Killing Bosniak Family
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Sretko Pavic was sentenced to 11 years in prison for killing of five members of a Bosniak family in a village near Prijedor during the war...
Ultra-Right Groups Show Their Face in Bosnian Town
Extreme right-wing groups that flirt with Nazi and white supremacist ideologies are establishing a presence in the northern Bosnian town of Prijedor.
‘This Was Real’: Bosnia Exhibition Looks at Wartime Loss of Liberty
Renowned US photographer Ron Haviv returns to Bosnia with an exhibition dedicated to prisoners of war.
Sabahudin Kajdic’s Trial for Prijedor Crimes Opens
The trial of the former member of the Prijedor Motorized Brigade – charged with committing crimes against humanity in the Prijedor area in 1992 – has started with the prosecution’s...
Culture of Denial: Why So Few War Criminals Feel Guilty
Some of the war criminals from the 1990s conflicts who admitted their guilt in court spoke to BIRN about why they confessed - although some say now that they only...
Bosnian Serb Policeman’s Crimes Against Humanity Conviction Upheld
The Bosnian court upheld the verdict sentencing former policeman Mico Jurisic to 11 years in prison for crimes against humanity against non-Serb civilians in the Prijedor area during the war...
Indictment Filed for Crimes against Humanity in Prijedor
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against Jugomir Marcetic, former member of the Bosnian Serb Army, VRS, charging him with crimes against Bosniak population in the...