Friday, 7 november 2025.
Karadzic Trial: Competing Versions of the Truth
During Radovan Karadzic’s marathon trial, the prosecution brought witnesses to prove he was guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, while testimony from the defence disputed the crimes or tried...
Radovan Karadzic: ‘I Expect to be Acquitted’
In a defiant interview before his trial verdict, wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic insists that ‘no reasonable court’ would convict him of genocide and war crimes, despite the evidence...
Karadzic Verdict: Legal Precedents and Unproven Allegations
The Hague Tribunal has legal precedents for some of the charges against Radovan Karadzic, but allegations that genocide was committed in 1992 and UN peacekeepers were taken hostage have never...
Soldier’s 12-Year Trial ‘Costing Bosnia €1.5 Million’
The war crime trial of former Bosnian Army serviceman Samir Bejtic, which has restarted four times and lasted over 12 years, could cost the state more than 1.5 million euros,...
Karadzic’s Courtroom Drama Will End in Disappointment
Next week’s verdict in the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic will be a judicial landmark but cannot heal the lasting divisions of wartime.
Ratko Mladic Witness Problems Delay Defence Case
Problems with getting witnesses to court have reduced the amount of time that former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic’s defence has to prepare its closing statements at the Hague...
Witness in Bejtic Trial Says He Gave Statement Under Coercion
Testifying at the retrial of Samir Bejtic, a prosecution witness said a statement he gave about a killed civilian was untrue and given under coercion. Bejtic has been charged with...
Bajro Cilic Fined and Removed from Courtroom
The Bosnian state court has fined attorney Bajro Cilic 3,000 BAM for being in contempt of the court at a trial dealing with wartime crimes committed in the Livno area....
UN Raps Bosnia for Violating War Widow’s Rights
The UN’s Human Rights Committee said Bosnia and Herzegovina violated the rights of widow Sakiba Dovadzija because it failed to prosecute those responsible for the enforced disappearance of her husband.
Injured Party in Mario Frimel Trial Said He was Beaten by Defendant
Injured party Mladen Blagovcanin was examined as a defense witness at the trial of Mario Frimel. Frimel has been charged with crimes committed in Sarajevo. Responding to questions from the...