Monday, 21 april 2025.
Bosnia Struggling to Prosecute Migrants when Identity in Doubt
The acquittal of an Algerian migrant charged with murder in Bosnia has spurred calls for a change to the law and court rules on establishing the identity of a defendant.
BIRN BiH Journalists Nominated for Fetisov Awards
Two BIRN Bosnia journalists have each been nominated for a series of articles looking at the legacy of the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Bosnia Charges Serb Police Chief with Prisoner Abuse, Torture
Former police chief Malko Koroman was charged with the abuse and torture of several dozen Bosniak prisoners who were detained during wartime in the town of Pale, some of whom...
Bosniak Ex-Fighters Tried for Assaulting Serb Prisoners
Five former Bosniak fighters went on trial for physically abusing captured Bosnian Serb Army soldiers in the Visegrad, Gorazde and Rogatica areas between 1992 and 1995. The trial of former...
Serbia Convicts Bosnian Serb Troops of Killing Prisoners
Belgrade Higher Court convicted former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Joja Plavanjac of killing 11 people at a prison in Bosanska Krupa in Bosnia in August 1992 and his fellow ex-serviceman...
Serbian Court Jails Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldiers for Wartime Murders
A Serbian court convicted two former Bosnian Serb Army military policemen, Dragan Bajic and Marko Paukovic, of killing a Bosniak man, three women and a child in the Kljuc area...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Acquitted of Burning Homes
Former reservist policeman Slavko Milovanovic was acquitted of ordering the burning of Bosniaks’ homes during an attack by Bosnian Serb forces on a village near Srebrenica in May 1992. The...
Serbia Sent Refugees from Croatia, Bosnia to Frontlines: Report
A new report by the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre said thousands of Serb refugees during the 1990s wars in Croatia and Bosnia were arrested in Serbia, taken back to the...
Bosnians Protest Against Serbian Book Denying War Crime
Demonstrators rallied in Tuzla in Bosnia after a book was published in Serbia denying that Bosnian Serb forces were responsible for the Tuzla Gate massacre which killed 71 people in...