Tuesday, 16 september 2025.
Bosnian Serb Veterans’ Leader Denies Assisting Srebrenica Genocide
Milomir Savcic, the head of the organisation that represents Bosnian Serb military veterans, pleaded not guilty to assisting the commission of genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995. Milomir Savcic,...
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...
Ratko Mladic’s Appeal Set for March 2020
The UN court in The Hague has scheduled former Bosnian Serb military chief’s appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes for March 17, 2020. The appeals chamber...
Increased Penalty for Smajlovic for Srebrenica Crimes
The sentence handed down to former Bosnian Army soldier Suad Smajlovic, convicted of mutilating Serb civilians’ dead bodies in 1992, was increased to three years in jail.
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...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter’s Murder, Rape Conviction Upheld
The Bosnian court rejected wartime fighter Sasa Cvetkovic’s appeal against his conviction for the murder of two elderly Roma women and the rape of two Bosniaks in the Srebrenica and...
Bosnia Retries Serb Ex-Policeman for Ordering Burning of Homes
Former reservist policeman Slavko Milovanovic is being retried for alleged crimes against humanity after initially being acquitted of ordering the burning of Bosniaks’ homes in an attack on a village...
Radovan Karadzic’s Attempt to Remove ‘Biased’ Judges Rejected
The UN court in The Hague rejected former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic’s attempt to get judges he accuses of being biased against him disqualified from ruling on his...