Tuesday, 16 september 2025.
Council of Europe Urged to Back Srebrenica Remembrance Day
The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner, Dunja Mijatovic, urged the European rights and democracy organisation to adopt July 11 as an official remembrance day for the victims of the...
UN Tribunal Chief: Genocide Deniers Should be Prosecuted
The president of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Carmel Agius, said in Sarajevo that the people who deny genocide should be condemned and prosecuted.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Official Blames Army Officer for Massacre
A former Bosnian Serb deputy interior minister told the trial of eight Serb ex-policemen that army security chief Ljubisa Beara triggered a massacre of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in the village...
Bosnia, Serbia Unlikely to Copy Belgium’s Genocide Denial Law
The Belgian government has announced plans to criminalise denial of the Srebrenica genocide, but similar legislation is not likely to find political support in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the massacres...
Karadzic Seeks Review of Decision Refusing Appeal
The former president of Republika Srpska is demanding reconsideration of a decision refusing his appeal against his life sentence.
Radovan Karadzic Announces Appeal Against Life Sentence
Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic said he will contest his life sentence for genocide and other wartime crimes - although the UN court has only ever reviewed a...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Acquitted of Srebrenica Crimes
Milan Bogdanovic, a former commander of police special units, was acquitted of capturing Bosniak men from Srebrenica in July 1995 and enabling others to abuse and kill them.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter Convicted of Wartime Murders, Rapes
Bosnian Serb wartime fighter Sasa Cvetkovic was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the murder of two elderly Roma women and the rape of two Bosniaks in the Srebrenica...
Karadzic Verdict Will Reinforce Ethnic Divisions, Analysts Predict
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik claims the final verdict in Radovan Karadzic’s trial will be unfair, while Bosniak war victims’ groups want a tougher sentence - suggesting that the ruling...
Testifying Against Karadzic: The Witnesses’ Stories
As Radovan Karadzic’s final verdict approaches, witnesses who testified against the former Bosnian Serb political leader recall how they felt when they spoke about his alleged crimes to his face...