Tuesday, 24 june 2025.
Next Generation: Enemies Inherited and the Bosnians Trying to Resist
In Bosnia, former foes are trying to stop their own past from poisoning the future.
Dreaming of a Hug: Families Still Wait for News of Srebrenica’s Missing
The 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres is a particularly distressing time for people whose loved ones disappeared in July 1995 but whose remains have not yet been found, identified...
Samir Played Guitar: The Life and Death of Srebrenica’s ‘Bowie’
Samir Mehic, a Bosnian guitarist nicknamed Bowie after his musical hero, was the rock’n’roll bard of wartime Srebrenica, but was killed in the July 1995 massacres alongside thousands of other...
‘I Only Know Dad from a Photo’: The Lost Fathers of Srebrenica
Over 200 children who were born just before or after the Srebrenica massacres in July 1995 had to grow up without ever knowing their fathers, who were killed by Bosnian...
Forgotten Victims: How Bosnian Villagers Liberated a Wartime Detention Camp
The latest in BIRN’s Forgotten Victims series examines how families were imprisoned, men killed and women raped at a Bosnian Serb-run detention camp near Zvornik in 1992 - until a...
As Srebrenica is Remembered, Zepa’s War Victims Feel Forgotten
War crimes in the village of Zepa just after the Srebrenica massacres in July 1995 were initially tried as genocide, but the charge was eventually dropped, and 25 years on,...
Burden of Proof: Inside Bosnia’s War Trial Case Archives
Bosnia’s state court is rapidly running out of space for its ever-growing multitude of documents and evidence from war crimes trials, while the lack of an online archive is hampering...
Good Neighbours: How Three Serbs Saved Bosniaks in Wartime Vlasenica
Several Bosniaks were saved by courageous interventions from individual Serbs who defied potential risks to help neighbours during wartime in the town of Vlasenica in 1992, when many were detained...
Forgotten Victims: Ambush Kills Civilians Heading for Funeral
No one has ever been charged with the killing of at least four minibus passengers travelling from Pale to Ilijas for a funeral in July 1992, with an investigation concluding...