Srdjan Aleksic’s father commemorated his son who became a symbol of tolerance after he was killed in 1993 by Bosnian Serb reservist troops for defending a Muslim friend from attack in the city of Trebinje.
The father of Srdjan Aleksic, a Serb who was killed while trying to save a Muslim neighbour during the war in Bosnia in 1993, called for the anniversary to be declared a day of remembrance.
Courts in Trebinje and Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina have rejected pleas to ban Serb nationalist Chetnik associations for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred and intolerance. The Basic Courts in Trebinje and Bijeljina told BIRN that they have turned down requests to ban associations whose names contain the words ‘Chetnik Movement’ or ‘Ravna Gora Movement’. The […]
Many citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are turning to neighbouring countries in anticipation of justice because they were detained in those countries during the war.
The Trebinje District Prosecution has opened 35 war-crimes investigations, but it is still uncertain when the indictments will be filed says Srdjan Vukanovic, spokesperson of the District Prosecution.
The District Court in Trebinje has not dealt with any new war-crimes cases during the past two years, because no indictments have been filed by the Prosecution in that period.
Renovation of a courtroom in the District Court in Trebinje has been completed this week. The renovation, which included setting equipment for audio and video recording, was undertaken with the aim of improving capacities for processing of war crimes.
BIRN - Justice Report has completed seven years of operation despite the problem of anonymisation and the refusal by authorities to issue complete and intact audio and video materials from trials held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.