Emina S was 22 when she fell into the hands of the Bosnian Serb paramilitary chief who repeatedly raped her until she escaped into the woods. She told her story to Merima Husejnovic.
As rights group slates local courts and authorities and Hague tribunal for failing to defend rape victims, researcher Marek Marczynski says its time courts addressed this taboo issue.
The Defence of Suad Kapic, who has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for crimes committed in the Sanski Most area, will file an appeal with the third-instance chamber, which has the power to overturn the verdict.
Amnesty International calls on to the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina to open an investigation into allegations of rape committed by the Lukic cousins in Visegrad.
Two months after closing arguments were heard, the Trial Chamber in The Hague will deliver verdicts on July 20 in the case of two cousins accused of crimes committed in Visegrad, eastern Bosnia.
The first-instance Trial Chamber sentences Momir Savic, who failed to appear for the reading of the verdict, to 18 years in prison for crimes committed in 1992 in Visegrad.
Defence witnesses of Momir Savic and Savic himself claim the indictee did not participate in crimes committed in Visegrad in spring 1992 but instead protected his neighbours.
Defence witnesses describe the situation in Visegrad during 1992. The Defence of Momir Savic, a former member of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, who is charged with crimes committed in Visegrad, examined three witnesses, who described the situation in the municipality in early 1992. Witness Miloje Indjic told the Trial Chamber that in April 1992 […]