16. December 2020.
Seven former Bosnian Army soldiers and Territorial Defence force fighters were arrested for alleged wartime crimes in the Zvornik area from 1992 to 1994, including the killing of around 20 Serbs.
City: Zvornik
4. September 2020.
Political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina surreptitiously swap seats on the committees that oversee polling stations, allowing them to influence the vote count on election day to their own advantage – and it’s not illegal.
5. July 2020.
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 teenage girl’s intervention led to the prisoners being freed.
18. June 2020.
Former Bosnian Army military policeman Adem Kostjerevac, who is accused of raping a pregnant Serb woman in Zvornik in 1992, was extradited from the US to Bosnia and Herzegovina to stand trial.
The US Federal Court in Missouri on Monday approved an extradition request from Bosnia and Herzegovina for Adem Kostjerevac, who is wanted for trial in Sarajevo on war crimes charges.
9. April 2020.
Interpol issued a ‘red notice’ advising countries worldwide to detain former Bosnian Serb fighter Dusan Spasojevic, who absconded during his trial for raping a Bosniak woman during the war in May 1992. A ‘red notice’ has been issued by Interpol to alert countries around the world that former Territorial Defence fighter Dusan Spasojevic, who has […]
23. March 2020.
A US federal court approved the extradition of former Bosnian Army military policeman Adem Kostjerevac to face trial for allegedly raping a pregnant Serb woman in the Zvornik area during the war in 1992.
The US Federal Court in Missouri on Monday approved an extradition request from Bosnia and Herzegovina for Adem Kostjerevac, who is wanted for trial in Sarajevo on war crimes charges.
3. March 2020.
Former Bosnian Serb fighter Dusan Spasojevic, who is on trial for raping a Bosniak woman during the war in May 1992, did not turn up for a court hearing and told his relatives that he has absconded. A hearing in the case against wartime Territorial Defence fighter Dusan Spasojevic at the Bosnian state court in […]
7. February 2020.
Bosnia’s Strategy for Prevention and Combatting Terrorism, which expires this year, has not received nearly enough resources to succeed – and clear terrorism prevention systems have yet to be set up in all local communities, analysis by BIRN shows.
22. January 2020.
How Bosnia’s neglect of its wartime displaced foreshadowed its latest humanitarian crisis. Milena Mitrović, Rogatica, Zvornik i Sarajevo On Easter Sunday 2010, Angelina Jolie came to the eastern Bosnian town of Rogatica and performed a miracle. The Hollywood star had been touring the country in her off-screen role as ambassador for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. […]
16. January 2020.
The murder 20 years ago of notorious paramilitary chief Zeljko Raznatovic, alias Arkan, meant he never stood trial for war crimes - and two decades later, only one member of his much-feared Tigers unit has ever been prosecuted.
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