Following a request by BIRN BiH for more transparency in the justice system, the State Prosecution has started publishing redacted factual descriptions from confirmed indictments on its website.
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is holding an exhibition and publishing a book commemorating journalists and media workers who were killed during and just after the 1990s wars in the former Yugoslavia.
Photographer Paul Lowe is presenting a BIRN-backed multimedia exhibition entitled ‘Watch Out, Sniper’, documenting the experiences of people who endured the dangers of Sarajevo’s Sniper Alley during the 1992-95 siege.
A memorial was unveiled to the mostly Serb victims who were killed in 1992 and 1993 at the Kazani Pit in the hills above Sarajevo on the orders of a Bosniak commander of a Bosnian Army brigade.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced Senad Dzananovic to 11 and Edin Gadzo to five years in prison for crimes against Serb civilians detained in Alipasino Polje, Sarajevo – though they may appeal the verdict.
In this month’s edition you can watch footage on Sarajevo artists’ ability and inventiveness to help their fellow citizens live during the longest siege in modern history.
Tens of thousands of children went to school in improvised classrooms during the siege of Sarajevo that started 24 years ago this week, with pupils and teachers often risking their lives for education.