Monday, 20 october 2025.
Bosnian Serb Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Persecuting Civilians
Wartime Bosnian Serb Army battalion commander Ratko Djurkovic said he was innocent of involvement in the persecution of Bosniaks in the Ugljevik area in 1992.
Constitutional Court Rejects Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman’s Appeal
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court ruled that Mico Jurisic, who was jailed for 11 years for crimes against humanity against non-Serb civilians in the Prijedor area during the war in...
Bosnia Convicts Serb Ex-Policeman of Crimes Against Humanity
Former reservist policeman Simo Stupar was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his involvement in killing, beating and illegally detaining Bosniaks in the Vlasenica area in 1992.
Peace Activists Place Memorial Signs at Unmarked Bosnian War Sites
Peace activists from the Centre for Nonviolent Action put up temporary signs at eight unmarked locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina where people were detained, abused and killed during the 1992-95...
Bosnian Court Dismisses Challenge to Verdict for Attack on Serbs
The Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from former Bosnian Army soldier Muhamed Sisic, who was convicted of involvement in the killings of 21 Serbs in an attack on the village...
Bosnian Soldier’s Appeal Against War Rape Conviction Rejected
The Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from former Bosnian Army soldier Mirsad Menzilovic, who was sentenced to six years in prison for raping a minor in Sarajevo in 1993.
Serbia Gives Citizenship to Fugitive War Crimes Defendant
Serbia granted citizenship to Bosnian Serb war crimes defendant Mirko Vrucinic two months before he absconded from Bosnia and Herzegovina and failed to appear in court for closing arguments in...
BIRN Fact-Check: Is the Bosnian Serb Report on the Sarajevo Siege Accurate?
A report funded by the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity claims Serbs were subjected to ethnic cleansing in wartime Sarajevo, but its allegations differ from facts established by...
Bosnian Serb War Crimes Convict Charged with Killing Prisoners
Former Bosnian Serb Army military policeman Goran Viskovic, who is already serving a prison sentence for crimes against humanity, was charged with participating in the killings of eight Bosniak civilian...
Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighter’s Prisoner Abuse Conviction Upheld
The Bosnian court rejected Croatian Defence Council ex-fighter Mile Pazin’s appeal against his one-and-a-half-year prison sentence for mistreating a Bosniak civilian prisoner in the Stolac area in 1993.