Thursday, 7 may 2026.
Bosnia: Peace Anniversary Year Sees War Crimes Trial Slowdown
Bosnia and Herzegovina marked the 25th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the 1990s war - but amid the pandemic, the slow process of prosecuting the crimes committed...
Bosnian Terrorism Suspect ‘Possessed Weapons in Syria’
At the trial of Emir Alisic, who is accused of terrorism for going to join paramilitary groups in Syria, a witness who was also in Syria claimed that she knew...
Harsher Sentence Urged for Bosnian Serb Soldier Convicted of Rape
The prosecution called on the Bosnian court to increase former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Sasa Curcic’s five-year sentence for raping a Bosniak woman during the war in 1992 in the...
Bosnian Army Ex-Officer Faces Retrial for Croats’ Killings
The verdict convicting Enver Buza, the wartime commander of a Bosnian Army battalion, of failing to discipline his troops for the 1993 killing of 27 Croat civilians in the village...
Terror Trial Witness ‘Went to Syria to Find Freedom’
A witness said she moved from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria in 2013 to be able to practice her religion in the way she wanted.
Syria Defendant Goes on Hunger Strike Over Prison Conditions
The trial of Milarem Berbic, a Bosnian accused of going to fight in Syria, was postponed after the defendant went on hunger strike over alleged poor conditions in detention.
Bosnian Army Ex-Commander Asks for War Crimes Acquittal
Former Bosnian Army Third Corps commander Sakib Mahmuljin, who is on trial for failing to stop Islamic volunteer fighters torturing and killing Serb prisoners, said he was not guilty of...
Wartime Killer of Bosnian Family Skips Prison Sentence
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Sretko Pavic, who was convicted of killing of five members of a Bosniak family in a village near Prijedor in 1992, failed to appear to start...
Paprica, Ognjenovic Each Sentenced to Eight Years for Miljevina Rape
The first-instance chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced Radovan Paprica and Slavko Ognjenovic to eight years in prison each for the crime of rape in Miljevina,...
Bosnian Terrorism Suspect ‘Lived in Germany Before Going to Syria’
The state prosecution requested an extended custody remand for Jahja Vukovic,who is suspected of organising a terrorist group and going to fight in Syria,arguing that he was living in Germany,...