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The trial of Hamza Labidi for joining foreign paramilitary groups in Syria began at the state court in Sarajevo with the reading of the indictment charging him with travelling to Syria with his family in June 2014 and joining units under the umbrella of Islamic State, which the UN has declared a terrorist organisation.

At the trial of Senad Kasupovic, a Bosnian man accused of going to fight in Syria, a state prosecution expert witness presented his findings about so-called Islamic State, saying its philosophy was that “it is not important how you lived before, but how you will die”.

The Bosnian state court has accepted a guilt admission agreement and sentenced Armen Dzelko to three-and-a-half years in prison for joining a terrorist group in Syria.

The beginning of the trial of Milarem Berbic, who is accused of joining paramilitary groups and fighting in Syria, has been postponed because the defendant refused to have his temperature taken at the state court’s detention unit before he could enter the courtroom.

The trial of Emir Alisic, who is accused of organising a terrorist group and fighting in Syria, began with the reading of the indictment and the presentation of introductory statements by the prosecution and defence.

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Public displays of support for war crimes defendants, nationalist political rhetoric and Bosnian Serb officials’ denials of the Srebrenica genocide are causing unease among Bosniaks who have returned to the town after fleeing during the war.

Public displays of support for war crimes defendants, nationalist political rhetoric and Bosnian Serb officials’ denials of the Srebrenica genocide are causing unease among Bosniaks who have returned to the town after fleeing during the war.

Over 200 children who were born just before or after the Srebrenica massacres in July 1995 had to grow up without ever knowing their fathers, who were killed by Bosnian Serb forces.

Evidence in terrorism cases is proving difficult to find, while experts warn that the reintegration and rehabilitation of foreign fighters is an even greater challenge.

War crimes in the village of Zepa just after the Srebrenica massacres in July 1995 were initially tried as genocide, but the charge was eventually dropped, and 25 years on, most suspects have never even been indicted.

Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Syria Suspect Sacks Defence Lawyer as Trial Begins

Terror Trial Expert: Islamic State Recruits Embraced Death

Bosnian Jailed for Fighting for Islamic State in Syria

Bosnian Syria Suspect Refuses Temperature Check in Court

Bosnian Man Goes on Trial on Syria Terror Charges

Nationalism Festers in Srebrenica, 25 Years after Genocide

Episode 115: Nationalism Festers in Srebrenica, 25 Years after Genocide

‘I Only Know Dad from a Photo’: The Lost Fathers of Srebrenica

Balkan States Find Prosecuting Terrorism a Challenge

As Srebrenica is Remembered, Zepa’s War Victims Feel Forgotten

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