Saturday, 5 july 2025.
Five Arrested in Bosnia for War Crimes against Serb Civilians
Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrested five people on Tuesday on suspicion of war crimes against Serb civilians and prisoners of war in the wider Sarajevo area during the 1992-95...
Bosnia War Crime Victims ‘Further Victimised’ by Courts Recovering Costs
NGO TRIAL International says some war crime victims who had their cases rejected have ended up in extreme poverty because of having to pay the costs of the proceeding to...
Far-Right Exploiting Pandemic to Spread Hate, in the Balkans Too
The far-right is creating a ‘them against us’ narrative in the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to pick up followers and spread hate. And Balkan states are not immune, according...
Bosnia Arrests Seven Serb Ex-Police Officers for Wartime Killings
Seven former Bosnian Serb police officers were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of 22 Bosniak civilians, including women and children, in a village near Bijeljina in 1992.
Bosnia Upholds Serb Ex-Policeman’s Crimes Against Humanity Sentence
The Bosnian court upheld the verdict convicting former reservist policeman Simo Stupar of involvement in illegally detaining, beating and killing Bosniaks in the Vlasenica area in 1992.
Nine Persons Arrested for War Crimes in Bosanski Novi Area
The State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, arrested nine persons due to existence of a grounded suspicion that they committed crimes against humanity against Bosniak and Croat victims in the...
‘Watch Out, Sniper’ Exhibition Tells Tragic Stories of Sarajevo Siege
A multimedia exhibition created by Paul Lowe uses photography, 3-D models and witness testimonies to explore stories from Sarajevo’s ‘Sniper Alley’ during the 1992-95 siege of the Bosnian capital.
Sarajevo Exhibition Documents Perils of Wartime ‘Sniper Alley’
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.
Sarajevo Unveils Memorial to Victims of Kazani Pit Killings
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...