Tuesday, 21 october 2025.
Court Urged to Convict Bosnian Army Ex-Soldiers of Rape
Prosecutor Marijana Cobovic told the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday that it had been proved during the retrial that Samir Kesmer and Mirsad Menzilovic...
Bosnia Increases Sentence for Killings of Serbs in Brcko
The sentence handed down to former Croatian Defence Council brigade commander Mensur Djakic for not punishing the killers of three Serb captives in the Brcko District in 1992 was increased...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Retried for Wartime Rape
Former policeman Dragan Janjic went on trial again for the rape of a woman in Miljevina near Foca in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 after a previous verdict convicting him...
Bosnian Army Ex-Commander Proclaims Innocence, Urges Acquittal
Former Bosnian Army brigade commander Ahmet Sejdic told the Bosnian court that he was not guilty of wartime crimes against Serb civilians and prisoners of war in Rudo, Visegrad and...
Bosnian Prosecution Urges Higher Sentence for Serb Ex-Soldier
The prosecution argued that former Bosnian Serb soldier Zdravko Lubarda’s six-year sentence for committing crimes against humanity by persecuting Bosniaks in the Rogatica area in 1992 and 1993 should be...
Bosnian Army Ex-Troops Appeal Convictions for Crimes Against Croats
Four former Bosnian Army soldiers appealed against their convictions for crimes against Bosnian Croat civilians at a detention facility in the village of Kruscica, near Vitez in 1993. Defence lawyers...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter Charged with Attacking Bosniak Villages
Former fighter Zeljko Novakovic was charged with crimes against humanity for participating in the murders, torture and persecution of Bosniak civilians in the villages of Ekici and Alici in the...
Bosnia Convicts Ex-Policeman of Torturing Serb Prisoners
Bosniak ex-policeman Kahro Vejzovic was convicted of violently assaulting Bosnian Serb civilian prisoners in the village of Stupari in 1992 and sentenced to six years in prison.
Bosnian Prosecution’s Slowdown on War Indictments Causes Concern
In the first five months of this year, the Bosnian state prosecution has filed only four indictments in war crimes cases, raising questions about how it will deal with the...