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Prosecutors Halt Terrorism Investigation into Zvornik Suspect
The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity has discontinued an investigation into Abidin Mehmedovic, who was suspected of involvement in terrorism.
Bosnia Jails Fighters for Using Father and Son as Human Shields
Wartime Serb fighters Slobodan Bogdanovic and Goran Sladoje were both found guilty of physically abusing a Bosniak man and his son and using them as human shields in Sarajevo during...
Serbia Convicts Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman of Torturing Prisoners
A Belgrade court sentenced former Bosnian Serb reservist policeman Milorad Jovanovic to nine years in prison for torturing civilian detainees at a museum in the Sanski Most area of Bosnia...
Bosnian Man Pleads Not Guilty to Fighting in Syria
Jahja Vukovic, also known as Abdulaziz, pleaded not guilty at the Bosnian state court to organising a terrorist group, going to the Syrian conflict zone and participating in combat.
Bosnian Serb Soldiers’ Crimes Against Humanity Sentences Upheld
The Bosnian Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from ex-soldiers Momir and Petar Tasic against their convictions for forcible disappearances and rape in the Visegrad area in June 1992.
Balkan States Failing to Address Threat from Far-Right Extremism
Laws and counter-terrorism strategies in the Balkans demonstrate a failure on the part of governments to take seriously the threat from far-right extremism, according to a BIRN analysis.
Terrorism Defendant ‘Interpreted for Bosnian Unit Chief in Syria’
A state prosecution witness told the trial of Jasmin Keserovic, who is accused of joining a terrorist group, that he saw the defendant in Syria and heard that he was...
Bosnian Convicted of Fighting for Terrorist Group in Syria
The Bosnian state court sentenced Senad Kasupovic to three years in prison for organising and joining a terrorist group, finding that he went to fight for Islamic State in Syria.
Italian Reporters Died Shielding Bosnian Child from Blast
Italian TV personnel Marco Luchetta, Alessandro Sasa Ota and Dario D’Angelo were killed by artillery fire in 1994 while reporting on the plight of children in the war-ravaged, ethnically-divided town...