Tuesday, 29 april 2025.
Hague Tribunal Probes Slobodan Praljak’s Courtroom Death
As Dutch prosecutors confirmed that Bosnian Croat military chief Slobodan Praljak took poison before he died, the Hague Tribunal launched an independent review to establish what went wrong at the...
‘Scorpions’ Ex-Fighter Says Belgrade Controlled Paramilitaries
An ex-member of the ‘Scorpions’ paramilitaries told the Hague Tribunal that his unit and the ‘Tigers’ led by Zeljko Raznatovic, alias Arkan, were under the control of the Serbian security...
UK’s Vulliamy Recalls Encounters with Belligerent Praljak
One of Britain’s most respected reporters on the Balkan wars of the 1990s has recalled his two encounters, in court and out, with Slobodan Praljak, the war criminal who committed...
Croatian President Criticised for Backing War Crimes Defendants
A Zagreb rights NGO urged parliament to censure Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic for speaking in support of six former Bosnian Croat officials who are awaiting their verdict at the...
Mladic Verdict Highlights Bosnia’s Ethnic Divisions
In a sign of continuing post-war divisions, Bosniak survivors of the conflict welcomed Ratko Mladic’s life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity, but Bosnian Serbs accused the Hague Tribunal...
Ratko Mladic Convicted of Genocide, Jailed for Life
The UN court in The Hague convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic of the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him...
How Ratko Mladic ‘Blew Sarajevo’s Mind’
“Don’t let them sleep at all.
Ratko Mladic’s Son Expects Father’s Acquittal
Darko Mladic, the son of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, told BIRN that he believes that the Hague Tribunal will acquit his father next week and set him...
BIRN Publishes Ratko Mladic Trial E-Book
Ahead of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic’s war crimes verdict next week, BIRN has compiled all its reports on the landmark case into a free, downloadable e-book.