Friday, 23 may 2025.
Serbia Cuts Bosnian Army Jail Chief’s Prisoner Abuse Sentence
Husein Mujanovic’s sentence for abusing Serb civilian prisoners held in inhumane conditions in a Bosnian Army military prison in Hrasnica near Sarajevo in 1992 was reduced to four-and-a-half years on...
Batons and Blood: The Bosnian Music School That Became a Brutal Jail
Thirty years have passed since Bosnian Army troops detained and assaulted Croat and Serb prisoners in a music school basement in Zenica. In the Hague Tribunal archives, BIRN found names...
Serb Paramilitary Killers Must Face Justice, Bosnian Widow Pleads
Ahead of the appeal in the Hague court’s trial of former Serbian State Security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, the widow of a man killed by Serb fighters operating...
Bosnia Confirms Ex-Policeman’s 20-Year Sentence for Killing Civilians
The Bosnian state court upheld the verdict convicting former reservist policeman Dusan Culibrk of involvement in the wartime killings of more than 50 Bosniaks and Croats in the Bosanska Krupa...
Serbia Agrees to Prosecute Suspects in Two Bosnian War Cases
The Serbian judiciary has taken over the prosecution of Milorad Kotur, who is accused of involvement in killing over 50 Bosniaks and Croats, and Lazar Mutlak, who is charged with...
Bosnia Issues 172 War Crimes Arrest Warrants as Fugitives Dodge Justice
Courts across the country have issued at least 172 warrants for the arrests of war crimes suspects, indictees and convicts who can’t be brought to justice because they are no...
Bosnia Upholds Verdict Clearing Wartime Fighter of Assaulting Boy
The state court upheld the verdict clearing Territorial Defence force ex-fighter Agan Ramic of committing a crime against humanity by hitting a minor in a village in the Konjic area...
Netherlands Pays €8.7 Million to Srebrenica Victims’ Relatives
Since the Netherlands started offering compensation to relatives of certain Srebrenica genocide victims because Dutch peacekeeping troops failed to protect them, millions of euros have been paid out but several...
Bosnian Serb Detention Camp Guards Charged with Prisoner Abuse
The Bosnian prosecution charged 15 former guards with crimes against civilians and prisoners of war who were detained at the Military-Investigative Prison in Banja Luka, known as Mali Logor, from...