Tuesday, 16 september 2025.
Serbian Security Chiefs Appeal Conviction for Aiding War Crimes
Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, who were convicted of aiding war crimes committed by Serbian fighters during the Bosnian conflict, claimed there was not enough evidence to declare them guilty...
Bosnian Croat Ex-Leader’s Jail Letter Expresses Regret for Crimes
Milivoj Petkovic, former president of the self-proclaimed Croat-led wartime statelet of Herzeg-Bosnia, wrote a letter from jail to the UN court saying he accepts the verdict sentencing him to 20...
Ratko Mladic’s Health Deteriorating, His Lawyers Claim
As the former Bosnian Serb military chief, who was convicted of genocide and other wartime crimes by the UN court in June, awaits transfer to prison to serve his life...
‘We Know Everything’: Verdict Outlines Serbia’s Role in Croatia, Bosnia Wars
The recently-published verdict in the trial of wartime Serbian security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic shows how despite its denials, the Serbian state supported fighting units that committed crimes...
Croatia Seeks War Criminal’s Extradition from Bosnia for Murder
Vinko Martinovic, who has already served prison time for wartime ethnic cleansing, was arrested in Bosnia and is wanted by Croatia to serve another sentence for the post-war murder of...
BIRN Fact-Check: Trial Evidence Contradicts Claims in Bosnian Serbs’ Srebrenica Report
A report by a Bosnian Serb-funded commission has claimed the Srebrenica massacres were not genocide and most victims were not civilians – but some of its controversial assertions are contradicted...
Mass Funeral Held for 12 War Victims from Bosnia’s Prijedor
The remains of the recently-exhumed victims of the Bosnian war were laid to rest at a funeral ceremony on the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha at the Kamicani Memorial...
Turkish Group Hacks Serbian State Website in Srebrenica Protest
A Turkish hacker group replaced the front page of the Serbian Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Administration website with a photograph of coffins and a slogan about the Srebrenica genocide.
Serbian Officials’ Verdict Rouses Grim Memories in Bosnian Town
War survivors in Bosanski Samac still remember the brutality of Serbian State Security fighters deployed to their town in 1992, where they committed crimes that eventually led to landmark convictions...
Covert Operations: Unravelling Serbian Officials’ Links to Paramilitaries
As the UN court prepares to rule on whether the Serbian State Security Service chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic illegally controlled wartime paramilitary units, BIRN looks at how they...