Goran Salihovic, Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, tells the Director of the State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, that the Prosecution will not succumb to his pressure.
Most senior officials of the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and War Crimes Prosecution of Serbia are satisfied with the results so far related to the processing of war crimes.
Bosniak lawmaker Semsudin Mehmedovic has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in war crimes against Serb civilians, while the state prosecutor has been accused of obstructing the investigation.
After the Bosnian State Protection and Investigation agency Arrested lawmaker Semsudin Mehmedovic, the Bosnian prosecution confirmed that the arrest was not carried out with its approval.
Chief prosecutors of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia sign a protocol on mutual co-operation in processing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Relatives of Bosnian Serbs killed during wartime demonstrated in Sarajevo, claiming prosecutions and searches for missing people are carried out unjustly.
30 persons were sentenced to a total of 483 and half years in prison during this year before the Section for War Crimes of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Three years since Bosnia adopted a war-crimes strategy, hopes grow that the prosecution of war crimes perpetrators may finally speed up, although no increase in indictments has yet occurred.
The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that Goran Salihovic has been appointed the Chief Prosecutor of the Bosnian State Prosecution.