Friday, 11 april 2025.
Russian TV Documentary Sees Caliphate in Bosnia, but not Genocide
A documentary recently aired by Russian television network RT argues the existence of a “Bosnian caliphate” and radicalization of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while dismissing the judicial verdicts on...
From Court to Classroom: Bringing Wartime Facts to Bosnia’s Schools
In Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ethnically-divided schooling system, teaching about the 1990s conflict is often one-sided and excludes important war crimes verdicts – so BIRN has created a database of court-established...
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...
Absent War Crime Suspects Pose Problem for Bosnia’s New Prosecutor
In 2022, the Bosnian prosecution charged 60 people with war crimes, although ten of them are outside the country so can’t be brought to trial – a problem that the...
Bosnia to Miss Deadline for Resolving War Crime Cases Again
Despite the deadline set in the revised state strategy, war crime cases will not be completed by the end of 2023, judicial officials told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina – a...
Fears grow of Russian meddling in Bosnian election
Experts and officials fear Russia could exploit Bosnia and Herzegovina’s weaknesses to influence this October’s election
Bosnia Warned by UN Over ‘Non-Transparent’ Ombudsmen Selection Process
The UN, EU, OSCE and others have told Bosnia it must make the appointment of the three rights ombudsmen more open to the public and CSOs – or face penalties.
Bosnian Entity Road Company Ignores Sanctions, Promotes Gazprom Petrol Stations
Although the European Union has placed the Russian oil company under sanctions, Motorways of the Federation, a public company, is running a campaign encouraging driver to fill their vehicles at...
Bosnia’s Genocide Denial Ban Curbs Violations, But No Prosecutions Yet
Public denials of the Srebrenica genocide have decreased significantly in the year since a ban was imposed on denying war crimes and glorifying their perpetrators, although prosecutors have yet to...