5. July 2021.
Boris Bosnjak, Miodrag Grubacic and Ilija Djajic, who were convicted of mistreating and abusing Bosniak and Croat civilian detainees held at a military barracks in Bileca in 1992, had their sentences reduced on appeal.
Detention Camps
23. June 2021.
Ahead of the initial verdict in the last trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, BIRN looks back on the landmark judgments, controversies, successes and failures in the UN court’s mission to seek justice for the atrocities of the 1990s.
14. June 2021.
In a retrial before the Belgrade Higher Court, Bosnian Serb soldier Joja Plavanjac was convicted of killing 11 people at a prison in Bosanska Krupa in Bosnia in August 1992, and his fellow ex-serviceman Zdravko Narancic of helping him.
7. June 2021.
Before this week’s final verdict in Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic’s trial, BIRN a presents a photographic essay showing the places where the crimes in his indictment were committed, accompanied by quotes from key witnesses.
28. May 2021.
The UN court in The Hague rejected former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s request for the final verdict in his trial to be postponed because one of his lawyers will not be able to attend the hearing.
25. May 2021.
The former Bosnian Serb military chief’s defence asked for the final verdict in his trial to be postponed because one of his lawyers will not be able to attend the hearing at the UN court in The Hague.
11. May 2021.
Former reservist policeman Simo Stupar was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his involvement in killing, beating and illegally detaining Bosniaks in the Vlasenica area in 1992.
10. May 2021.
Peace activists from the Centre for Nonviolent Action put up temporary signs at eight unmarked locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina where people were detained, abused and killed during the 1992-95 war.
21. April 2021.
A report funded by the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity claims Serbs were subjected to ethnic cleansing in wartime Sarajevo, but its allegations differ from facts established by courts about crimes during the siege.
20. April 2021.
Former Bosnian Serb Army military policeman Goran Viskovic, who is already serving a prison sentence for crimes against humanity, was charged with participating in the killings of eight Bosniak civilian prisoners.
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