Detention Camps Archives

The acquittal of ex-fighters Edhem Godinjak, Medaris Saric and Mirko Bunoza, who were cleared of the wartime killings and inhumane treatment of imprisoned Bosnian Serb civilians and soldiers in Trnovo near Sarajevo, was upheld on appeal.

Relatives of 121 Bosniaks who were killed in June 1992 in the Kalinovik area marked the 30th anniversary by walking between the sites where their loved ones died.

Relatives of 46 people who disappeared in the Hadzici area after being detained by Bosnian Serb forces during the war in 1992 rallied outside the state prosecutor’s office, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

Jail sentences handed down to wartime fighters Senad Dzananovic and Edin Gadzo for unlawfully detaining and assaulting Serbs during the siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo in 1992 were confirmed after an appeal.

American photographer Ron Haviv’s images of detention camps where prisoners were abused and killed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war have gone on display in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

Former Bosnian Serb Army military policemen Zoran Neskovic, Panto Pantovic, Slavisa Djeric, Nenad Ujic and Pero Despot were charged with beating, robbing and sexually abusing prisoners in Rogatica in 1995.

The Bosnian court confirmed an indictment charging nine former soldiers and policemen with committing a crime against humanity in the village of Zijemlje near Mostar, where around 100 Bosniaks, including children, were killed in 1992.

The state court confirmed an indictment charging former Bosnian Serb policemen Dane Bajic and Mijodrag Knezevic with involvement in illegal detentions, torture and murder in the Prijedor area in 1992.

Malko Koroman, a wartime police chief, was acquitted of unlawfully detaining Bosniak civilians, some of whom were tortured and killed, in the town of Pale in 1992.

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Photographer Fabrice Dekoninck visited sites of massacres, torture, imprisonment and mass burials as part of his project to visually document people’s memories of suffering during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Detention Camps

Bosnia Upholds Verdict Acquitting Ex-Fighters of Serbs’ Killings

Victims’ Families Walk ‘Route of Death’ in Bosnia’s Kalinovik

Families of Wartime Disappeared Urge Bosnian Prosecutors to Act

Bosniak Fighters’ Convictions for Crimes Against Serbs Upheld

Captured: Powerful Photos Show Bosnian War Prisoners’ Suffering

Bosnian Serb Ex-Military Policemen Charged with Abusing Prisoners

Nine Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighters Face Trial for Mass Killing

Bosnia to Try Ex-Policemen for Crime Against Humanity in Prijedor

Bosnian Serb Ex-Police Chief Acquitted of Illegal Detentions

Photographer Captures Memories of Bosnia’s Wartime Torment

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