Wednesday, 19 February 2025.
Bosnia Indicts Five Serb Ex-Military Policemen for Genocide
Five former military policemen from the Bosnian Serb Army’s Zvornik and Bratunac Brigade were charged with genocide over the executions of hundreds of Bosniaks in Zvornik municipality in July 1995.
Serb War Criminal’s Genocide Confession Falls on Deaf Ears Among Ethnic Kin
Radislav Krstic’s confession and request for forgiveness for the 1995 Srebrenica massacres was largely ignored in Serbia and among Bosnian Serbs, where genocide denial remains rife.
Bosnian War Survivors Launch Genocide Denial Monitoring Website
The Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide has launched a new website designed to monitor and record all forms of genocide and war crimes denial in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnian Serb Schoolchildren to be Taught Mladic, Karadzic Were ‘Heroes’
Under the new educational curriculum in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity, elementary school students will be taught about the achievements of Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic – but not about...
Netherlands Pays Compensation for Hundreds of Srebrenica Victims
A commission set up to recompense relatives of certain Srebrenica genocide victims because Dutch peacekeeping troops failed to protect them has paid out millions of euros in compensation for 611...
Filming Horror: How Videographer Captured Srebrenica’s Last Moments Before Genocide
Ibro Zahirovic filmed life in the besieged enclave during the Bosnian war and captured the last moments before it fell in July 1995 – escaping with videos that were later...
Hague Court Rejects Ratko Mladic’s Plea for Provisional Release
The UN war crimes court rejected a request from former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic to grant him provisional release on humanitarian grounds or allow him to continue to...
Transitional Justice Vital for Bosnia’s EU Path, Conference Says
Participants agree transitional judice is a priority for the EU and feelings of ‘fatigue’ must not get in the way.
As Search for Bosnian War’s Missing Children Goes On, Parents Keep Hoping
The bodies of 373 children who went missing during the Bosnian war have yet to be found. But despite a lack of new information about grave sites and dwindling numbers...
First Srebrenica Genocide Convict Seeks Early Release Again
Former Bosnian Serb Army officer Radislav Krstic, the first person to be convicted by the Hague Tribunal of involvement in the Srebrenica genocide, has asked again to be freed after...