Friday, 4 july 2025.
Start of Bosnian Serb General’s Trial Postponed in Serbia
The start of the high-profile trial of Bosnian Serb Army Drina Corps commander Milenko Zivanovic, already the focus of controversy, was postponed after Bosnian prosecutors offered to transfer the case...
Srebrenica: Why Did Two Countries Indict the Same Bosnian Serb General?
Milenko Zivanovic, wartime commander of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Drina Corps, was indicted in both Bosnia and Serbia, almost simultaneously, for similar crimes in Srebrenica in 1995, raising questions about...
Dutch Drama About Srebrenica Genocide Gets Bosnian Premiere
‘Dangerous Names’, a play about the 1995 genocide whose leading roles are played by a Srebrenica survivor and a former Dutch peacekeeping soldier, was given its Bosnian premiere in Sarajevo.
Bosnian Serb Army Officer Faces Srebrenica Trial in Serbia
The wartime commander of the Drina Corps, Milenko Zivanovic, will go on trial next month in Serbia for forcing Bosniak civilians out of Srebrenica during the Bosnian Serb Army’s offensive...
Serbian Activist Tried for Defacing Ratko Mladic Mural
Human rights activist Aida Corovic went on trial on charges of disturbing public order after she threw eggs at a mural celebrating Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic in the...
Ratko Mladic Plaque Installed Near Sarajevo Despite Legal Ban
Bosnian Serb Army veterans installed a new plaque in Sarajevo that honours their former military commander Ratko Mladic, defying legislation that prohibits the honouring of war criminals.
Israeli Historian ‘Will Correct Srebrenica Death Toll in Bosnian Serb Report’
Historian Gideon Greif, who headed a Bosnian Serb government-funded commission that published a report on Srebrenica denying that genocide was committed, said he will issue a clarification confirming that 8,000...
Photographer Captures Memories of Bosnia’s Wartime Torment
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...
BIRN Launches ‘Mapping Hate’ Database in Bosnia
BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina's new database, Mapping Hate, documents hate speech, discriminatory rhetoric, the incitement of hatred and the denial of genocide and other war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia Prosecution Maintains Trend of Accusing Previously Convicted Persons
State Prosecution filed 15 war crime indictments against 39 persons this year, less than in 2020, including four persons who were previously convicted by the Hague Tribunal and State Court.