Friday, 4 july 2025.
Bosnia: Serb Leaders Intensify Political Crisis After Genocide Denial Ban
Legal changes banning the denial of genocide, imposed by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, caused the Bosnian Serb leadership to threaten to pull out of the country’s tax system,...
Josipovic et al: Former Police Chiefs Acquitted of Charges for Srebrenica Genocide
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina acquitted five former police chiefs of charges for the Srebrenica genocide.
Ratko Mladic Tributes Spark Continuing Discord in Serbia
A banner condemning Ratko Mladic as a war criminal was torn down from a building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, as a dispute continued to simmer over murals...
Why a Ratko Mladic Mural is So Hard to Remove in Serbia
Guarded by young men in hoodies, a mural in Belgrade glorifying war criminal Ratko Mladic is cleaned up every time it is defaced – and no one in authority seems...
Bosnian Authorities Fail to Remove Murals of War Criminals
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official imposed a ban on the glorification of war criminals and urged municipal authorities to remove murals of convicted offenders like Ratko Mladic – but...
Ratko Mladic Mural Hit by Paint Attack in Belgrade
The morning after Serbian police arrested two women for throwing eggs at a street mural of Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, a political activist threw a bucket of paint over the...
Serbian Parliament Refuses to Discuss Srebrenica Genocide Resolution
MPs refused to debate resolutions to ban the denial of the Srebrenica genocide, to set up a commission to determine how many died during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Police Chief Seeks Srebrenica Genocide Acquittal
In closing arguments at the trial of wartime police chief Dragomir Vasic, the defence argued that he did not know about a plan to forcibly relocate and kill Bosniak men...
Bosnian Serb Decree Rejecting Genocide Denial Law Sparks Uncertainty
A decree from the president of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity declaring non-compliance with a state law banning the denial of genocide and war crimes has taken the country into...
No Charges Yet for Exposing Srebrenica Trial Witness’s Identity
A year after the identity of a protected witness in a Srebrenica genocide trial was publicly revealed by media in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska, putting his safety at risk, the...