Saturday, 29 march 2025.
Bosnian Serb Mayoral Candidate Fined for Glorifying Ratko Mladic
Bosnia's Central Election Commission fined Vlade Sladoje, candidate for the mayor of Kalinovik at October’s local elections, 10,000 euros for spreading hate speech and glorifying war criminal Ratko Mladic.
Bosnians Use Online Platform to Report Hate Speech Ahead of Elections
In the run-up to October's local elections in Bosnia, people have been using a new online platform to report hundreds of instances of hate speech.
Bosnia Tries Serb Nationalist for Glorifying Ratko Mladic
Vojin Pavlovic, head of the Eastern Alternative organisation, went on trial for inciting ethnic, racial and religious hatred – the first person to be tried in the country for glorifying...
Bosnian Indicted for Insulting Child War Casualties on Facebook
Samir Nukic was charged with inciting ethnic, racial and religious hatred for writing posts on Facebook insulting Croat children who were killed in an artillery attack in the town of...
Federation CEST and BIRN BiH Sign Memorandum to Boost Education on Genocide Denial
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Judicial and Prosecutorial Training Center of Bosnia’s Federation entity signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on developing an educational programme...
Episode 147: Can hate crimes against women be punished more harshly in Bosnia
This month, we’ll be talking about the hate-inspired murders of women and the reasons why the judiciary is failing to punish the killers more harshly.
Bosnia’s Genocide Denial Law: Why Prosecutors Haven’t Charged Anyone
BIRN has obtained documents showing why Bosnian prosecutors haven’t filed a single indictment a year and a half after a legal ban on denying the Srebrenica genocide and glorifying war...
Mural of Serb Chetnik Leader Defaced in Bosnian Town
Black paint was thrown over a controversial mural of World War II-era Serb nationalist Chetnik leader Dragoljub ‘Draza’ Mihailovic in the eastern Bosnian town of Foca.
Epizode 138: What did Bosnia and Herzegovina’s genocide ban achieve in a year?
At the end of July, exactly one year will have passed since former High Representative Valentin Inzko imposed amendments to the law, banning the denial of genocide and war crimes...
Bosnia’s Genocide Denial Ban Curbs Violations, But No Prosecutions Yet
Public denials of the Srebrenica genocide have decreased significantly in the year since a ban was imposed on denying war crimes and glorifying their perpetrators, although prosecutors have yet to...