1. April 2024.
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 Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic.
Mapping hate
27. February 2024.
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 Vitez during wartime in 1993.
4. May 2023.
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 on genocide denial and hate narratives.
27. February 2023.
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.
22. February 2023.
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 criminals was imposed.
18. October 2022.
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.
5. July 2022.
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 and the glorification of war criminals. The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina has analysed whether and to what extent denial of genocide and war crimes has decreased, why no indictments have been filed despite dozens of criminal complaints, and how difficult it is to prove the glorification of war criminals or genocide denial. We spoke to victims of genocide and other war crimes to see how the glorification of those responsible for persecution, murders and genocide affects their lives.
5. July 2022.
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 bring anyone to court.
13. June 2022.
Three members of the Ravna Gora Movement, a Serb nationalist Chetnik organisation, will be retried for inciting ethnic and religious hatred at a uniform-clad rally in the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad in 2019.
3. June 2022.
A year after the release of ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’, director Jasmila Zbanic is still trying to get her film about the Srebrenica genocide shown in Serbia and Republika Srpska, despite the efforts of nationalists to stop it.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.