Friday, 13 february 2026.
‘Where is My Brother?’ Misidentification of Missing Reopens Bosnian War Wounds
Dzemila Hodzic thought she had buried her brother 30 years ago – but now knows the grave did not contain his remains. She is not the only one to suffer...
BIRN BiH Presents Database and Film on Wartime Missing Children
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN BiH, presented a database of children still being searched for after the 1992-5 war, as well as a documentary, The...
New Blood Samples and More Experts Needed to Remedy Misidentifications After War
Every year in Bosnia and Herzegovina, families learn that the remains of persons they have buried, believing them to be their loved ones, were misidentified. However, such cases could be...
Eksumacija posmrtnih ostataka na području Opštine Zvornik. Foto: EPA
Funding and New Technologies for the Search for the Missing in Bosnia and Herzegovina At the Will of Politicians
As the years pass, families of victims still missing from the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina grow increasingly desperate to locate the remains of their loved ones and lay them...
Detektor Doc ‘None Will Speak the Truth’ Premieres in Sarajevo
A documentary about a former detainee from Prijedor whose entire family was killed will premiere at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival on August 18.
Ziba Kavazović je sudbinu članova porodice saznala iz pisma, ali nikada nije pronašla. Foto: Detektor
How a Letter Launched a 30-Year Search for a Family’s Burial Place
After the war ended, Ziba Kavazovic received a letter from a Serb neighbour, whose name she won’t reveal, describing how seven members of the Kavazovic family, including three children, were...
Exhibition of Srebrenica Genocide Testimonies Opens at UN Headquarters
New exhibition of survivors' testimonies, organised by the Srebrenica Memorial Centre and BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina at UN headquarters in New York, is 'a moral call for humanity to not...
Nišani u Memorijalnom centru Veljaci u Bratuncu. Foto: Detektor
One-Year-Old Buried as Search for Murdered Children Continues in Bratunac
Almera Paraganlija, who was a year old when she and her mother were killed in the village of Joševa, is one of five war victims being buried at a collective...
Mass Grave Investigators Touched Forever by Finding Children’s Remains
Finding the remains of babies in the arms of their mothers is one of the experiences that has left a lasting impact on three investigators from the Missing Persons Institute...