21. August 2020.
Mourners threw roses into a ravine at the Koricani Cliffs on Mount Vlasic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where at least 200 Bosniak and Croat men were shot dead on August 21, 1992.
Missing Persons
21. July 2020.
The suspected remains of a Bosniak war victim have been found close to the house of former Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader Milan Lukic, who is already serving a life sentence for war crimes.
10. June 2020.
The Bosnian Missing Persons Institute said that an exhumation near Bratunac has uncovered the partial remains of two people that it believes were killed during the Srebrenica genocide in 1995.
8. May 2020.
Hundreds of families in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been searching for the remains of their loved ones for a quarter of a century – and the agonising wait has now been prolonged again by the coronavirus pandemic.
28. April 2020.
<div class="btArticleExcerpt">When prosecutors started to investigate the killings of six people by rebel Bosniak militiamen in north-western Bosnia, relatives hoped that indictments would soon follow - but 15 years later, the probe is still ongoing.
12. March 2020.
Almin Djelilovic was 21 when he was seized by Bosnian Serb forces and held in detention camps where he was beaten up and forced to work on the frontlines, carry corpses and loot houses - trying all the while just to survive.
26. February 2020.
Ahead of the anniversary of the abduction and killing of 20 passengers from a train in Strpci in Bosnia in 1993, one victim’s son said he hopes that the bodies of those who are still missing will be discovered. Demir Licina, whose father Ilijaz was one of the passengers seized from a train by Bosnian […]
20. February 2020.
The trial of the former member of the Prijedor Motorized Brigade – charged with committing crimes against humanity in the Prijedor area in 1992 – has started with the prosecution’s introductory statements.
19. February 2020.
Arrest warrant sought for Goran Tesic, who is wanted for war crimes in the eastern town of Vlasenica, who did not show up for his preliminary hearing.
14. February 2020.
BIRN has launched a new campaign entitled If You Were Here, which will tell the stories of family members of missing persons from the Balkan wars who are still waiting to discover the fate of their loved ones.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.