16. May 2018.
The Bosnian court rejected Tunisia’s extradition request for Elvir Sarac, who is wanted on terrorism changes over the killing of an alleged Hamas member.
Terrorism
15. February 2018.
Dino Pecenkovic’s father and brother fought and died in Syria, but he rejected extremism - although his family’s radical connections led to accusations that he helped an Islamic militant who attacked the US embassy in Sarajevo.
19. January 2018.
Terrorism trials involving Balkan Islamists show that many of these individuals were either indoctrinated by – or had close links to – radicalised communities in Germany, Austria and Italy.
8. January 2018.
The January edition of TV Justice brings a review of the most significant trials and verdicts held before the Bosnian judiciary in 2017 in war crimes, organized crime, terrorism and corruption cases.
27. November 2017.
Not a single Bosnian has been registered as going to the Middle East to fight in the last year and a half, and the authorities’ anti-terrorism focus has been redirected from prosecutions to deradicalisation programmes.
7. November 2017.
Balkan youth have been an easy target for extremists seeking to radicalise them and convince them to fight abroad, but now parents, activists and official Islamic organisations are striking back.
5. September 2017.
The EU’s anti-terror chief says the UK probably has more Islamist extremists than anywhere else in Europe – so why do people keep going on about Bosnia?
15. August 2017.
A Bosnian-American is suing the US government after he was placed on the ‘no-fly list’, which prevents him from doing his job and from visiting his family in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
11. August 2017.
Some jihadis from the Balkans who travelled to the Syrian conflict zone to support Islamic State told BIRN that they returned home because they became disenchanted with the brutality, poverty and oppression.
9. August 2017.
The number of people arriving illegally in Bosnia has grown this year as desperate migrants seek new ways to reach EU states after other countries on the ‘Balkan Route’ closed their borders.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.