Saturday, 16 august 2025.
Bosnia Upholds Serb Ex-Police Chief’s War Crime Acquittal
The Bosnian court rejected a prosecution appeal against the acquittal of Malko Koroman, a wartime police chief accused of unlawfully detaining Bosniak civilians in the town of Pale in 1992,...
Episode 140: Biljani Massacre Survivors Recall Last Moments with Loved Ones
On July 10, 1992 in Biljani, which is several kilometres from Kljuc, Bosnian Serb Army soldiers and police took men from their houses and killed more than 200 local residents...
Bosnian Serb Detention Camp System ‘Inflicted Mass Trauma’, Says Author
The system of detention camps set up by Bosnian Serb forces during the war in 1992 was intended to torment and humiliate entire communities, genocide scholar Hikmet Karcic argues in...
Croatian Serb War Victims Hope Compensation Claims Finally Pay Off
A year ago, Croatia finally adopted a law granting compensation to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war - but few cases have been resolved so far, and even fewer relating...
Conviction Challenged in ‘Sarajevo Romeo and Juliet’ Case
Bosnian Serb Army ex-officer Veljko Papic appealed against his conviction for forcing civilians to do hard labour on the front lines in the Bosnian capital and making some of them...
Bosnian Prosecution Contests Sarajevo Wartime Police Chief’s Acquittal
The prosecution appealed against the verdict acquitting Dragan Vikic, the wartime commander of a Bosnian interior ministry police unit in besieged Sarajevo, of involvement in the killing of eight Yugoslav...
As in Bosnia, ‘War of Words’ is a Vital Battleground for Ukraine
The former BBC correspondent Martin Bell tells BIRN that the ‘information war’ for media coverage and international attention is as important in Ukraine now as it was when he covered...
Bosnia Holds Serbian War Crime Suspect After Border Arrest
Boro Tomic is being held in temporary custody after being detained at the Bosnian-Serbian border on an arrest warrant issued by Croatia, which accuses him of committing war crimes in...
Bosnia Upholds Ex-Military Policeman’s Jailing for Wartime Rape
The Bosnian state court confirmed former Bosnian Army military policeman Adem Kostjerevac’s seven-year prison sentence for raping a pregnant woman in the Zvornik municipality during the war in 1992.
BIRN BiH Receives Certificate of Appreciation from Sarajevo Canton’s Memorial Fund
Marking its 25th anniversary, the Memorial Fund presented BIRN BiH with a certificate of appreciation for its contribution toward raising awareness about the importance of the culture of memory.