Tuesday, 1 july 2025.
Video Testimonials Tell Story of Sarajevo’s 44 Months Under Siege
Marking the 30th anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo, a new BIRN online project features the video testimonials of 44 people - one for each month of the military blockade...
Sarajevo Siege: The Long, Desperate Wait for News of the Missing
For families still searching for loved ones who went missing in wartime Sarajevo, the 30th anniversary of the start of the siege of the capital is a painful reminder that...
30 Years On, Photographs Evoke Everyday Terrors of Besieged Sarajevo
Paul Lowe’s exhibition of photographs of everyday life during the siege of Sarajevo shows how people in the Bosnian capital dealt with the everyday dangers and deprivations of war with...
Episode 136: Bosnian Journalists Recall Escalating Ethnic Hatred as War Began
As the 30-year anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo is commemorated, journalists who covered the outbreak of the war in April 1992 tell BIRN Bosnia’s ‘TV Justice’ programme how hate...
Barricades at Dawn: Watching the Siege of Sarajevo Begin
When the first barricades went up in Sarajevo amid a dispute over Bosnia’s independence referendum, few thought war would start – but by April 1992, the 44-month siege of the...
Canada Deports Crime Against Humanity Suspect to Bosnia
Nikola Koprivica, who is suspected of committing a crime against humanity in the village of Novoseoci, where over 40 Bosniaks were executed in 1992, was extradited from Canada to Bosnia...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Acquitted of Killing Child in 1992
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Andjelko Pusonja was cleared of killing a two-year-old child and injuring an adult civilian in the Han Pijesak area during the war in 1992.
Reign of Terror: Arkan’s Tigers and the Start of the Bosnian War
Brutal attacks by warlord Arkan’s Serb paramilitaries on unarmed civilians living in the city of Bijeljina, captured in photographs that shocked the world, signalled the start of the war in...
War Criminals Campaign for Ruling Parties in Serbian Elections
Four convicted war criminals have been involved in campaigning for the upcoming elections in Serbia, all of them supporting parties in the governing coalition, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policemen, Soldiers Acquitted of Killing 57 Civilians
Two former policemen and three Bosnian Serb Army ex-soldiers were cleared of involvement in the murders of at least 57 Bosniak civilians in the village of Zaklopaca in the Milici...