War crimes Archives

A relative of young Montenegrin theatre director Hana Rastoder was among 20 people abducted from a train by Bosnian Serb fighters in 1993 and then murdered. Now she’s written a play about it to help her country face its violent past.

The Bosnian state court asked Interpol to issue international ‘red notices’ for the arrest of Dusan Milunic, Ilija Zoric and Zoran Stojnic, who were convicted under a first-instance verdict of attacking civilians in the village of Zecovi in 1992.

Nick Teunissen was so intrigued by a photograph of a young Bosnian who went missing during the Srebrenica genocide, he decided to write a book that would illuminate some of the real lives behind the headlines and casualty figures.

Flowers were laid in the Alipasino Polje neighbourhood of Sarajevo to mark the 30th anniversary of the deaths of six children who were killed by shells fired from Bosnian Serb Army positions as they were sledging in the winter snow.

Former Security Minister Selmo Cikotic, who was a Bosnian Army officer during the war, was charged with failing to prevent the torture and murders of Croat military prisoners in Bugojno in 1993.

Sarajevo-born Dzemil Hodzic uses his personal experience of searching for photographs of his brother, who was killed in the Bosnian war, to help preserve the memories of people who have lost their lives in contemporary conflict zones.

In a series of indictments announced over the New Year period, 15 suspects were charged with various wartime crimes including attacks on villages that left dozens of Bosniaks and Croats dead and executing hundreds of men from Srebrenica.

The 11 suspects were charged with committing crimes against humanity in 1992 for their involvement in the unlawful detention and inhumane treatment of around 700 Bosniak men and boys, some of whom were killed.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina presented a multimedia research into Serbia’s role in the Bosnian war through international tribunal verdicts – with reference to the verdict against former Serbia State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic.

Seven former Bosnian Serb Army officers and soldiers were charged with the capture and killing of 65 Bosniaks in the Sekovici and Vlasenica areas in July 1995 as the victims were fleeing Srebrenica.

War crimes

For Montenegrin Director, Bosnian Train Massacre Story is Personal

Bosnia Seeks Interpol ‘Red Notices’ for Arrests of Convicted Serbs

Untold Stories: How a Photo from Srebrenica Inspired Dutch Author’s Book

Sarajevo Children’s Deaths in Artillery Attack Mourned, 30 Years On

Bosnia’s Former Security Minister Charged with War Crimes

Bosnian’s Wartime Photo Memory Project Focuses on Gaza and Ukraine

Bosnia Issues Flurry of New Year War Crimes Indictments

Eleven Bosnian Serbs Charged with Crimes Against Humanity

BIRN BiH Presents ‘Verdict against Stanisic and Simatovic’ Digital Narrative

Seven Bosnian Serbs Indicted for Involvement in Srebrenica Genocide

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