Wednesday, 17 september 2025.
Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighter’s Prisoner Abuse Conviction Upheld
The Bosnian court rejected Croatian Defence Council ex-fighter Mile Pazin’s appeal against his one-and-a-half-year prison sentence for mistreating a Bosniak civilian prisoner in the Stolac area in 1993.
Controversial Report Highlights Serb Victims in Wartime Sarajevo
A report by a commission funded by the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity claimed that Serbs were subjected to ethnic cleansing in Sarajevo during the war and that...
Croatia Orders Ex-Policeman to Compensate for Yugoslav Troops’ Murders
Former Croatian policeman Mihajlo Hrastov, who was convicted of killing 13 Yugoslav prisoners of war in the town of Karlovac in 1991, said he has been ordered to pay more...
Montenegro Minister Refuses to Resign for Srebrenica Genocide Comments
Montenegro’s Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights, Vladimir Leposavic, said he did not deny the suffering of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacres but only criticised the UN war...
Kosovo War Rape Survivors’ Painful Road to Recognition
Over 220 women who applied to a Kosovo government committee to verify victims of wartime sexual violence have been rejected, showing how difficult it can be to establish facts about...
Montenegrin Minister Faces Dismissal for Srebrenica ‘Genocide Denial’
Montenegrin Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic asked parliament to approve the dismissal of Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights Vladimir Leposavic because he expressed doubt that the 1995 massacres of...
Bosnian Serb Officer Convicted of Abusing Civilians in Besieged Sarajevo
Veljko Papic, a former officer of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, was jailed for two years for crimes against civilians who were forced to do hard labour on the...
Kosovo Police Detain Wartime Massacre Suspect
Police arrested an ethnic Albanian who holds Serbian citizenship on suspicion of committing war crimes during a massacre by Serbian forces in the Kosovo village of Izbica in March 1999.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Loses Crimes Against Humanity Appeal
Bosnia’s Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from former policeman Darko Mrdja, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in murders and other crimes against Bosniaks in...
Montenegrin Minister Criticised for Srebrenica Genocide Denial
The US and British embassies in Podgorica reacted strongly after Montenegro’s Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights, Vladimir Leposavic, said that the 1995 genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica had...