Monday, 5 may 2025.
Taboo-Busting Literature has ‘Liberating Potential’, Says Serbian Author
Sasa Ilic, whose recent award-winning novel addressed the enduring traumas caused by the Yugoslav conflicts, offers an alternative perspective to the nationalist narratives that still dominate Serbian society.
Serbia Bans Sale of Shirts Celebrating Srebrenica Massacres
The Serbian authorities banned a Belgrade-based online shop from selling shirts with a slogan that celebrates the mass killings of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995.
Bosnian Constitutional Court Rejects War Criminal’s Appeal
The Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from former Bosnian Army soldier Tarik Sisic, who was convicted of involvement in the killings of 21 Serbs in the village of Kukavice in...
Bosnian Croats Commemorate Anniversary of Unprosecuted Killings
A ceremony will be held in the village of Buhine Kuce, near Vitez in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to commemorate 26 people, including eight children, who were murdered in 1994 but...
Bosnian Serb War Criminal’s Appeal for Early Release Dismissed
The UN court in The Hague rejected an appeal for early release from the wartime political leader of Bosnia’s Prijedor municipality, Milomir Stakic, who was convicted of the persecution and...
UN Court Rejects Bosnian War Rape Convict’s Plea for Release
The UN court in The Hague has rejected a request for early release from former Bosnian Serb Army unit commander Dragoljub Kunarac, who was convicted of multiple rape and the...
Bosnian Serb Crimes Against Humanity Suspect Dies
Wartime reservist policeman Milorad Krunic, who was accused of involvement in the killings of civilian prisoners in the Sanski Most area in 1992, died before entering a plea at his...
Wartime Sexual Violence in Bosnia: The Human Trafficking Connection
Research into verdicts handed down by the Hague war crime tribunal and domestic courts in the former Yugoslavia shows previously unresearched links between wartime sexual violence and trafficking - as...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Tried for Role in Bosniaks’ Murders
Predrag Bastah, a former Bosnian Serb reservist policeman, went on trial for his involvement in the killings of 37 Bosniak civilians at Mracni Dol near Vlasenica during the Bosnian war.
Srebrenica Genocide Convict Denied Early Release from Prison
The UN court in The Hague rejected a request for early release from former Bosnian Serb Army officer Vujadin Popovic, who is serving a life sentence for the genocide of...