Thursday, 15 may 2025.
Bosnian Croat War Criminal Pleads for Early Release
Bruno Stojic, former defence minister of the unrecognised Bosnian Croat wartime statelet of Herzeg-Bosna, is asking for early release because he will soon have served two-thirds of his 20-year sentence.
UN Court Documents Reveal ‘Overlooked’ Bosnian War Crime Suspects
Hague Tribunal judgments and evidence files contain names of Bosnian Serb soldiers and policemen who have never been prosecuted for suspected involvement in killings, ethnic cleansing and detention camp abuses...
Sarajevo Spends €1.37 Million to Help War Crime Defendants
The authorities in the Sarajevo Canton allocated around 1,370,000 euros from 2013 to 2020 to help defend mainly Bosniak ex-soldiers and police officers on trial for war crimes and to...
New Head of Bosnian TV Regulator Criticised for War Crime Coverage
The appointment of Drasko Milinovic as the new director of Bosnia’s Communications Regulatory Agency has drawn criticism because Republika Srpska’s public broadcaster was penalised at least three times for its...
BIRN Movie About Underground Hospital Premieres at Sarajevo Festival
A film about a remarkable hospital that functioned underground during the war in Bosnia – directed by BIRN BiH’s deputy editor – has its first showing at this year’s online...
Mystery of Croatian School Massacre Unsolved, 25 Years On
Twenty-five years after the killing of nine elderly and disabled civilians who had taken refuge at a school in the Croatian town of Dvor, Serbian and Croatian officials continue to...
Anger in Bosnia after British PM Ennobles ‘War Crimes Denier’
Survivors of the 1992-95 Bosnian war have expressed anger after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson decided to make Claire Fox, who has published articles denying the Srebrenica genocide and other...
Bosnian Croats’ Prisoner Abuse Sentences Reduced after Retrial
Three former Bosnian Croat fighters had their prison sentences reduced as they were convicted at a retrial of mistreating Bosniak prisoners at a military jail in Ljubuski during the war.
Episode 116: Can Bosnia try former ISIS fighters for war crimes?
Local judicial institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina are often criticised for imposing low penalties for returnees from foreign battlefields. Several European countries began trying former fighters for terrorism and war...
Can Bosnia and Herzegovina Try Islamic State Fighters for War Crimes?
After several European countries started trying former Islamic State fighters for war crimes as well as terrorism, increasing their potential sentences, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina analysed what needs to be...