Wartime Sexual Violence Archives

Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Milenko Gojgolovic was charged with raping a Bosniak woman who he took from a detention camp in Vlasenica in July 1992. The state prosecution on Thursday filed an indictment charging Milenko Gojgolovic, a former member of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Drina Corps, with raping a female prisoner in July 1992.

Bosnian Serb wartime fighter Sasa Cvetkovic was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the murder of two elderly Roma women and the rape of two Bosniaks in the Srebrenica and Bratunac areas in 1992. The state court in Sarajevo on Friday found Sasa Cvetkovic guilty in a first-instance verdict of the murder of two elderly Roma civilians in the village of Kolonija, near Srebrenica, and the rape of two women in Bratunac, in June 1992.

Former Territorial Defence fighter Lazar Mutlak was charged with raping and sexually abusing a Bosniak woman in the Gorazde area in 1992. The Bosnian state prosecution on Monday filed an indictment charging Lazar Mutlak, alias Lazo, with raping a female civilian during the war in Gorazde in eastern Bosnia.

After three ex-members of the ‘Sima’s Chetniks’ paramilitary group had their sentences cut by a Belgrade court, Bosnian war victims’ associations said they welcomed the convictions but wanted the convicted men to reveal the whereabouts of missing persons.

Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Milomir Davidovic was sentenced to seven years in prison for committing a crime against humanity by raping a woman in Foca during the war in July 1992. The Bosnian state court on Wednesday convicted Milomir Davidovic, alias Lici, of forcing a Bosniak woman to have sexual intercourse with him in July 1992.

In closing statements, former Bosnian Serb fighter Sasa Cvetkovic’s defence called for him to be acquitted of murdering two Roma women and raping two Bosniaks in the Srebrenica and Bratunac areas in 1992. Sasa Cvetkovic’s defence on Monday called for the former fighter to be cleared of killing two female Roma civilians in Sase in the Srebrenica municipality in May 1992 and raping two women in Bratunac in June the same year.

The Bosnian state court on Thursday confirmed the indictment charging Slobodan Curcic with committing a crime against humanity during the war in 1992. Curcic is accused of shooting dead two Bosniak civilians during an attack on the village of Hum near Foca, according to the prosecution.

Dusan Spasojevic, a former Bosnian Serb Territorial Defence fighter, is accused of raping a Bosniak civilian in an elementary school in the Zvornik area in May 1992. Dusan Spasojevic went on trial on Tuesday at the state court in Sarajevo, accused of committing rape in the village of Malesici in the Zvornik municipality in 1992.

In closing statements at the trial of former Bosnian Serb fighter Sasa Cvetkovic, the Bosnian prosecution called for the defendant to be convicted of murder and rape in the Srebrenica and Bratunac areas in 1992. The prosecution urged the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday to convict Bosnian Serb ex-fighter Sasa Cvetkovic of killing two Roma civilians in Sase in the Srebrenica municipality in May 1992 and raping two women in Bratunac in June the same year.

In closing statements in the trial of former Bosnian Serb soldier Milomir Davidovic, his defence asked for him to be acquitted of the rape and sexual abuse of Bosniak women in Foca in July 1992. Defence lawyer Slavisa Prodanovic told the state court in Sarajevo on Friday that the prosecution had not proved the allegations that ex-serviceman Milomir Davidovic, alias Lici, committed rape in Foca in July 1992.

Wartime Sexual Violence

Bosnia Charges Serb Ex-Soldier with Rape of Detainee

Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter Convicted of Wartime Murders, Rapes

Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter Charged with Wartime Rape

Bosniak War Victims Welcome ‘Sima’s Chetniks’ Paramilitary Convictions

Bosnia Convicts Serb Ex-Soldier of Wartime Rape

Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter Calls for Murder, Rape Acquittal

Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Faces Murder, Rape Trial

Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter’s Wartime Rape Trial Opens

Jail Urged in Bosnian Serb Fighter’s Murder and Rape Trial

Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Asks for Wartime Rape Acquittal

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