Wartime Sexual Violence Archives

The life of a calm and cheerful girl was destroyed during two nights in 1992. Suzana J. was 14 years old when she was raped eight times by a group of soldiers. Today she says she has no reason to smile, because images of what she survived continue to haunt her.

A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of five former members of the Bosnian Army said she was taken somewhere in the Mostar area to rescue a wounded soldier during her detention in Bijelo Polje.

Testifying in his own defense, Adil Vojic said he went to injured party D1’s house on May 1, 1994 in order to retrieve a comrade named Ibrahim Hamzic.

The state prosecution has called upon the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to hand down a longer sentence in the case of Redzep Beganovic. Beganovic’s defense has requested a repeal or an acquittal. Beganogic has been charged with war crimes in Cazin.

The state prosecution has called upon the state court to find Marijan Brnjic, Martin Barukcic, Pavo Glavas and Ilija Glavas guilty of wartime rape in the Odzak area in 1992.

Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Petar Kovacevic was sentenced to nine years in prison for crimes against humanity in the eastern municipality of Visegrad in 1992.

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Predrag Djurovic was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison for raping a Bosniak woman in Sarajevo in 1992.

The Bosnian state prosecution has confirmed an indictment charging Marijan Brnjic with war crimes against the civilian population in the municipality of Odzak.

Under the terms of a plea bargain, Radivoje Soldo was sentenced to between four and a half years to six years in prison for rape in the Konjic area.

The first defense witness testified at the trial of Adil Vojic and Besir Mesic, describing the events that occurred in front of injured party D-1’s house on May 1, 1994. According to the state prosecution, the defendants raped D-1 that night.

Wartime Sexual Violence

A Child Taken From Her Mother: Wartime Rape Survivor Suzana Tells Her Story

Former Prisoners Describe Treatment in Bijelo Polje Detention Facility

Vojic Testifies In Own Defense, Denies Involvement in Bihac Rape

State Prosecution Requests Longer Sentence for Redzep Beganovic

State Prosecution Gives Closing Statement at Odzak Rape Trial

Bosnian Serb Soldier Convicted of Rape and Murder

Bosnian Serb Soldier Jailed for Wartime Rape

New Rape Indictment Against Marijan Brnjic

Up to Six Years of Imprisonment Proposed for Soldo

Defense Witnesses Testify at Vojic and Mesic Trial, Deny Their Involvement in Bihac Rape

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