Friday, 4 april 2025.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier’s Wartime Rape Acquittal Challenged
Prosecutors have appealed against the acquittal of former Bosnian Serb soldier Milenko Gojgolovic, who was cleared of raping a prisoner at the Susica detention camp in Vlasenica during the war...
Bosnian War Prisoners Unable to Commemorate Detention Camp Closure
Ex-prisoners at the notorious Dretelj detention camp near Capljina in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina aren’t able to commemorate the anniversary of its closure because the former Yugoslav military site was...
Ex-Soldier Denies Hostage-Taking, Destruction, Rape in Bosnian War
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Ranko Radulovic, a Montenegrin citizen, pleaded not guilty to attacking Bosniaks, committing rape, taking hostages and destroying property in the Foca area of Bosnia during...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Arrested on Wartime Rape Charge
Police arrested former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Radovan Veljovic on charges of committing rape and sexual abuse during the war in 1992 in the Foca area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Milenko Gojgolovic Acquitted of Charges for Rape in Vlasenica
The district court of Eastern Sarajevo passed down a first instance verdict, acquitting Milenko Gojgolovic of charges that he raped and treated a Susica detention camp detainee in Vlasenica in...
Bosnia Charges Serb Ex-Policemen with Wartime Murders, Rapes
Bosnian prosecutors charged three ex-policemen with murders, sexual abuse and rapes in the Brcko area in 1992, including Ranko Cesic, who has already been convicted of other wartime crimes by...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighters’ Wartime Rape Sentences Reduced
The Bosnian court reduced by one year the sentences handed down to Radovan Paprica and Slavko Ognjenovic for raping a Bosniak woman near Foca in 1992, jailing them for seven...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Jailed for Murdering Two Bosniaks
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Bozidar Perisic was sentenced to ten years in prison for killing two Bosniak men in a village near Rogatica during the war in 1992.
Hague Tribunal Archive Reveals Paramilitaries’ Violent Strategies
Records held by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia show how paramilitary units were set up and deployed to use violence to achieve political aims in the 1990s...
Hague Tribunal Leaves Uncertain Legacy as Last Trial Nears End
Ahead of the initial verdict in the last trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, BIRN looks back on the landmark judgments, controversies, successes and failures in the UN court’s...