24. July 2020.
Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Sasa Curcic’s defence called for him to be cleared of raping and sexually abusing a Bosniak woman in the south-eastern town of Foca during wartime in 1992.
Wartime Sexual Violence
17. July 2020.
Police in Banja Luka arrested former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Dusko Solesa, who is wanted to serve a six-year prison sentence for raping a teenage girl in the Bihac municipality during the war in 1992.
18. June 2020.
Former Bosnian Army military policeman Adem Kostjerevac, who is accused of raping a pregnant Serb woman in Zvornik in 1992, was extradited from the US to Bosnia and Herzegovina to stand trial.
The US Federal Court in Missouri on Monday approved an extradition request from Bosnia and Herzegovina for Adem Kostjerevac, who is wanted for trial in Sarajevo on war crimes charges.
11. June 2020.
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Bosnia and Herzegovina has won the prestigious European Press Prize for its reporting on war crimes trials, transitional justice issues and the problems faced by victims of the 1990s conflict.
11. May 2020.
Proceedings against Marinko Sunjic, a former Croatian Defence Council fighter who was on trial for the illegal detention, persecution and abuse of Bosniak civilian prisoners in Mostar in 1992 and 1993, were halted because of his death.
24. April 2020.
Men who were raped or sexually assaulted during the 1992-95 Bosnian war have long been reluctant to speak out for fear of stigmatisation, but now attempts are being made to ensure they get the same welfare benefits as other war victims.
9. April 2020.
Interpol issued a ‘red notice’ advising countries worldwide to detain former Bosnian Serb fighter Dusan Spasojevic, who absconded during his trial for raping a Bosniak woman during the war in May 1992. A ‘red notice’ has been issued by Interpol to alert countries around the world that former Territorial Defence fighter Dusan Spasojevic, who has […]
1. April 2020.
The Bosnian Constitutional Court rejected an appeal by Zarko Vukovic, a former Bosnian Serb Army soldier who was sentenced to seven years in prison for repeatedly raping a woman in Foca in 1992. Bosnia’s Constitutional Court said that it has rejected Zarko Vukovic’s appeal against his conviction, describing as unfounded his claim that his right […]
25. March 2020.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court rejected an appeal by former Croatian Defence Council military policeman Mate Baotic against the verdict convicting him of war crimes in Orasje in 1992. The Constitutional Court in Sarajevo has rejected as unfounded Mate Baotic’s appeal against the verdict from 2017 sentencing him to 13 years in prison for war […]
23. March 2020.
A US federal court approved the extradition of former Bosnian Army military policeman Adem Kostjerevac to face trial for allegedly raping a pregnant Serb woman in the Zvornik area during the war in 1992.
The US Federal Court in Missouri on Monday approved an extradition request from Bosnia and Herzegovina for Adem Kostjerevac, who is wanted for trial in Sarajevo on war crimes charges.
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