Bosnian Court Clears Local Security Chief of Wartime Rape
Bosnian state court upholds verdict acquitting Andrija Bjelosevic, a wartime security chief in the town of Derventa, of raping a Bosniak woman multiple times. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Implicated, Yet Untouched: Serbs Evade Justice for 1992 Bosnia War Crime
Evidence presented at multiple war crimes trials point to the deep involvement of two Bosnian Serb men in the persecution and murder of Bosniaks in the Kalinovik region of Bosnia…
Sniffing for Danger: The Elite Dogs Hunting for Bosnia’s Buried Mines
Mine-detection dogs helping reclaim a countryside still littered with unexploded ordnance left over from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 1992-95 war, one landmine at a time. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Montenegro Pension Fund Cuts Ties to Bosnian Spa Linked to War Crimes
Pension fund terminates contract with Vilina Vlas spa hotel in eastern Bosnia after campaigners pointed to its previous history as a detention site where Bosniak women were raped during the…
Bosnian Serb Army Ex-Soldier Convicted of Wartime Rape
The state court convicted Boro Ivanovic of raping a Bosniak women several times in the town of Foca while he was a Bosnian Serb Army soldier during the war in…
How a Swedish Bosnian’s Facebook Donation Ended up Changing Hundreds of Lives
In the last of BIRN’s series about war-displaced families' enduring connections to their home countries, Emira Havdic Cof explains how a one-off campaign to help a needy family grew into…
Serb War Criminals Given Financial Grants by Bosnian Municipality
The city administration in Serb-led Prijedor approved the payment of financial assistance from the local budget to former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Ilija Zoric and Ljubisa Cetic, who were both…
Extradited from Germany, Wartime Serb Commander Faces New Trial in Bosnia
After his extradition from Germany, where he was serving a 28-year sentence imposed by the Hague Tribunal, Dragoljub Kunarac faces fresh proceedings in Bosnia for wartime killings and persecution. KAYNAK:…
From Srebrenica to Melbourne: Survivors’ Children Keep Memory of Bosnia’s Genocide Alive
In the fourth of BIRN’s series about war-displaced people’s enduring connections to their home countries, the founders of Children of Srebrenica Melbourne explain how they’re turning private grief into public…
Bosnia Court Upholds Conviction of Wartime Fighters for Abusing Prisoners
State court upholds verdict sentencing Slavisa Djeric to three years’ jail and Nenad Ujic to four, for the inhumane treatment of civilians detained in Rogatica in 1995. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight