Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nine feature films and one short film addressing the subjects of conflict and reconciliation will be screened online and at the Meeting Point cinema in the Bosnian capital from April 24-30 as part of the Sarajevo Film Festival's 'Dealing with the Past' programme.

The programme was launched in 2016 with the aim of initiating an honest dialogue about the recent past in the Balkans.

Ljubljana – Slovenian PM Janez Janša rang up Šefik Džaferović, the Bosniak member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina presidency, on Friday to explain that there is no non-paper containing border changes or efforts to undermine Bosnia-Herzegovina’s territorial integrity that could be linked with the Slovenian government.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Thursday denied a release request from former Bosnian Serb detention camp guard Goran Jelisic, who is serving a 40-year sentence for crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.

The trial of Rajko Kusic, wartime commander of Bosnian Serb Army's Rogatica Brigade, opened in Belgrade Higher Court on Friday with the defendant entering a not-guilty plea.

The trial of Dragan Dopudja, a former member of the 15th Bihac Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army who is accused of involvement in the murders of at least ten Bosniak civilians in the village of Hrgar near Bihac in the summer of 1992, opened at Belgrade Higher Court on Tuesday.

Vuk Ratkovic, a former member of the Bosnian Serb Army's Visegrad Brigade, who was sentenced to eight years in prison for raping a woman several times during the war, has died, his defence lawyer told BIRN on Monday.

"He died and was buried yesterday at a cemetery in Visegrad," said lawyer Zorana Carkic.

Interpol has published a 'red notice' calling for the arrest of Mladen Mitrovic, describing him as a 59-year-old Bosnian citizen who is wanted for crimes against humanity.

Defence lawyer Senad Dupovac told the Bosnian state court in his closing statement on Friday that numerous witnesses at the trial of Senad Dzananovic and Edin Gadzo had given contradictory statements, and called for an acquittal.

The Bosnian state court found former Bosnian Army Third Corps commander Sakib Mahmuljin guilty on Friday of failing to prevent murders and inhumane acts by members of the El Mujahideen unit in Vozuca and Zavidovici areas during the Bosnian war.

"In his capacity as commander he failed to prevent the commission of inhumane acts," said presiding judge Zoran Bozic.

The Bosnian state prosecution on Thursday charged Jovan Satara, Boсko Savkovic, Sekula Sisic, Bosko Bilic, Zdravko Balaban, Jordan Ilic and Nenad Tanasic with committing crimes against humanity against Bosniak and Croat civilians in the Donji Vakuf area during the war in the spring and summer 1992.