Velika Kladusa
Bosnia’s Long Search for Wartime Missing Persons in Croatia
According to the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute, 102 Bosnian citizens, including Andrea Beganovic, were reported missing in neighbouring Croatia as a result of the war in the 1990s.
"Out of that number, 46 victims have been found, exhumed and identified so far, while the search for 56 people continues," said Missing Persons Institute spokesperson Emza Fazlic.
Families Distressed by 15-Year Probe into Bosnian War Deaths
While leading the breakaway statelet, Abdic fought against fellow Bosniaks who were loyal to the Sarajevo government. He was later convicted of war crimes, but was elected mayor of Velika Kladusa in 2016 after his release.
As Corona spreads, Refugees Hit the End of the Road on the Balkan Route
Stray dogs walk the dirt road to the migrant camp in Velika Kladuša, Bosnia, on the border with Croatia. Passed a precarious bridge, a canine shelter is visible first. Puppies cover the trail, obstructing cars as they trot along obliviously. There are ten kennels with roofs and space to roam, but dozens of dogs lie around outside.
No Coronavirus Cases Found Yet Among Migrants, Refugees in Bosnia
The International Organization for Migration, IOM, which manages temporary reception centres, TRCs, for migrants and refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, told BIRN it had found no cases of coronavirus among the roughly 6,500 migrants held in them.
Bosnia Struggling to Prosecute Migrants when Identity in Doubt
Experts who spoke to BIRN BiH say the rules must urgently be harmonised and the law updated to reflect the new challenges.
"This could be disastrous because many of them [migrants] do lack personal identification documents," said Vehid Sehic, a former judge and lawyer in Bosnia.
Migrants, Refugees Find Shelter Hard to Come by in Bosnia
In an abandoned building near a train station in the north Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 25-year-old Afghan Mohammed is trying to keep himself warm.
It's mid-November, and the temperature is just a few degrees above freezing. Mohammed's jacket does not look like it was made for the cold Bosnian winter.
Croatian Police Accused Again of Brutality to Migrants
No Name Kitchen, NNK, an NGO that helps migrants and refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Wednesday on social networks accused Croatian police of beating a migrant and documented the claim with a photograph of his injured back.
It said its volunteers were dining on Tuesday in the town of Velika Kladusa when the man arrived and asked them to check his injuries.
Bosnian Mayors Protest as War Criminal Given Mandate
The new mayor of Velika Kladusa, Fikret Abdic, who has served a prison sentence for war crimes, ran into controversy on Tuesday when he visited Sarajevo for the first time in 23 years to pick up his mandate certificate.
Bosnia: More arrests on Islamic terrorism charges
Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) has placed three persons under arrest on suspicion of having links with radical Islamic terrorism.
The arrests took place in the area of the town of Velika Kladusa on Monday. Weapons and an Islamic State flag were also discovered.
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Bosnian police arrest Syria-bound suspects
Bosnian police arrest Syria-bound suspects
A national security sweep apprehends alleged ISIL supporters, including two at the Sarajevo airport.
Bosnia launched Operation Damascus in 2014 to stem the flow of recruits to Syria. The latest security action on February 18th involved multiple cities. [AFP]
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