Bosnian Army
Escape from Srebrenica: Three Brothers’ Deadly Journey
Hasan Hasanovic was 21 years old in July 1995 when he joined a column of around 15,000 Bosniaks who were fleeing the attack by Bosnian Serb forces on the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica.
Former Bosnian Army Soldiers Jailed for Raping Minor
The Appeals Chamber of the State Court in Bosnia has jailed two former former Bosnian Army members, following a retrial, for six years each, for raping a protected witness who was a minor at the time, in 1993.
It also ordered Samir Kesmer and Mirsad Menzilovic to pay KM 30,000 to Witness A in compensation for non-material damage.
Peace Activists Walk 520km to Srebrenica for Genocide Commemoration
The group of 12 mostly Croatian citizens arrived on Tuesday in Olovo, a small town some 50 kilometres north-east of Sarajevo, on their 520-kilometre walk from Dubrovnik to Srebrenica's Potocari memorial centre to mark the anniversary of the 1995 massacres.
Bosniaks Appeal Convictions for Hadzici Detention Centre Crimes
Lawyers for Mustafa Djelilovic, Fadil Covic, Mirsad Sabic, Nezir Kazic, Becir Hujic, Halid Covic, Serif Mesanovic and Nermin Kalember appealed at the Bosnian state court on Thursday against their convictions for crimes against Serb and Croat civilians illegally detained at the Silos camp, the Krupa barracks and the 9th of May elementary school in the Hadzici municipality.
Court Urged to Convict Bosnian Army Ex-Soldiers of Rape
Prosecutor Marijana Cobovic told the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday that it had been proved during the retrial that Samir Kesmer and Mirsad Menzilovic raped an underage girl in Sarajevo in May 1993.
"The injured party said at the main trial that she had been raped multiple times by the defendants," Cobovic said.
Bosnian Army Ex-Commander Proclaims Innocence, Urges Acquittal
Ahmet Sejdic told the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Friday that he was innocent, as his defence called for his acquittal on all charges in the indictment accusing him of the inhumane treatment of Serb civilians and prisoners of war in the period between July 1992 and February 1993.
Bosnian Army Ex-Troops Appeal Convictions for Crimes Against Croats
Defence lawyers for Bosniak ex-soldiers Minet Akeljic, Saban Haskic, Senad Bilal and Hazim Petkovic appealed at the Bosnian state court on Thursday to have the verdict convicting them overturned, or a retrial held.
Bosnian Prosecution’s Slowdown on War Indictments Causes Concern
From January to May this year, the Bosnian state prosecution filed just four indictments for war crimes, two fewer than in the same period in 2018.
The apparent slowdown has sparked concerns that this may cause further delays in attempts to deal with the country's enormous backlog of war crimes cases.
Bosnia Convicts Female Ex-Soldier of Killing Serb Boy
The Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday found Elfeta Veseli guilty of killing a 12-year-old boy, Slobodan Stojanovic, on an undetermined date in the second half of July or first half of August 1992 in the village of Bajrici-Novo Selo.
Sarajevo Wartime Frontline Area Becomes ‘Park of Friendship’
A hilltop site in Sarajevo's Sedrenik neighbourhood from which Bosnian Serb forces fired on the city during the wartime siege has been turned into a forest park which opened to the public on Friday.
The project was funded by Turkish General Directorate of Forestry and supported by other Turkish institutions and Sarajevo's Stari Grad municipality, in which the new park is located.