Bakira Hasečić

The appointment last month of Drasko Milinovic to head the Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sparked criticism because of his controversial record in charge of RTRS, the public broadcaster in Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity.

She said that after the relaxation of the pandemic restrictions, the court decided that trials of up to five defendants could start again on June 1. Those hearings will be conducted in two biggest courtrooms in the state court building in Sarajevo, where appropriate distance between all the participants can be ensured.

BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday begins its 'Forgotten Victims' campaign, which intends to enable victims of unprosecuted war crimes and their families to speak about what they went through and draw public and judicial attention to violations that have still not been prosecuted.

"There are still many mass crimes, particularly in the eastern Bosnia area, whose perpetrators have not been charged as yet, although solid documentation about these crimes exists," said Vidovic.

She said that the state prosecution should focus its resources on these more serious cases rather than on "less extensive crimes and less significant cases in terms of perpetrators' rank".

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Vuk Ratkovic’s conviction for the multiple rape of a women in Visegrad during the war in 1992 and 1993 was upheld on appeal.

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Radomir Susnjar, charged with participating in the murder of 57 people in the Visegrad area in 1992, pleaded not guilty on Friday before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The trial of former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Radomir Susnjar, charged with participating in the murder of 57 people in the Visegrad area, starts on Friday before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Vuk Ratkovic - charged with torturing, abusing and raping a Serb woman in Visegrad during wartime because she was married to a Bosniak - went on trial in Sarajevo.

A prosecution witness testified at Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Petar Kovacevic’s trial that his mother told him how the defendant killed one neighbour and raped another near Visegrad in 1992.

A prosecution witness told Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Petar Kovacevic’s trial that she found out from her neighbours that the defendant shot her father dead near Visegrad in 1992.