Bosnian Genocide
Bosnian Serb Ex-Police Testify About Prisoner Disappearances
Former employees from the Ripac police station near Bihac testified at the trial of Bosnian Serb Army ex-soldier Dragan Dopudja at Belgrade Higher Court on Wednesday that around 150 Bosnian civilians were detained at an old tractor repair shop in the village of Ripac in June 1992.
Bosnian Serb Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Persecuting Civilians
Ratko Djurkovic told the Bosnian state court on Tuesday that he was innocent of persecuting Bosniak civilians on ethnic and religious grounds in the Ugljevik area from April 1992 to the end of October that year.
"I plead not guilty," Djurkovic said.
Constitutional Court Rejects Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman’s Appeal
The Constitutional Court in Sarajevo has ruled that former policeman Mico Jurisic's right to a fair trial was not breached, upholding his conviction for crimes against humanity.
UN Court Dismisses Karadzic’s Objections to UK Jailing: Lawyer
Radovan Karadzic's lawyer Peter Robinson told BIRN on Friday that the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague has not agreed to the wartime Bosnian Serb political leader's demand to serve his sentence in a country other than Britain, where he feels his life could be in danger.
Radovan Karadzic Will Do His Jail Time for Genocide in UK
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, sentenced to life for war crimes and genocide, will serve his sentence in a UK prison, the British government announced on Wednesday. Karadzic, 75, is one of the chief architects of the slaughter and devastation of Bosnia's 1992-95 war, AP recalls.
Radovan Karadzic will be transferred to another prison
The British government announced that Karadzic will be transferred to Britain to serve the rest of his sentence.
Radovan Karadzic to Serve Prison Sentence in Britain
The British Foreign Office said on Wednesday that it has agreed to allow wartime Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic, who was jailed for life by the UN court in The Hague, to be transferred to a prison in the UK.
Prosecutor Urges Life Imprisonment for Serbian Security Officials
The prosecutor at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, Douglas Stringer, urged the UN court on Monday to impose life sentences on former Serbian State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko 'Frenki' Simatovic for crimes committed during the wars in Croatia and Bosnia.
UN Court Hears Closing Arguments in Serbian Security Officials’ Trial
Closing arguments in the case against former Serbian State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, who are accused of controlling Serb fighters who committed crimes during the Croatian and Bosnian wars, are being heard from Monday to Wednesday at the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Loses Crimes Against Humanity Appeal
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has turned down an appeal from Darko Mrdja, a former member of a police intervention squad at the Public Security Station in the city of Prijedor, against the verdict convicting him of crimes against humanity.