Bosnian War
Prosecutions Discontinued in 250 ‘Category A’ War Crime Investigations
The Prosecution wrote that, between 2004 and 2022, it registered a total of 814 cases referred by the Prosecution of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY.
Besieged: German Photographer’s Pictures Show Srebrenica Before the Genocide
In August 1995, German photographer Phillip von Recklinghausen returned to Srebrenica, where he had photographed people during the siege of the enclave by Bosnian Serb forces a couple of years earlier.
He tried to find people whose pictures he had taken back in 1993, but couldn't.
Bosnian Court Orders Arrest Warrant Over Killings near Gorazde
The court decision comes after Petkovic, who is now in Serbia, was due to enter his plea on June 16, but failed to appear in court. The State Court said that he had also failed to attend an earlier hearing on March 10 this year.
Thousands to Join Peace March to Commemorate Srebrenica Victims
The annual Srebrenica Peace March is setting off from the village of Nezuk on Friday, following in reverse the 100-kilometre route taken by Bosniaks who fled on foot from Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995.
50 Genocide Victims to be Buried at Srebrenica Commemoration
Bosnia and Herzegovina's Missing Persons Institute said that 50 genocide victims will be laid to rest at a collective funeral at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre on July 11, the day of the anniversary commemoration of the mass killings in 1995.
Saha Bumbulovic said that her father Adil Selimovic, who was killed on July 13, 1995 at the age of 59, will be among those who will be buried.
Nationalists to Show Film Praising Serb Forces on Srebrenica Anniversary
Nationalist organisation Eastern Alternative said it will screen a film about the "liberation of Srebrenica" by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995, a documentary including a speech by war criminal Ratko Mladic, in Srebrenica on July 11, the same day as the 27th anniversary of the genocide of Bosniaks will be commemorated nearby.
Serbian Ministry to Probe Playing of Anti-Bosniak Song in School
Serbian Education Ministry said on Thursday evening that it will carry out a review at the at the Vasa Stajic School in the northern city of Novi Sad and that "the provincial inspection will take action" to find out who was responsible after children aged 10 and 11 and a teacher were filmed dancing to an anti-Bosniak song.
Children’s Wartime Deaths Commemorated in Sarajevo
The Forgotten Children of War association and a group of young Bosnian women laid flowers on Tuesday in tribute to children killed during the 1992-95 war in Sarajevo and in the neighbouring city of East Sarajevo.
They also displayed placards spelling out the words: "They were just children. Together we can build bridges for the future."
Photo: Forgotten Children of War.
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Bosniak Fighters’ Convictions for Crimes Against Serbs Upheld
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court on Friday confirmed a first-instance verdict sentencing Senad Dzananovic to 11 years in prison and Edin Gadzo to five years for crimes against Serb civilians in the Alipasino Polje neighbourhood of Sarajevo.
The court said that the defendants' appeals had been rejected as "unfounded".
Refugee Bombing Case Highlights Serbia and Croatia’s Enduring Antagonism
The man identified in court in The Hague as Witness 56 was a Serb policeman in the Croatian town of Knin between May 1994 and August 5, 1995. That was the date when he left the country, along with around 200,000 other Serbs, as the Croatian Army crushed Serb rebel forces during Operation Storm.