Heliodrom camp
Bosnian Ministry Funds Museum at War Prison Camp, Angering Ex-Inmates
The Bosnian Defence Ministry told BIRN that it is planning to invest 540,000 Bosnian marks, some 270,000 euros, over the next three years on rebuilding part of the former Heliodrom detention camp in Mostar as the Military Museum of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnian War Prisoners Unable to Commemorate Detention Camp Closure
On the 28th anniversary of the closure of the Dretelj detention camp on Tuesday, former detainees recalled the desperate conditions at the wartime facility near Capljina but were unable to hold a commemoration at the site.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighters Charged with Crimes Against Humanity
The Bosnian state prosecution on Wednesday charged Borislav Pjano and Spomenko Novovic with committing crimes against humanity as part of a widespread and systematic attack by Bosnian Serb troops, police and paramilitary units on Bosniak civilians in the Foca area in 1992.
Novovic personally killed five Bosniak civilians, the prosecution said in a statement.
Bosnia Charges Serb Police Chief with Prisoner Abuse, Torture
The Bosnian state prosecution filed an indictment on Wednesday accusing Malko Koroman of committing a crime against humanity against several dozen Bosniak civilians who were unlawfully detained at the police Public Security Station in Pale and at a nearby gym, where they were abused, tortured and beaten.
Bosnian Croat Fighter Indicted for Mostar Prisoner Abuse
Former Croatian Defence Council member Ivan Zelenika was charged with war crimes against Bosniak civilians who were imprisoned at the ‘Heliodrom’ detention camp in Mostar in 1993.