Prijedor ethnic cleansing
Bosnians Call for Prijedor War Victims Memorial on ‘White Ribbon Day’
Bosnians gathered in central Prijedor on Wednesday for the annual 'White Ribbon Day' commemoration of the victims of wartime crimes against non-Serbs in the area, where some 3,000 people died including 102 children in a campaign of persecution that started in 1992.
Human Remains of One Person Exhumed on Mt Igman
Body is assumed to belong to a Serb who went missing in 1993 in the Hadzici area.
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Bosnians Mark 30th Anniversary of Wartime Persecution in Prijedor
Hundreds of people joined a gathering in Prijedor on Tuesday to mark White Ribbon Day and commemorate the 102 children and more than 3,000 other civilians who were killed in the area during the war.
People tied white ribbons to fences and laid red roses in the square in tribute, as well as holding up banners with photographs of the victims.
Bosnian Serb Army Ex-Soldier Convicted of Crimes Against Humanity
The Bosnian state court on Wednesday handed down a first-instance verdict sentencing Sabahudin 'Sasa' Kajdic, a former member of the Third Company of the Bosnian Serb Army's Prijedor Motorised Brigade, to 12 years in prison for committed crimes against humanity in Prijedor in 1992.
Families Mourn Victims of Bosnia’s Koricani Cliffs Massacre
Relatives of the Bosniaks and Croats killed at the Koricani Cliffs by Bosnian Serb forces will mark the 29th anniversary of the massacre on Saturday by throwing roses into the deep mountain pit where their loved ones' bodies were dumped after they were killed in 1992.
Bosnian Camp Detainees Demand Apology for Serbian TV ‘Untruths’
Former detainees of the Bosnian Serb-run wartime camps at Prijedor in north-west Bosnia have filed a joint complaint to the Serbian Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, REM, against Happy TV.
Bosnian Army Ex-Commander Asks for War Crimes Acquittal
In closing statements at the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday, Sakib Mahmuljin said that as the wartime commander of the Bosnian Army Third Corps, he was not responsible for the crimes allegedly committed by foreign fighters.
Bosnia Retries Serb Ex-Soldier for Killing Bosniak Family
The retrial of Sretko Pavic opened on Tuesday at the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court after the first-instance verdict sentencing him to 13 years in prison for crimes against humanity was quashed.
Interpol Warrants Issued for Two Bosnian Serb War Convicts
Bosnia and Herzegovina is seeking the arrests of Bosnian Serb ex-policeman Darko Mrdja and ex-military policeman Dragan Marjanovic, who both absconded after second-instance verdicts convicted them of wartime crimes.
'Red notices' calling on countries worldwide to assist in detaining them have been posted on Interpol's website.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldiers Face Retrial for Wartime Killings
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court on Thursday quashed the first-instance verdict that sentenced Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Boro Milojica to eight years in prison for crimes against humanity in the Prijedor area and acquitted his fellow ex-serviceman Zelisav Rivic, and ordered a new trial.