bosnian-serb-officer-denies-knowledge-of-srebrenica-crimes
24 May 13 Bosnian Serb Intelligence ‘Not Told About Srebrenica’

A former Bosnian Serb Army intelligence officer told the Hague trial of Radovan Karadzic that he knew nothing about the mass murders of Muslim prisoners from Srebrenica in 1995.

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croatian-war-criminal-acquitted-of-another-crime
24 May 13 Croatian Officer Acquitted of Killing Elderly Serbs

Former Croatian Army officer Tihomir Savoric, who has previously been convicted of war crimes, was acquitted alongside two other soldiers of killing four Serbs in Bosnia in 1995.

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indictee-under-some-stresses
23 May 13 ‘Stress’ Disrupts Bosnian Croats’ Trial For Busovaca Killings

The war crimes trial of two former fighters accused of killing Bosniak civilians in Busovaca in central Bosnia in 1993 was postponed because one defendant fell ill due to stress.

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seselj-testifies-in-defence-of-karadzic
23 May 13 Vojislav Seselj to Testify in Karadzic’s Defence

Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party, is expected to testify at the Hague Tribunal for the defence of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic next month.

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evidence-dispute-at-bosnian-croat-chief-s-murder-trial
22 May 13 Bosnian Croat Commander’s Murder Trial Evidence Disputed

A witness at the Zagreb trial of Mladen Naletilic, a Bosnian Croat ex-commander convicted of war crimes but released this year, retracted earlier testimony he gave about the alleged murder.

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revision-of-verdict-for-tuzla-shelling-requested
22 May 13 Bosnian Serbs Want Tuzla Shelling Conviction Cancelled

MPs and victims’ groups in Serb-led Republika Srpska are calling on its parliament to provide money to help overturn Bosnian Serb commander Novak Djukic’s conviction for shelling Tuzla in 1995.

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witness-recalls-physical-and-sexual-abuse-in-dretelj
21 May 13 Bosnian Serb Detainees ‘Beaten, Sexually Abused’ at Dretelj

A witness at the trial of five Croatian Defence Forces fighters for war crimes at the Dretelj detention camp in southern Bosnia in 1992 said he was physically and sexually abused while imprisoned.

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bosniak-visegrad-civilians-invited-to-leave-villages
21 May 13 Bosniaks Recall Deadly Visegrad Prisoner Convoy

At the trial of three Bosnian Serb fighters for war crimes in Visegrad in 1992, a witness said that one defendant played a key role in removing Bosniak villagers from their homes.

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brain-and-blood-spilled-in-vuk-karadzic-school-building
21 May 13 ‘Prisoners’ Blood and Brains’ Spilled in Bosnia School

At the trial of Bosnian Serb fighter Savo Babic for war crimes in Bratunac, a witness said detainees had to clean human brains from a school floor after prisoners held there were beaten.

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balkan-states-must-back-truth-commission-now
20 May 13 Balkan States ‘Must Back Truth Commission Now’

Campaigners for the RECOM reconciliation initiative said they had done all they could to promote a cross-regional truth committee and it was time for political leaders to act.

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bosnian-woman-jailed-for-wartime-jail-torture
17 May 13 Bosnian Woman Jailed for Torturing War Prisoners

Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the few women tried in Bosnia for war crimes, has been convicted of torturing and abusing detention-camp prisoners in Brcko and jailed for four years.

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karadzic-s-expert-denies-bosnian-serb-guilt-for-sarajevo-massacres
17 May 13 Bosnian Serbs ‘Didn’t Shell Sarajevo Civilians’

Testifying in Radovan Karadzic’s defence at the Hague Tribunal, a ballistics expert said the Bosnian Serb Army didn’t carry out a series of mortar attacks that killed many civilians.

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srebrenica-women-recall-death-of-family-members
17 May 13 Srebrenica Women Recall Their Families’ Deaths

Testifying at the Hague trial of Ratko Mladic, two women from Srebrenica testified that members of their family were killed by Bosnian Serb forces after the fall of the enclave in 1995.

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suspects-for-kozarac-crime-arrested
17 May 13 Bosnian Serbs Arrest Bosniaks for Wartime Murders

Police officers from Banja Luka arrested Semir Alukic and Fikret Hirkic under suspicion that they committed war crimes against Serb civilians near Prijedor in 1992.

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anniversary-of-brcanska-malta-battle-marked
16 May 13 Rival Ceremonies Mark Deadly Tuzla Battle Anniversary

Bosniaks and Bosnian Serbs held rival commemorations of the 21st anniversary of a fierce battle between local security forces and the Yugoslav Army at Brcanska Malta in Tuzla.

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