verdict-to-monika-karan-ilic-on-may-17
16 May 13 Bosnia Woman Accused of Jail Torture Awaits Verdict

The prosecution urged a conviction for Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the only women being tried in Bosnia for war crimes, but the defence said she wasn’t guilty of torturing detention camp inmates.

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boy-recalls-murders-of-neighbours-in-sijekovac
15 May 13 Bosnian Serb Boy ‘Watched Fighter Murder Neighbours’

A witness at the trial for one of the first war crimes of the Bosnian conflict said he saw defendant Zemir Kovacevic kill his neighbours in Bosanski Brod in 1992, when he was ten years old.

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eight-bosniak-accused-plead-not-guilty
15 May 13 Bosniaks Plead Innocent to Kladanj War Crimes

Eight former servicemen and police officers pleaded not guilty to mistreating Bosnian Serb prisoners in the village of Stupari near Kladanj in central Bosnia during the 1990s conflict.

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defendant-organised-the-visegrad-convoy
14 May 13 Bosnian Serb Fighter ‘Organised Deadly Visegrad Convoys’

At the trial of three Bosnian Serb fighters for war crimes in Visegrad in 1992, a witness said one defendant organised convoys to remove Bosniak civilians from surrounding villages.

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sarajevo-canton-adopts-law-to-help-returnees
14 May 13 Sarajevo Authorities Offer Benefits to Post-War Returnees

The Sarajevo cantonal government has adopted a new law allowing people displaced by the 1990s war to retain welfare benefits when they return to their old homes.

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trial-for-murder-of-prisoners-in-zepce-begins
13 May 13 Bosnian Croat Tried for Zepce Prisoner Killings

Former fighter Franjo Pravdic is accused of having killed two Bosniak brothers who were being held as prisoners of war in Zepce in central Bosnia in 1993.

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croatia-jasenovac-victims-commemorated
13 May 13 Croatia Commemorates WWII Jasenovac Camp Victims

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic told a commemoration of the 68th anniversary of a prisoner rebellion at the Jasenovac concentration camp that fascism’s victims must never be forgotten.

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witnesses-recall-bosnian-village-attack
10 May 13 Witnesses Recall Bosnian Village Killings

As the trial for crimes in Prijedor continues, a Bosnian State Prosecution witness says that defendant Zoran Babic must have been present during the "cleansing" of Carakovo village in July 1992.

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bosnian-serb-army-did-not-target-civilians-in-sarajevo
10 May 13 Bosnian Serb Army ‘Did Not Target Sarajevo Civilians’

Testifying at the trial of the wartime Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, a former Serb military officer said he did not have adequate information on civilian victims in Sarajevo.

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mladic-s-trial-hears-of-srebrenica-executions
10 May 13 Mladic Trial Hears of Srebrenica Executions

Testifying at the trial of Ratko Mladic, two surviving witnesses described the execution of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995 by Bosnian Serb forces.

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busovaca-crimes-trial-starts-with-first-witnesses
10 May 13 Bosnian Croats’ Trial For Busovaca Killings Opens

The war crimes trial of two former Bosnian Croat fighters began with witnesses accusing one defendant of killing Bosniak civilians in Busovaca in central Bosnia in 1993.

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prisoners-taken-from-museum-to-be-raped
09 May 13 Bosnian Soldiers ‘Raped Croat Detainees’ in Jablanica

Testifying at the trial of former Bosnian Army deputy commander Nihad Bojadzic, witnesses said women imprisoned in a museum in Jablanica in 1993 were taken away by fighters and raped.

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bosnian-serb-politicians-rhetoric-worries-inzko
09 May 13 Bosnian Serbs’ Independence Rhetoric Worries Inzko

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s High Representative Valentin Inzko has expressed concern about repeated statements from Bosnian Serb politicians advocating the dissolution of the state.

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witness-spekas-of-abuse-and-fear-in-vogosca-camps
09 May 13 Bosnians Feared Nocturnal Beatings at Vogosca Jail

At the trial for wartime crimes at detention camps in Vogosca near Sarajevo, a witness said that Serb soldiers arrived at night to abuse and humiliate prisoners.

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krstic-on-trial-for-contempt-of-court-in-late-may
08 May 13 Bosnian Serb General Krstic Faces Hague Contempt Trial

The Hague Tribunal announced that wartime Republika Srpska general Radislav Krstic will go on trial for contempt of court this month after failing to testify for Radovan Karadzic.

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