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16 Feb 12 Angelina Jolie Tackles the Issue of Wartime Rape

A Hollywood movie “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and the documentary “Ending Impunity”, both dealing with rape during the war in Bosnia, had their premiers in February.

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15 Feb 12 Vlahovic Trial Continues

In his testimony for the prosecution a witness told the court that Veselin “Batko” Vlahovic raped his pregnant sister-in-law.

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06 Feb 12 War Crimes Trial Witness Heard Gunshot

A witness in the trial of three soldiers accused of murder and rape in the Bosnian town of Bijeljina said he heard a gunshot at the time of the alleged war crimes.

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02 Feb 12 Foca Rape Trial Continues

A witness for the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the trial of Jasko Gazdic, former member of the Army of Republika Srpska, claims a person who identified himself as “Jasko” raped her in August 1992.

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01 Feb 11 Bosnia Arrests War Crimes Suspect Tied to 'Batko'

Bosnian police arrested Sasa Baricanin on Tuesday on suspicion of war crimes committed against the non-Serb population in Sarajevo during the country's 1992-95 war.

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29 Nov 10 Justice for Wartime Rape Victims in Bosnia ‘Painfully Slow’

Fifteen years since the end of Bosnia’s 1992-95 conflict, justice remains “painfully slow” for survivors of wartime rape, with only a handful of cases successfully prosecuted.

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25 May 10 Search for Convicted Criminal Stankovic Continues

It has been three years since Radovan Stankovic, sentenced by a Bosnian court to 20 years in prison for war crimes committed during the country's 1992-1995 war, escaped from Foca prison.

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21 May 10 Bosnia: Novalic Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has rendered a first instance verdict sentencing Cerim Novalic to seven years in prison for war crimes against civilians committed in the Konjic area.

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27 Apr 10 Serbia: Celopek War Crimes Indictment Issued

The Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor has filed an indictment against Darko Jankovic for crimes against civilians committed in the Celopek camp in Zvornik, Bosnia in 1992.

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23 Apr 10 Batko 'Wants to Be Extradited to Montenegro'

Veselin Vlahovic, known as the Monster from Grbavica, does not want to be extradited to Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia, but to Montenegro, Bosnian media report.

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15 Mar 10 Lukic Witness Sentenced for Contempt of Court

The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, sentenced Zuhdija Tabakovic to three months' imprisonment for contempt of court.

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03 Mar 10 Bosnia State Prosecutor Wants Batko Extradited

The State Prosecution in Bosnia and Herzegovina will do “everything” to have Veselin Vlahovic Batko extradited from Spain, prosecution spokesperson Boris Grubesic told Balkan Insight.

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02 Mar 10 Suspected War Criminal Batko Arrested in Spain

Police in Spain have arrested Veselin Vlahovic Batko, whose name has become synonymous with alleged war crimes committed in Grbavica, a part of Sarajevo that was under the control of Karadzic and his Bosnian Serb forces during the Bosnian war.

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19 Feb 10 Bosnia: Police Launch Search in Foca

The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, has seized wartime notes and reports from a journalist in Foca, in southeastern Bosnia.

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25 Jan 10 Indictment for War Rape in Srebrenica

Bosnia’s state court has indicted three individuals under one indictment for genocide committed in Srebrenica, July 1995. The court also indicted the three for rape during war, the first time that a court has included rape in a genocide indictment for Srebrenica.

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