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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serbia-arrested-gendarmerie-member-for-ljubenic-massacre
21 May 13 Serbia Arrests Two Over 1999 Kosovo Massacre

Serbian police have arrested two men, including a current member of the country’s special police unit, on suspicion that they helped murder at least 65 Albanian civilians in a Kosovo village.

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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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belgrade-plans-to-reconstruct-judenlager-semlin-memorial
20 May 13 Serbia to Rebuild WWII Death Camp as Memorial

The Belgrade authorities plan to reconstruct the ‘Judenlager Semlin’ concentration camp, where more than 7,000 Jewish women and children were killed, turning it into a memorial centre.

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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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kosovo-starts-tolerance-week
20 May 13 Kosovo Begins ‘Tolerance and Reconciliation Week’

Officials have launched a week-long series of events aimed at raising awareness about tolerance, reconciliation and peaceful coexistence between different religious faiths in Kosovo.

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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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witness-backs-alibi-for-macedonia-mass-murder-trial-defendant
16 May 13 Macedonia Witness Backs Alleged Mass Killer’s Alibi

A witness in the politically-charged trial of ethnic Albanians accused of killing five ethnic Macedonians near Skopje said that one defendant was nowhere near the crime scene.

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stanisic-and-simatovic-verdict-set-for-may-30th
16 May 13 Hague Sets Date for Stanisic and Simatovic Judgement

The verdict in the war crimes case against two top Serbian security officials will be handed down in two weeks’ time, the Hague Tribunal has announced.

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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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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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