Bosnia Hertegovina

Dragan Rodic pleads guilty to war crimes

Bosnian Serb Dragan Rodic has agreed to plead guilty to war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Bosniak and Croatian prisoners of war during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, local media reported on Saturday (October 23rd). Rodic is charged with taking part in establishing and maintaining a punishment and abuse …

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Croat, Serb leaders to push for new entity in Bosnia

Bosnia’s Croat and Serb leaders, Dragan Covic and Milorad Dodik, have agreed to to work together to create a Bosnian Croat entity. The move drew criticism from Muslims, who claimed it would lead to the “destruction of Bosnia.” Muslims, Croats and Serbs form the country’s three largest groups but it …

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OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina trains police inspectors on war crimes investigation

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded today a training course for police investigators on war crime cases. Twenty-five police inspectors and two prosecutors from the District Prosecutor’s Office of Banja Luka and Doboj, as well as two investigators from the BiH Prosecutor’s Office in Sarajevo took part in …

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BiH charges Osman Sego with war crimes against Croatian civilians

BiH Prosecutors pressed charges on Tuesday (October 19th) against former Bosnian Muslim armed forces officer Osman Sego for war crimes committed against civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. According to the charges, Sego was involved in crimes against Croatian civilians between July 1993 and March 1994 in Bugojno. He was …

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Spain ends Bosnia military mission after 18 years

Spain on Monday ended its military mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Spanish Defence Minister Carme Chacon described Spanish troops as having ‘fulfilled’ their task, Spanish media reported. ‘Peace has been brought where it seemed impossible to have it,’ Chacon said during a visit to Sarajevo, ending 18 years of Spanish military …

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