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‘Regretful’ Bosnian Croat War Criminal Requests Early Release Again

Balkan Insight 28 Jan 2025
Bruno Stojic, former defence minister of the unrecognised Croat-led Herzeg-Bosnia wartime statelet, asked for early release for a third time, stressing that he has expressed “sincere regret” for his crimes ....
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Croatian War Convicts Could Soon Erase Their Criminal Records – Legally

Balkan Insight 10 Jan 2024
In 2024, Croatians convicted of war crimes could start to have their criminal records deleted under a little-known rehabilitation law – which could also potentially allow them to sue anyone who publicly highlights their convictions ....
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In Nuremberg, Museum Shows How Nazi Trials Shaped International Justice

Balkan Insight 20 Nov 2023
Trials of Nazis just after World War II informed the subsequent prosecutions of officials from the former Yugoslavia for war crimes and crimes against humanity, as a visit to the museum in the former Nuremberg courtroom highlighted ....
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Kosovo Child Massacre Survivors’ Battle for Justice Inspires New Play

Balkan Insight 27 Oct 2023
The Shadow Garden’ explores the story of three Kosovo Albanian children who survived the massacre of their family in 1999 and went on to testify against Slobodan Milosevic at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague ....
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The Remorseful War Criminal: How a Bosnian Convict’s Apologies Were Ignored

Balkan Insight 14 Sep 2023
After serving a sentence for war crimes, Esad Landzo apologised to his victims and made a film to show his remorse. But his reconciliatory efforts ended in failure – another consequence of entrenched post-war enmities, he tells BIRN ....
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Among the Dead: Forensic Scientists Recall Horror of Kosovo’s Mass Graves

Balkan Insight 30 Aug 2023
The smell of decay and the trauma of exhuming children’s bodies from mass graves dominate the memories of forensic experts who worked in Kosovo and Serbia after the war, driven by a sense of justice and the desire to restore dignity to the victims.
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US-NATO’s War on Yugoslavia: The Criminal Nature of The Hague ICTY Tribunal

GlobalResearch 28 Jul 2023
Even the most obviously bloody-handed of Western political puppets and military yes-men were carefully shielded from the ICTY ... In the final analysis, the ICTY failed to uphold even the illusion of impartiality.
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Enjoying Impunity, Greek Pro-Serb Fighters Still Brag about Srebrenica

Balkan Insight 10 Jul 2023
Ten Greek nationalist fighters are believed to have been with Bosnian Serb forces when they seized Srebrenica in July 1995. Greek prosecutors investigated, but the case was closed, fuelling continuing suspicions of a cover-up ....
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Once a War Criminal, Always a War Criminal?

Balkan Insight 14 Jun 2023
There are no specialised rehabilitation services for jailed Balkan war criminals, so is it possible to tell whether they are ready to return to society, and should they be allowed to return to normal life after being released from prison? ....
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Money Trail: How Paramilitaries’ Per Diems Proved Serbian Officials’ Guilt

Balkan Insight 02 Jun 2023
Official allowances paid to paramilitaries involved in wartime crimes in Bosnia showed that Serbian State Security Service chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic were responsible for killings and expulsions, the UN court established this week.
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Bosnians Remember Deadly Shelling of Zenica, 30 Years On

Balkan Insight 19 Apr 2023
Tributes have been paid to the victims of an artillery strike on the Bosnian town of Zenica in April 1993 that left 15 people dead, including a child – an attack that no one has been convicted of ordering ....

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