Another war: how Sarajevo’s musicians sang through a siege
Berlin, Germany Reuters Setting out to tell the story of Sarajevo’s four-year siege in the 1990s, Nenad Sicin-Sain thought he was documenting Europe’s last big war – only for Russia to invade Ukraine during filming, heightening the emotions of an already fraught project. Kiss the Future, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on Sunday, […]
Srebrenica testimonies, artefacts confront genocide denialism
Srebrenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Reuters Survivors of the genocide at Srebrenica are hoping their accounts and keepsakes of families of some of the 8,000 Muslim men and boys who were killed will help dispel the denial of the massacre that is the heart of a political crisis in Bosnia. One hundred survivors gave video testimonies […]
Nine Serbs indicted for killing around 100 Muslims during Bosnian war
Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaReuters A Bosnian war crimes prosecutor has indicted nine Bosnian Serbs for the killing of around 100 Muslim Bosniaks, including seven entire families, early in the 1992-95 war, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Wednesday. Twenty-six years after the end of its devastating war between Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats and […]
Genocide conviction upheld against former Bosnian Serb military chief Mladic
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters United Nations war crimes judges on Tuesday upheld a genocide conviction and life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, confirming his central role in Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II. Mladic, 78, led Bosnian Serb forces during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. He was convicted in 2017 on […]