24.11.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Tight Security in Bosnian Town amid Clashes"

Mostar: Local police deployed additional troops to prevent the latest in a series of clashes among Bosnian Croat and Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) youths [ID 109619]

18.11.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Bosnia Arrests Sarajevo War Camp Suspects"

Sarajevo: Former managers of the Kula Correctional Facility, who are suspected of war crimes against humanity have been arrested, as per a warrant issued by the State Prosecution [ID 109385]

05.11.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Two Bosnian Serbs Arrested Over Srebrenica Massacre"

Bosnian police arrested 2 Bosnian Serb wartime commanders suspected of taking part in genocide against Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in July 1995; they are suspects in participation in massacre in village of Pilica [ID 108854]

20.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 285/08 [EUR 63/005/2008]"

Within the next few days, the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina are likely to deport Imad Al Husin (also known as Abu Hamza) to Syria, where he is at risk of torture or ill-treatment [ID 107782]

17.10.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Halt Effort to Deport Syrian at Risk of Torture"

Sarajevo: Imad Al Husein seized by authorities and placed in Lukavica immigration detention centre; if deported to Syria he faces a serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment; Al Husein is reportedly on a hunger strike to protest his confinement and pending deportation [ID 107691]

16.10.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Bosnian Serbs Ban Dutch Ambassador"

Government of Serb-dominated entity banned the Dutch ambassador from its territory after he compared the entity`s Prime Minister to the president of Belarus [ID 107586]

10.10.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"One Dead in Bosnia Shopping Centre Blast"

Vitez: One man was killed and 3 people injured when an explosive device went off in a shopping centre, a police spokesman says [ID 107291]

01.10.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"EU Weighs Pulling Peacekeepers from Bosnia"

EU considers completing its peacekeeping mission; the mission could be replaced by a rapid-action force based outside Bosnia; the EU peacekeepers took over from NATO troops in 2004 [ID 106982]

01.10.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Bosnia 'Needs to Unify Criminal Codes'"

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe urges the govenment in a new resolution to step up constitutional reforms and unify the criminal code [ID 106990]

26.09.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Violence Mars Start of Bosnia Gay Festival"

Sarajevo: At least 8 people injured and 3 arrested after followers of radical Muslim Wahhabi movement tried to block opening of Bosnia's first gay festival [ID 106679]

25.09.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Clashes at gay festival"

Sarajevo: At least 8 people injured in clashes during opening of first gay festival, police say [ID 106687]

25.09.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Bosnia and Herzegovina: Failure to protect "Sarajevo Queer Festival""

Several people were attacked at the end of the first day of the “Sarajevo Queer Festival” [ID 106699]

22.09.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Bosnian Coal Miners Announce Major Strike"

Sarajevo: Thousands of coal miners are to hold a major strike on October 2 and protest against their poor living and working conditions [ID 106494]

19.09.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"International Religious Freedom Report 2008"

International Religious Freedom Report 2008 [ID 106374]

11.09.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Fear of Gays Stalks Bosnian Capital"

Sarajevo: First gay festival has triggered public uproar and cast a shadow over the city's once famous reputation for tolerance [ID 105800]

08.09.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Tensions Rising over Bosnian Gay Festival"

Sarajevo: Posters condemning homosexuals have appeared ahead of this month's first-ever gay festival [ID 105655]

02.09.2008 - Source:Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe

"Situation von homosexuellen Frauen"

Query response on the situation of homosexual women (general situation of homosexual persons, dangers for a lesbian woman living alone) [ID 105528]

28.08.2008 - Source:Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (formerly Global IDP Project) 

"Broader and improved support for durable solutions required; A profile of the internal displacement situation"

Report on internal displacement (background, causes, patterns), physical security, freedom of movement, subsistence needs (health, nutrition and shelter), patterns of return/resettlement and humanitarian access [ID 105408]

19.08.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Police in Bosnian Town "Live like Beggars""

Mostar: Police are holding a warning strike, protesting against their poor living standards and working conditions [ID 104235]

19.08.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Bosnian Serb Wartime Camp Chief Jailed"

Court jailed Nikola Andrun for 18 years in a second instance verdict his role in crimes at the Gabela detention camp in 1993 [ID 104233]

05.08.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Condemn Threats to Rights Activist"

HRW calls on the authorities, to publicly condemn threats made against Branko Todorovic, a prominent human rights defender, and his family [ID 102983]

29.07.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Death threats against Mr. Branko Todorovic [BIH 001 / 0708 / OBS 128]"

The executive director of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Republika Srpska Branko Todorovic received death threats against him and his family on 22 July 2008 and 27 July 2008; incidents followed other death threats in February 2008 [ID 102084]

29.07.2008 - Source:Balkan Insight

"Human Rights Activist Threatened in Bosnia"

Republika Srpska: Key human rights activist from Helsinki Committee has received threats against his life [ID 102208]

28.07.2008 - Source:Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 

"Needs assessment report ahead of municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5 October 2008"

Report on a OSCE/ODIHR needs assessment mission (7 - 11 July 2008) ahead of the municipal elections on 5 October 2008 (political context; legal framework; election administration; the media; international and domestic observers) [ID 102178]

26.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Karadzic supporters hold protests"

Supporters of former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, protest over his arrest to face war crimes tribunal [ID 101376]