After 2 decades, Bosnian rape victim awarded compensation
WITW Staff 06.30.15 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic A former Bosnian Serb soldier was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday for raping a woman in 1993 during the Bosnia-Herzegovina War. He was also ordered...
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View ArticleBosnian Court Grants Wartime Rape Victim Compensation
Bosnia’s war crimes court has issued a landmark ruling, granting the first ever compensation to a wartime rape victim and sentencing two former Bosnian Serb soldiers, who raped the woman early in the...
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Bosnian courts to decide on financial compensation for victims of rape and sexual violence during 1990s war but concerns over who will pay ...
View ArticleBosnia grants landmark pay-out to wartime rape victim
Bosnia's war crimes court issued a landmark ruling granting the first ever compensation to a wartime rape victim and sentencing two former Bosnian Serb soldiers who raped her early in the 1992-95 war...
View ArticleBosnian court grants first ever compensation to wartime rape victim
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's war crimes court issued a landmark ruling on Wednesday granting the first ever compensation to a wartime rape victim and sentencing two former Bosnian Serb soldiers who...
View ArticleBosnian court grants wartime rape victim compensation in landmark ruling
As two Bosnian Serb soldiers are each sentenced to 10 years’ jail, verdict offers hope to more women who suffered sexual violence during 1992-95 war ...
View ArticleArrests made in Balkan war massacre
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View ArticleAngelina Jolie moved to tears during Bosnia visit to campaign against war rape
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie was reduced to tears on Friday as she paid tribute to the thousands of women raped during the Bosnian War. The Hollywood star was accompanied by British Foreign...
View ArticleAhead of war crimes verdict, Karadzic's divisive Bosnia legacy endures
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View ArticleSerb charged over wartime crimes against hundreds in Bosnian town
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A Bosnian Serb civilian official during the 1992-95 war was indicted on Monday of war crimes against hundreds of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, including murders, torture, persecution...
View ArticleBosnia grants first ever compensation to wartime rape victim
A Bosnian court Wednesday ordered two former soldiers to compensate a woman they raped during the 1990s conflict in an unprecedented ruling that one NGO said could open the...
View ArticleRadovan Karadžić sentenced to 40 years for Srebrenica genocide
Wartime leader of Bosnian Serbs found guilty of 10 of 11 charges at international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...
View ArticleAfter film, Bosnian woman agrees to meet son born of wartime rape
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A Bosnian woman has agreed to meet the son she bore as the result of wartime rape after having read of a film made about the now 22-year-old and his search for his biological...
View ArticleBosnian conceived in wartime rape searches for his parents
GORAZDE, Bosnia - Alen Muhic, who was conceived when his mother was raped by a soldier in wartime, says he would not have had the courage to search for his parents were it not for the film cameras that...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: Arrests made in Balkan war massacre
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View ArticleKaradzic convicted of genocide, gets 40-year sentence
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A U.N. court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges Thursday and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for orchestrating...
View ArticleRadovan Karadžić faces verdicts in war crimes trial at The Hague
Former Bosnian Serb leader is accused of ordering mass killings at Srebrenica in 1995...
View ArticleEx-Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic faces U.N. court war crimes verdict
By Thomas Escritt and Toby Sterling THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.N. judges will pronounce their verdict on Thursday in the genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic over the 1995...
View ArticleThe Latest: Karadzic sentenced to 40 years in genocide case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) The Latest on the verdict in the case of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (all times local): 3:40 p.m. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been...
View ArticleEx-Bosnian Serb Leader Faces War Crimes Verdict At The Hague
THE HAGUE, March 24 (Reuters) - U.N. judges will pronounce their verdict on Thursday in the genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's...
View ArticleButcher of Bosnia, Karadzic gets 40 yrs on war charges
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in jail by UN judges who found him guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and of nine other war crimes charges....
View ArticleThe Latest: Karadzic responsible over siege of Sarajevo
The Latest on the verdict in the case of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (all times local): 3 p.m. Presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon says former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is criminally...
View ArticleThe Latest: UN rights chief hails Karadzic conviction
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) The Latest on the verdict in the case of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (all times local): 4:15 p.m. The United Nations' top human rights official says...
View ArticleThe Latest: Belgrade residents critical of Karadzic verdict
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) The Latest on the verdict in the case of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (all times local): 4:35 p.m. Some residents of Belgrade have criticized the...
View ArticleRadovan Karadžić says he expects ICTY to acquit him of genocide
Former Bosnian Serb leader, speaking on eve of verdict in The Hague, is accused of ordering mass killings at Srebrenica in 1995...
View ArticleThe Latest: Serbian rights expert: Karadzic verdict just
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) The Latest on the verdict in the case of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (all times local): 5 p.m. A Serbian human rights expert says the genocide verdict...
View ArticleKaradzic convicted of genocide in Bosnian war, gets 40-year sentence
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A U.N. war crimes court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges on Thursday for orchestrating a campaign of terror that...
View ArticleThe Latest: Hearing begins to deliver verdicts on Karadzic
The Latest on the verdict in the case of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon says former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic "is not...
View ArticleThe Latest: Serbian nationalists rally supporting Karadzic
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) The Latest on the verdict in the case of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Several thousand Serbian ultranationalists have...
View ArticleKaradzic jailed for Bosnia genocide
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been convicted by United Nations judges of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the worst war crime in Europe since World War Two, and sentenced to...
View ArticleRadovan Karadzic sentenced to 40-year imprisonment for Srebrenica genocide,...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was found guilty of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide and nine other war crimes charges, U.N. judges said, sentencing him to 40 years in prison. Karadzic (70),...
View ArticleEx-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic guilty of genocide, jailed for 40 years
--> Victims' families in the courtroom listened intently when the genocide at Srebrenica was discussed. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was convicted by UN judges of genocide for the...
View ArticleFormer Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic guilty of genocide, jailed for 40 years
THE HAGUE - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was sentenced to 40 years in jail by U.N judges who found him guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and of nine other war crimes...
View ArticleBosnian court grants compensation to war time rape victim
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A Bosnian court has granted compensation for the first time to a war crimes victim...
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