Authorities in Serbia denied war crimes from the 1990s at least 110 times in 2025
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights has identified in its new report “State of Denial” at least 110 examples of denial of war crimes from the 1990s by the Serbian authorities in 2025. The report maps at least 60 cases of glorification of 10 convicted war criminals as well as at least 50 cases of various forms of war crime denial, such as denial of crimes in Racak, the siege of Sarajevo, the existence of the camps in Prijedor for non-Serb civilian, and mass graves in Batajnica. As in previous years, in 2025, the Srebrenica genocide remains the single most denied crime, with at least 30 documented cases.
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Youth from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina demand justice for victims of war crimes in Bradina and at the Tuzla Gate
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, within the framework of the program “A Step Closer to Peace”, organized visits of a group of youth from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Bradina and a group of youth from Serbia to Tuzla to express their respect for the civilian victims of two war crimes committed on May 25, three years apart. We jointly appeal to the judicial authorities of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to efficiently and fairly conclude the proceedings for war crimes committed in Bradina and at the Tuzla Gate in May 1992 and 1995, respectively, so that the families of the victims can achieve a minimum of judicial justice three decades after the crimes.
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Potential sale of Adria News Network threatens media freedoms
We are strongly concerned that the potential sale of Serbia’s last independent media outlets to Alpac Capital poses a direct and imminent threat to media freedom in Serbia and the Western Balkans.
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The City of Belgrade Must Not Glorify War Criminals
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights has filed a complaint with the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality against the Mayor of the City of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, after he posted a photograph of Ratko Mladić on social media on Saturday, April 18, 2026, accompanied by the message that this war criminal is a “Serbian hero.” We consider such a statement by a public official of the City of Belgrade to constitute hate speech and a severe form of discrimination against Bosniak and Croatian communities. We call on all councilor groups in the Belgrade City Assembly to condemn the glorification of war criminals.
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