Vozuca

Around a hundred Bosnian Serbs, bussed into Sarajevo under police escort, staged a protest on Tuesday in front of the Bosnian state court and prosecution building, clutching banners and photographs of Serbs killed during the war to protest a perceived neglect for crimes committed against Serbs.

Sakib Mahmuljin (left) receives the award from Zenica-Doboj Canton premier Mirza Ganic. Photo: Zenica-Doboj Canton government.

Bruce Berton, head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, said on Friday that the Zenica-Doboj Canton's decision to honour war crimes defendant Sakib Mahmuljin shows disrespect for the victims.

The remains of three people, believed to be Serbs who were killed in the village of Vozuca in 1995, have been exhumed on Mount Ozren in the Zavidovici municipality in central Bosnia.

The remains of seven people, believed to have been Serbs killed in 1995 during the Bosnian war, have been found during an exhumation in the village of Vozuca near Zavidovici.