Belgrade's Higher Court

Former Pupil Testifies at Famous Serbian Drama Teacher’s Rape Trial

Published by Balkan Insight on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 14:43

A former pupil of the well-known acting teacher Miroslav "Mika" Aleksic told Belgrade's Higher Court on Friday that she was frightened to report the sexual abuse she'd survived when it happened.

She tesitifed that she was abused in 2015 but only reported it to the police in 2021, after other former pupils spoke out about what had happened to them.

Serbia Sentences Bosnian Serb Soldiers for Killing 11 Prisoners

Published by Balkan Insight on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 15:50

Belgrade's Higher Court on Monday sentenced Joja Plavanjac to 15 years in prison and Zdravko Narancic to 7 years in a retrial for their roles in the killings of 11 civilian detainees at a prison in Bosanska Krupa in Bosnia on August 3, 1992.

Plavanjac was convicted of killing the prisoners and Narancic of helping him.

Serbian Far Right Leader Acquitted For Publishing 'Traitor' List

Published by Balkan Insight on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 16:52

The president of a far-right group, the Serbian National Movement Nasi ['ours'], was acquitted of persecution, racial discrimination and other forms of discrimination Tuesday. Ivan Ivanoviv faced charges for publishing a blacklist of public figures who he said were anti-Serb "traitors".