Bosnian Army

The Sarajevo Canton assembly condemned the arrest of 1990s general Atif Dudakovic and other members of the Fifth Corps of the Bosnian Army on suspicion of war crimes.

Atif Dudakovic, former commander of the Fifth Corps of the Bosnian Army, was arrested on suspicion of war crimes against Serbs and Bosniaks in 1994 and 1995.

The Bosnian court will hear an appeal next month against the war crimes acquittal of the Bosnian Army’s former commander in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, who was cleared of killing Serb captives.

War veterans have blocked roads in various parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina to demand additional benefits.

Reports said the veterans of Bosnia's 1992-95 war peacefully ended their last blockades in the country's Muslim-Croat Federation on the morning of March 1.

The protest that began on February 28 had left thousands of people trapped in their vehicles in freezing temperatures.

RS President Milorad Dodik on Thursday confirmed he will be a candidate for the elections to the three-member state presidency of Bosnia this autumn.

He was speaking to the RS news agency SRNA after meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, where he attended celebrations marking Serbia's statehood day.

Bosnian authorities have charged 25 Muslim wartime officials and four Bosnian Serb officers with committing war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in the country's bloody 1990s conflict.

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik said on Thursday evening that plans are underway to mark the disputed Day of Republika Srpska on January 9, even though the state Constitutional Court declared the holiday unconstitutional.

Dodik also said that members of the Bosnian armed forces would not be allowed to participate.

Six former members of the Bosnian Army were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the killings of 30 Serb men and women in the village of Cemerno near Sarajevo in 1992.

Hamdija Abdic, alias Tigar, who is considered a hero by Bosnian Army veterans, was arrested on suspicion that he was involved in the killing of a Bosnian Croat general in 1995.

Three former Bosnian Army servicemen were sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison for crimes against Croat civilian detainees who were held at a school near Mostar in 1993.