The authorities failed to provide support to thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants stranded in the country. The Constitutional Court declared that movement restrictions imposed on older people and children due to COVID-19 were disproportionate. State of emergency measures further...

Amnesty International fears that Awad Aiman is at immediate risk of being deported by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and returned to Syria, where he would be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

Within the next few days, the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are likely to deport Imad Al Husin (also known as Abu Hamza) to Syria, where he is at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Imad Al Husin is in Lukavica (Sarajevo) immigration detention centre after being seized by the BiH...

According to a 22 October report by the Bosnian news agency Onasa, the Bosnia-Herzegovina State Court has dismissed the request of the Egyptian authorities for the extradition of Amgad Fath Allah Yusuf’ Amir. Had he been returned to Egypt, he would have been at grave risk of torture, unfair trial...

Egyptian national Amgad Fath Allah Yusuf ‘Amir was arrested in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 30 July 2003. He is at risk of being forcibly returned to Egypt, following a request by the Egyptian authorities for his extradition. If returned, he would be at grave risk of torture, unfair...

Sabahudin Fijuljanin was released from the custody of NATO-led Stabilisation Forces (SFOR) on 30 January 2003. He was handed over to the Federation authorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and reportedly taken to the public prosecutor’s office in Srebrenik.

Sabahudin Fijuljanin has been unlawfully and arbitrarily detained by NATO-led Stabilisation Forces (SFOR) for almost three months. He has been denied unimpeded access to a lawyer. He is also in danger of being transferred to the United States (US) authorities, who may detain him indefinitely in...

On 12 July, the United Nation’s Security Council adopted resolution 1422. This attempts to provide UN peace-keepers from states that have not ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) immunity from the jurisdiction of the ICC for one year. The resolution furthermore states...

The USA vetoed the extension of the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) at the UN Security Council on 30 June. This was because the USA did not get immunity for its personnel from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The USA did however agree to a 72-hour extension...

Ussama Farag Allah was reportedly tortured while he was detained incommunicado, after he had been forcibly returned to Egypt from Bosnia-Herzegovina in October 2001. There is no news of Al-Sharif Hassan Saad, who was returned to Egypt on the same day as Ussama Farag Allah.

Two men were forcibly returned to Egypt from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 6 October, apparently in disregard of rulings by Bosnian courts. It is feared that they are held at the State Security Intelligence (SSI) Department, where torture is common.

Amnesty International is concerned about the lack of safety and security for Bosnian Serbs who are returning to the Drvar municipality in western Bosnia-Herzegovina where levels of harassment are on the increase. An elderly couple, Vojin and Lela Trninic, were murdered on their return to their...

Amnesty International is concerned about the lack of safety and security for Bosnian Serbs who are returning to the Drvar municipality in western Bosnia-Herzegovina where levels of harassment are on the increase. An elderly couple, Vojin and Lela Trninic, were murdered on their return to their...