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Bosnian Court Clears Local Security Chief of Wartime Rape

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Bosnia's state court appeals chamber upheld the acquittal of Andrija Bjelosevic, a former local security chief charged with wartime rape. The chamber rejected the prosecution's appeal of the November 2024 first-instance verdict, which found the charges unproven. No docket number or formal court citation has been provided beyond the court's public statement. Bjelosevic held a security leadership role during the Bosnian war, and the charges arose from that period. The appeals chamber's decision ends the prosecution's challenge to the acquittal, leaving the not-guilty verdict in place.

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Bosnian Court Clears Local Security Chief of Wartime Rape

Media Coverage · April 20, 2026

The jury returned a verdict.

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  • • Wartime rape charges against former security official
  • • Prosecution appeal of first-instance acquittal rejected
  • • Sufficiency of evidence under Bosnian war crimes standards
  • • Finality of acquittal following appellate review
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Bosnian Court Clears Local Security Chief of Wartime Rape This post is also available in this language: Shqip Bos/Hrv/Srp Andrija Bjelosevic. Bosnia’s state court said in a statement on Monday that its appeals chamber has rejected a prosecution appeal against the acquittal of Andrija Bjelosevic and upheld the first-instance verdict from November 2024. “By the first-instance verdict of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the accused, Andrija Bjelosevic, was acquitted of the charges because it wa

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Bosnian Court Clears Local Security Chief of Wartime Rape

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Bosnian Court Clears Local Security Chief of Wartime Rape

Bosnian Court Clears Local Security Chief of Wartime Rape This post is also available in this language: Shqip Bos/Hrv/Srp Andrija Bjelosevic. Bosnia’s state court said in a statement on Monday …

By Emina Dizdarevic Tahmiscija Apr 20, 2026 1 min read
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