Merdijana Sadović
Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager
Merdijana Sadović joined IWPR in 2004, originally as a reporter, and then as the Regional Director for Western Balkans. She has been working on media development, international justice and reconciliation projects in the region for more than 15 years. She was a field producer for ABC News and their Sarajevo bureau chief from 1995 till 2004, covering the war in Bosnia, the deployment of NATO troops and post-war reconstruction. Merdijana is also an experienced radio journalist, who worked for the Bosnian National Radio and various local radio stations as a producer, host and editor-in-chief.
Close Mladic associate makes first court appearance after surrendering to The Hague.
Young witness describes traumatic events that led to the deaths of his father and uncle in Serb massacre.
Defendant said to have put pressure on Bosnian Serb official to destroy Banja Luka’s mosques.
Captives from a Muslim village were put on a bus, then slaughtered.
Defendant is said to have acted duplicitously in the months before the outbreak of the Bosnian war.
New testimony builds on defence claims that mujahedin operated independently of Bosnian government forces.
Witness speaks of defendant’s role in Bosnian Serb power structure.
Former Bosnian Serb justice minister suggests wartime leadership was fractured and short of information.
Insider witness describes defendant’s relationship with tribunal’s most wanted fugitive.
Witness rebuked for inappropriate attitude as court hears of attacks on Serb villages.