Her article analyses the Special State Prosecutor’s Office decision to reopen investigations into old war crimes cases committed in Montenegro, as well as public expectations that these cases will finally be prosecuted.
First prize went to Newsmax Balkans journalist Borislav Visnjic for the television show “Families of Soldiers Killed in the Lora Camp: Institutional Silence Hurts More Than the Crime”, while second prize was awarded also to Vijesti journalist Zeljka Vucinic for the article, “Prosecution of War Crimes in the Region Slow and Selective, Preparators Untouchable.”
The competition for journalistic stories on dealing with the past and with war crimes committed during the 1990s was launched by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, YIHR, as part of the project “Understanding the Past, Shaping the Future”.
