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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Bosnian officials challenge separatist Bosnian Serb laws before top court as tensions soar

Bosnia Serb Leader - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Bosnian officials on Thursday challenged a set of laws barring the state judiciary and police from operating in the Serb-controlled part of the country. The contentious legislation has fueled tensions in the ethnically-divided Balkan country.

The complaint filed at the country’s Constitutional Court jointly by Bosnian presidency member Denis Becirovic and two other officials argues that the laws passed a week ago by Bosnian Serb lawmakers violate Bosnia's constitutions and a peace agreement that ended Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

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