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Croat testifies at Serbia war crimes trial
A Croat survivor of a 1991 mass murder testified Monday that Serb fighters beat and tortured civilians before forcing them into a mine field, where they died.
Serb civilians identified in Croatian mass grave
The remains of 160 Serbs from Banija, Kordun and Lika were discovered at the site, 40 of them women. They were killed in August 1995 in a Croatian military attack on a UN protected zone, known as Sector North.
EU states reject Croatia’s accession talks
EU states have rejected a Commission recommendation to set an end-2009 target date for completing Croatia’s accession talks. These remain at an early stage and thus the proposed target was ambitious. Yet the refusal to adopt it underlines the raft of challenges still facing Croatia—and not all of them are in Croatia’s power to solve.
Radic et al: First HVO Battalion’s Responsibility
A first indictee’s Defence witness says that in 1993 Vojno was “behind the zone of responsibility” of the First HVO Battalion.
Canada refuses to extradite Croatian war criminal
The Osijek County Court has sentenced Josip Budimcic to 15 years in prison for war crimes committed in 1991.
Serbia to sue Croatia for war crimes
Serbia will respond to Croatia’s genocide suit at the International Court of Justice by suing its former foe for war crimes, the foreign minister said.
UN to hear Croatia genocide claim against Serbia
The UN’s highest court will hear a genocide claim lodged against Serbia by neighboring Republic of Croatia for alleged ethnic cleansing committed during the Croatian war of the early 1990s, judges ruled Tuesday.
Maria Dahle visiting HRH Zagreb
After almost two years Maria Dahle, the Executive Director of the Human Rights House Foundation, is visiting Zagreb again next week. Five years of continuos efforts to set up a Human Rights House in Zagreb finally yield fruit as the emergence of HRH Zagreb reached it´s final stages. (02-JUN-06)
Roma still suffer discrimination!
This is the summary of the “Report on the position of Roma in Croatia” and the round table discussion during it’s public presentation organized by Croatian Law Centre on Friday 21 October in Zagreb Press Club. At the same time, the Report represents the end of a mutual one-year project of the NGO’s involved in the emergence of the HRH in Zagreb. (24-OCT-05)