WEARING FASCIST INSIGNIA IS ACT OF AGGRESSION - CROATIAN PEN CENTRE

ZAGREB, Jan 24(Hina) - The Croatian PEN Centre concluded at its annual assembly in Zagreb on Saturday that wearing fascist insignia constitutes an act of aggression and adopted a decision to propose amending the Penal Code in that respect.#L# Sibila Petlevski, president of the Croatian PEN Centre, said the decision was prompted by recent debates about a song in which Marko Perkovic aka Thompson, a controversial popular singer, derides the WWII victims of the Jasenovac death camp. She objected to any exploitation of crimes in the entertainment industry. Petlevski said the existing Penal Code does not state that wearing fascist insignia is an act of aggression. Speaking of other current events the Croatian PEN Centre should comment on, Petlevski mentioned the recent "attempt to doctor a Hina report" and the announcement of Feral Tribune weekly that it would sue the Croatian Journalists Union over the latter's survey about journalistic freedoms. She said the most important event this year would the founding of a Zagreb Literature Festival in cooperation with the Croatian Writers Society. (Hina) ha sb