ZAGREB, Oct 19 (Hina) - Some 300 Croatians held a peaceful protest in front of the US Embassy in Zagreb requesting the United States to release Zvonko Busic or make it possible for him to serve the remainder of his sentence in a
Croatian prison.
ZAGREB, Oct 19 (Hina) - Some 300 Croatians held a peaceful protest
in front of the US Embassy in Zagreb requesting the United States to
release Zvonko Busic or make it possible for him to serve the
remainder of his sentence in a Croatian prison. #L#
Busic was sentenced to life in prison in 1976 for hijacking an
airplane with the aim of turning American and international
attention to the poor position of Croatians in the then
Yugoslavia.
In 1995, Croatia signed a multilateral agreement on exchanging
prisoners.
Both the former and incumbent Croatian governments have asked of
the US authorities to transfer Busic to Croatia, but the requests
were refused.
A petition for his transfer to Croatia has been signed by 200,000
people so far.
(hina) lml