BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4812

HR-BULLETINS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4812 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4812HINA Zagreb 23 November 2002OFFICIAL: POLICE USED MILDEST FORMS OF FORCE AGAINST PROTESTERSZAGREB, Nov 23 (Hina) - Police director Ranko Ostojic has said that the police used only the mildest forms of force against protesters at Friday's protest of the Sisak Ironworks employees, solely for the purpose of preventing them to block roads and securing the implementation of the Law on Public Assembly, which he says the protesters violated. "Although the police had every right to use more extensive forms of force, they used only the mildest ones in order to implement the Law on Public Assembly, which was violated at the protest," Ostojic said at Saturday's news conference at which a video recording of the Sisak protest was played. Ostojic said that although the protest had not been announced, the police had helped the organisers and agreed with them on the route which the protesters were to u