MOSTAR MOSTAR, June 27 (Hina) - About 50 Mostar Croats, expelled from eastern part of this southern city, on Wednesday held a protest rally in the downtown Mostar asking for the reconstruction of their-pre-war homes. This group of
demonstrators has been the first one to stage a public protest rally insisting on their return to pre-war homes in east Mostar, which is now held by Muslims (Bosniaks). The protesters said they had asked both international institutions and local authorities top help them come back to their homes in east Mostar but so far they had never received positive responses. During Wednesday's protest, ambassadors of Italy, Spain, Japan, Pakistan and Iran, accredited in Bosnia-Herzegovina, toured the downtown Mostar. The foreign diplomats came in Mostar to discuss with local authorities difficulties with which displaced persons were faced when they wanted to return to their pre-w
MOSTAR, June 27 (Hina) - About 50 Mostar Croats, expelled from
eastern part of this southern city, on Wednesday held a protest
rally in the downtown Mostar asking for the reconstruction of
their-pre-war homes.
This group of demonstrators has been the first one to stage a public
protest rally insisting on their return to pre-war homes in east
Mostar, which is now held by Muslims (Bosniaks).
The protesters said they had asked both international institutions
and local authorities top help them come back to their homes in east
Mostar but so far they had never received positive responses.
During Wednesday's protest, ambassadors of Italy, Spain, Japan,
Pakistan and Iran, accredited in Bosnia-Herzegovina, toured the
downtown Mostar. The foreign diplomats came in Mostar to discuss
with local authorities difficulties with which displaced persons
were faced when they wanted to return to their pre-war homes.
During the Croat-Muslim armed conflict in 1993, only 55 Croats
remained to live in east Mostar, according to official reports.
International representatives in Bosnia have many times accused
the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union of BiH) political party of
impeding the return of Croats into east Mostar, and such a situation
has caused tensions between local Croat authorities and the
international community for years.
(hina) ms