ZAGREB, Feb 4 (Hina) - Eight non-government organisations, including five associations of soldiers and invalids of the Homeland War (1991-1995) on Thursday requested that Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal tribunal
for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) be reviewed. The organisations claimed that the Tribunal had a political dimension and was discriminatory against Croat indictees whose rights to a speedy trial within a reasonable period of time were being violated. The associations said in a joint statement they had decided to approach the public, Parliament, Government and especially the Croatian President. They requested that any further cooperation with the ICTY be made conditional upon the apprehension of main war criminals who are responsible for war crimes in Vukovar, Skabrnja and other Croatian towns, as well as for crimes committed against Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina
ZAGREB, Feb 4 (Hina) - Eight non-government organisations,
including five associations of soldiers and invalids of the
Homeland War (1991-1995) on Thursday requested that Croatia's
cooperation with the International Criminal tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY) be reviewed.
The organisations claimed that the Tribunal had a political
dimension and was discriminatory against Croat indictees whose
rights to a speedy trial within a reasonable period of time were
being violated.
The associations said in a joint statement they had decided to
approach the public, Parliament, Government and especially the
Croatian President.
They requested that any further cooperation with the ICTY be made
conditional upon the apprehension of main war criminals who are
responsible for war crimes in Vukovar, Skabrnja and other Croatian
towns, as well as for crimes committed against Croats in Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
The organisations requested of Croatia to demand from the UN
Security Council that crime against peace by flaming and leading an
aggressive war be included as harsh violations of international law
against humanity.
The group of organisations called on the Government to request of
the United States Government to release on parole Croats convicted
of acts with which they had tried to, in the 1970's, attract the
attention of the American and world public to the fact that Croatia
did not enjoy even the elementary national rights in the then
Yugoslavia.
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