ZAGREB, March 2 (Hina) - Seventy-three domestic and foreign reporters and 17 photographers from 47 media houses will cover the trial of Dinko Sakic, commander of Jasenovac, a World War II concentration camp in Croatia. The deadline
for applications to cover the trial was February 28. Apart from the reporters, foreign embassies and foreign and domestic associations have applied to be present at the trial as well. Most of the reporters are from Reuters, AFP, AP, Voice of America and CNN. Requests for accreditation have also come from the Yugoslav, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovene media. The Vienna-based Israeli embassy and the Czech and Yugoslav embassies in Zagreb have also applied to observe the trial. The associations which have applied to observe the trial include the American Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith, Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Croatian Legal Centre, Croatian Helsinki Committee, the "Jasenov
ZAGREB, March 2 (Hina) - Seventy-three domestic and foreign
reporters and 17 photographers from 47 media houses will cover the
trial of Dinko Sakic, commander of Jasenovac, a World War II
concentration camp in Croatia.
The deadline for applications to cover the trial was February 28.
Apart from the reporters, foreign embassies and foreign and
domestic associations have applied to be present at the trial as
well.
Most of the reporters are from Reuters, AFP, AP, Voice of America
and CNN. Requests for accreditation have also come from the
Yugoslav, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovene media.
The Vienna-based Israeli embassy and the Czech and Yugoslav
embassies in Zagreb have also applied to observe the trial.
The associations which have applied to observe the trial include
the American Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith, Simon Wiesenthal
Centre, Croatian Legal Centre, Croatian Helsinki Committee, the
"Jasenovac Memorial Area" public institution, the Budapest-based
European Centre for the Rights of Gypsies, the Zagreb Jewish
community and others.
A number of citizens will also observe the trial, to begin on March
4.
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