ZAGREB, April 29 (Hina) - About 60 Croatian reporters on Thursday staged a protest rally in front of the Yugoslav embassy in Zagreb demanding the release of a correspondent of the Globus weekly, Antun Masle, from a prison in
Montenegro. Masle has been accused by Yugoslav authorities of revealing data which can be regarded as intelligence material in his articles on NATO action against Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro) . On behalf of protesters, the head of the Croatian Journalists' Association, Jagoda Vukusic, expressed solidarity with Antun Masle and stressed that reporters would continue protesting in front of the Yugoslav Embassy until Yugoslav authorities set Masle free. The journalists demanded that Ambassador Veljko Knezevic should come out and address the rally. They also chanted "Masle, Masle," and "Set Masle free!". Despite the demand, nobody from the embassy addressed the
ZAGREB, April 29 (Hina) - About 60 Croatian reporters on Thursday
staged a protest rally in front of the Yugoslav embassy in Zagreb
demanding the release of a correspondent of the Globus weekly,
Antun Masle, from a prison in Montenegro.
Masle has been accused by Yugoslav authorities of revealing data
which can be regarded as intelligence material in his articles on
NATO action against Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro) .
On behalf of protesters, the head of the Croatian Journalists'
Association, Jagoda Vukusic, expressed solidarity with Antun Masle
and stressed that reporters would continue protesting in front of
the Yugoslav Embassy until Yugoslav authorities set Masle free.
The journalists demanded that Ambassador Veljko Knezevic should
come out and address the rally. They also chanted "Masle, Masle,"
and "Set Masle free!". Despite the demand, nobody from the embassy
addressed the protesters.
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