ZAGREB ZAGREB, Sept 1 (Hina) - Members of the Australian humanitarian organisation "CARE Australia", Steve Pratt and Peter Wallace, arrived in Zagreb on Wednesday evening after having spent five months in a prison in Belgrade facing
charges of espionage. The president of CARE Australia and a former Australian premier, Malcolm Fraser, expressed satisfaction with the release adding the two humanitarians first had to rest, after which they would give statements at a press conference in London on Thursday. According to Fraser, the two men were in good condition and happy to be free. Another official of the organisation, Charles Tapp, told reporters Pratt and Wallace had not been tortured in prison and had been receiving food regularly. The third imprisoned humanitarian, who is a Yugoslav citizen, is still in detention, Fraser said adding his organisation would continue making efforts to see him released. On Thursday, Prat
ZAGREB, Sept 1 (Hina) - Members of the Australian humanitarian
organisation "CARE Australia", Steve Pratt and Peter Wallace,
arrived in Zagreb on Wednesday evening after having spent five
months in a prison in Belgrade facing charges of espionage.
The president of CARE Australia and a former Australian premier,
Malcolm Fraser, expressed satisfaction with the release adding the
two humanitarians first had to rest, after which they would give
statements at a press conference in London on Thursday.
According to Fraser, the two men were in good condition and happy to
be free.
Another official of the organisation, Charles Tapp, told reporters
Pratt and Wallace had not been tortured in prison and had been
receiving food regularly.
The third imprisoned humanitarian, who is a Yugoslav citizen, is
still in detention, Fraser said adding his organisation would
continue making efforts to see him released.
On Thursday, Pratt and Wallace will leave Zagreb for London and
later for Australia.
(hina) rml