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ZAGREB, March 19 (Hina) - The Law on General Amnesty pardoned 13,575
people in the Danube River Region up to 18 March this year, said
Croatian Justice Minister Miroslav Separovic at Thursday's
Government session.
He said that these figures were the best proof that the criticisms
by Serbs and members of the international community that Croatia
was not applying the Law on General Amnesty were unfounded.
Premier Zlatko Matesa said that by applying the amnesty law the
Croatian Government's obligations arising from the Letter of
Intent have also been fulfilled.
Separovic said that under this Law the Osijek County Court has
pardoned 10,712 persons to date, who had been sentenced for
offences committed during the aggression against the Republic of
Croatia, such as armed rebellion.
In the same period, County State Attorneys have dropped charges
against 2,862 persons, relative to the same offences.
Separovic said that the pardoned offenders are mainly of Serb
nationality and as members of paramilitary units, participated in
the armed conflict on the territory on the Croatian Danube River
region.
He also said the majority of them are inaccessible by Croatian
authorities and therefore majority of pardons could not be served
on those concerned.
Separovic said that the list of 13,575 pardoned persons is not
final, given that the Law on General Amnesty is will be further
implemented. He reminded that the amnesty is not applicable to
those who committed war crimes.
Separovic said that the list of pardons will be forwarded to local
Serb representatives in the Danubian region and the OSCE mission.
Prime Minister Matesa suggested that an urgent meeting be requested
between representatives of the Croatian Government and OSCE
representatives in Croatia, which would discuss the situation of
displaced Croats from Bosnia-Herzegovina because as Matesa
emphasised their situation is inadmissible.
The Parliament supported his proposal.
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