OPERATION "STORM"
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ZAGREB, Aug 4 (Hina) - Three years after the action "Storm" and
despite requests by the international community for the Croatian
authorities to make a move, numerous crimes remain unconfirmed,
uninvestigated and perpetrators unpunished, Amnesty
International said in a report issued in London on Tuesday.
The Croatian authorities have tried to convince Amnesty
International and the international community that all adequate
measures had been taken against human rights violations committed
after "Storm", said the report, consisting of about 30 pages.
However, Croatia has never submitted any data on individual cases
it had been warned about. Instead of that, Croatia spoke about a
large number of investigations and prosecutions underway, the
report said.
Of 2,849 cases for which it was claimed in June 1996 that they were
being dealt with by courts, less than two per cent referred to the
cases of murder, although - according to data provided by the
Croatian authorities themselves - more than one half of 900 buried
victims were civilians.
The failure to punish these crimes is a factor which considerably
contributes to a lack of trust Croatian Serbs are showing towards
the Croatian authorities, the report says.
The report calls on Croatia to start a speedy, independent,
unbiased and thorough investigation and a court procedure.
It also calls on the Government to investigate whether there had
been any attempts to conceal crimes committed during and after
operations "Flash" and "Storm".
(hina) rml
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