FAMILIES OF MISSING, IMPRISONED DEFENDERS STAGE PROTEST RALLY IN OSIJE

IN OSIJE $ K OSIJEK, 13 (Hina) - The Osijek Association of Families of Missing and Imprisoned Croatian Defenders on Wednesday held a protest meeting at Ante Starcevic square in central Osijek. The meeting was organised on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first large exchange of prisoners of war, which took place on 14 August 1992. The Association's president Stefica Krstic stressed that the search for the missing would continue. Participants in the meeting read out their letters sent to the Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and U.N. Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES), protesting over the ineffectiveness of the international community in the search for missing and imprisoned persons. The meeting was attended by the representatives of associations of families of missing and imprisoned defenders from Sisak, Petrinja, Zagreb, Varazdin, Cakovec, Vukovar and other towns. (hina) rm 132025 MET aug 97