PHR SOON TO START EXHUMATION OF MASS GRAVES IN SREBRENICA

ZAGREB, July 4 (Hina) - A Unites States Organization "Physicians for Human Rights" (PHR) will begin the exhumation of mass graves in Srebrenica next week. The exhumation is a part of an investigation of mass-scale war crimes committed by Bosnian Serbs, which is being conducted by the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. #L# They are to begin work on the field and mass grave exhumations next week and the project had been in preparation for a year, a PHR representative, forensic anthropologist William Haglund, told Hina. The exact locations of the exhumations are determined by the Tribunal, but are classified information for the purposes of the investigation. The Bosnian Serb army is believed to have killed several thousands of Moslems after it had entered Srebrenica, and buried the bodies in several mass graves. Haglund said that by collecting information for the Tribunal in The Hague, they were drafting a historic document so that possible revisionists could not say that nothing had happened. Bosnian Serbs or Belgrade had not objected to the project so far, Haglund said, adding that he considered this as cooperation. The Physicians for Human Rights is an American human rights organization from Boston which specializes in forensic medicine. PHR experts worked on the identification of missing persons and helped court investigations in Argentina, Salvador, Guatemala and, at the moment, in Rwanda. (hina) lm jn 041438 MET jul 96