ZAGREB, Feb 16 (Hina) - The protest rallies held recently against the authorities and in support of retired general Mirko Norac, a war crimes suspects, have divided the student body. The student assembly of the University of Zagreb
said in a statement it supported the protests on behalf of all students. The statement was slammed on Friday by members of some 20 student groups from Zagreb. "With its undemocratic statement the Student Assembly of the University of Zagreb supported the rally in Split, which stirred up racial, sexual and national intolerance," the members of the capital's student groups said in a statement. "Supporting the positions of Croatia's right-wing political parties, for instance to re-examine relations with the Hague (war crimes) tribunal, insisting on prosecuting only Serbs in Croatia, slamming the authorities for criminalising the Homeland Defence War, and urging to susp
ZAGREB, Feb 16 (Hina) - The protest rallies held recently against
the authorities and in support of retired general Mirko Norac, a war
crimes suspects, have divided the student body.
The student assembly of the University of Zagreb said in a statement
it supported the protests on behalf of all students. The statement
was slammed on Friday by members of some 20 student groups from
Zagreb.
"With its undemocratic statement the Student Assembly of the
University of Zagreb supported the rally in Split, which stirred up
racial, sexual and national intolerance," the members of the
capital's student groups said in a statement.
"Supporting the positions of Croatia's right-wing political
parties, for instance to re-examine relations with the Hague (war
crimes) tribunal, insisting on prosecuting only Serbs in Croatia,
slamming the authorities for criminalising the Homeland Defence
War, and urging to suspend the rule-of-law are entirely
inappropriate positions to come from the students' umbrella
organisation, said the statement.
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