JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATION DISCUSSES SATIRICAL PHOTOMONTAGE

( Editorial: --> 4174 ) ZAGREB, May 15 (Hina) - The Council of Honour of the Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) Friday discussed a HND Supervisory Committee demand that charges be pressed against Feral Tribune, a satirical weekly paper. The Supervisory Committee wants to press charges on account of a photomontage which appeared in the March 30, 1998 issue under the headline "Give Peace A Chance". At today's session, the HND Council of Honour concluded that judgements can not be made on satirical articles, in line with regulations of the Croatian journalists' Code of Honour. A statement signed by Council president Mirjana Rakic says that "(..) bearing in mind that every journalist's work is subject to criticism, as Article 8 of the Code states, the Council of Honour believes the mentioned satirical photomontage trifles in very poor taste with innocent victims of tragic war events, in the name of dubious political messages." (hina) ha jn/mrb 151852 MET may 98