ZAGREB, 5 Dec (Hina) - The Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) on Thursday sent a letter to the U.N. Transitional Administrator, General Jacques Klein, protesting against yesterday's incident in which a group of Croatian
journalists, who arrived in Vukovar to attend the opening of an exhibition of Croat and Serb children's works, was attacked by a group of Serb extremists.
ZAGREB, 5 Dec (Hina) - The Croatian Journalists' Association (HND)
on Thursday sent a letter to the U.N. Transitional Administrator,
General Jacques Klein, protesting against yesterday's incident in
which a group of Croatian journalists, who arrived in Vukovar to
attend the opening of an exhibition of Croat and Serb children's
works, was attacked by a group of Serb extremists. #L#
The HND received with disapproval the news on the harassment
of Croatian journalists who had been invited to Vukovar to attend
the opening of the exhibition, the letter said.
'We know that our job can sometimes be very dangerous,
especially in war or war-like conditions, but if UNTAES invited the
journalists to cover the event, then it should have taken care of
their security. The journalists who were in Vukovar were under no
protection whatsoever and the organizer of the event has to blamed
for everything that happened to them. We resolutely ask that on
future similar occasions UNTAES show that it takes its role
seriously and that it can protect our colleagues effectively', said
the letter, signed by the HND President Jagoda Vukusic.
Croatian reporters, based in Osijek or working as
correspondents in Osijek, today protested strongly against 'the
jeopardy to which the Croatian journalists were exposed yesterday,
during their stay in Vukovar, which was organized by UNTAES'.
The journalists demanded from the Transitional Administration
and its head Jacques Klein to personally guarantee the security of
Croatian journalists visiting the UN-administered area as well as
police escort for any organized group visit to the area and the
presence of employees of the UNTAES Information Department in
vehicles carrying Croatian journalists.
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