BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS CONTINUE ETHNIC CLEANSING

ZAGREB, Jan 10 (Hina) - The association of Croats from northwestern Bosnia (Serb-occupied area) today presented an open protest letter in which they said that Serbs did not free the detained Croats, whom they used as human shields in fighting against the Croatian Defence Council (HVO). The letter also read that the Serbs continued ethnic cleansing of non-Serb population in northwestern Bosnia. More than 300 Croats were detained and sent by force to the fronts of Glamoc, Grahovo and Kupres (southwestern) in last December. The Serbs were obliged to set release the detained Croats in line with the four-month cessation of hostilities agreement, but they had not observed this so far. The ethnic cleansing of non-Serb people in northwestern Bosnia was being committed by the self-styled Serb Republic top officials - and with Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's approval- its vice president Radoslav Brdjanjin, justice minister Jovo Rosic, and other self-proclaimed defence and police officials in the area, the letter said. (hina) jn mms 102119 MET jan 95