CROATIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE ON EVICTIONS FROM FLATS IN SPLIT

ZAGREB, Nov 23 (Hina) - Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human rights issued a public press release today on the occasion of "forceful moving into flats, such as in the case of the Godinovic family from Split." The release specifies that "on Nov 11 1993 a group of uniformed and armed persons broke into the flat of the Godinovic at 15 Simiceva keeping the family (mother, three daughters and a grandson) their prisoners, so that the family has been exposed to verbal and physical abuse." "That situation is maintained in spite of all efforts by the HHO and other non-governmental organizations and in spite of the direct talks with the Croatian Govt. cabinet, Ministry of the Interior and the Defense Minister," the statement says. HHO also stated that "only in Split 200 families have been evicted from their flats in the recent month, and in the recent year the number of such cases is 1,500." "The citizens of the Republic of Croatia are still getting orders for ejection from homes, which are not based on a court decision," says a press release issued by the HHO signed by its president Ivan Zvoniomir Cicak. (End) 231923 MET nov 93