Article: Protest Sent to The Hague
To some, violence against fellow Croatians is forgivable if one does it in the name of Croatia. This conference called for the release of two men who are in jail for a litany of crimes, including the attempted murder of a priest and a journalist (both Croats), as well as more than fifty counts of extortion against other Croats to pay for their crime spree.

 

The first Croatian Victimology Congress held in Zagreb with over 500 participants and 120 reports and essays concluded that they must pursue, by means of detailed investigations, the truth about victims and the suffering in Croatia. Instead of trying the Genocide against Vukovar, they have decided to adminster justice for crimes committed in Jasenovac 50 years ago. At the congress, proof was presented that Jasenovac "was in business" until 1948 as a communist execution location, especially for those from the "ways of the cross".

The congress sent a strong protest to the ICTY for their trials unbecoming of Croats and the severe conditions of the detainees. The US Government was asked to drop the charges against Zvonko Busic and Ante Ljubas, as well as the freeing of Croatians being held in Serb jails. The congress passed a special decision which honours the President of the Republic of Croatia, Dr. Franjo Tudjman, for his protection of human life and for the peaceful reintegration of Vukovar and the Croatian Danube Region without a single new victim.

 

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Title: Article: Protest Sent to The Hague
Source: "Protest Sent to the Hague," Vecernji List
Date: June 23, 1998 Added: October 2002