Croats protest against Hague in New York

About 200 members of Croat diaspora in the U.S. staged a protest dubbed “Free Generals Gotovina and Markač” in front of the UN headquarters in New York.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 27.04.2011.

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About 200 members of Croat diaspora in the U.S. staged a protest dubbed “Free Generals Gotovina and Markac” in front of the UN headquarters in New York. They are convinced that this was the right way to help the Croat generals. Croats protest against Hague in New York According to internet news outlet Index.hr, the same group earlier raised USD 60,000 in order to pay for a full page ad in The New York Times aimed at getting public’s attention to Hague Tribunal’s verdicts to Generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, which they consider to be unfair. “This has nothing to do with politics, this is a protest against the Hague Tribunal,” one of the organizers Marijana Sprajc told Croatian television HTV. The Hague Tribunal recently sentenced Gotovina to 24 years and Markac to 18 years in prison for persecution of Serbs from the Republic of Serb Krajina and war crimes committed during military operation Storm in 1995.

Croats protest against Hague in New York

According to internet news outlet Index.hr, the same group earlier raised USD 60,000 in order to pay for a full page ad in The New York Times aimed at getting public’s attention to Hague Tribunal’s verdicts to Generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač, which they consider to be unfair.

“This has nothing to do with politics, this is a protest against the Hague Tribunal,” one of the organizers Marijana Šprajc told Croatian television HTV.

The Hague Tribunal recently sentenced Gotovina to 24 years and Markač to 18 years in prison for persecution of Serbs from the Republic of Serb Krajina and war crimes committed during military operation Storm in 1995.

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