Croatian Serb “draft dodger” released

Saša Cvetojević, who was arrested on Sunday for not serving his military duty in Croatia, has been released.

Izvor: B92

Wednesday, 18.06.2008.

15:22

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Sasa Cvetojevic, who was arrested on Sunday for not serving his military duty in Croatia, has been released. Cvetojevic was convicted at the Zagreb District Court yesterday to eight months in prison, or a three-year suspended sentence, after which he was released from custody. Croatian Serb “draft dodger” released Cvetojevic, who has dual Serbian and Croatian citizenship, told B92 that he had performed his national service in Serbia, but that an arrest warrant had nonetheless been issued for him in Croatia. He left Zagreb as a minor with his parents in 1991 to move to Paracin, Serbia. Several days before his arrest, he went to Zagreb without any problems to pick up some paperwork in preparation for moving back to his home town. Cvetojevic is also an activist at the Pravda Center for Communication and the NGO was able to help engineer his swift release. Center President Dragan Sekulovic told B92 that the NGO had received helped from the Serb National Council and its President Milorad Pupovac, at the initiative of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for War Crimes in Belgrade. After his release, Cvetojevic was met by Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac. He said that Cvetojevic’s arrest had clearly been a result of earlier ways of treating refugees that had yet to be rectified.

Croatian Serb “draft dodger” released

Cvetojević, who has dual Serbian and Croatian citizenship, told B92 that he had performed his national service in Serbia, but that an arrest warrant had nonetheless been issued for him in Croatia.

He left Zagreb as a minor with his parents in 1991 to move to Paraćin, Serbia. Several days before his arrest, he went to Zagreb without any problems to pick up some paperwork in preparation for moving back to his home town.

Cvetojević is also an activist at the Pravda Center for Communication and the NGO was able to help engineer his swift release.

Center President Dragan Sekulovic told B92 that the NGO had received helped from the Serb National Council and its President Milorad Pupovac, at the initiative of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for War Crimes in Belgrade.

After his release, Cvetojević was met by Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac. He said that Cvetojević’s arrest had clearly been a result of earlier ways of treating refugees that had yet to be rectified.

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