Croatian Defence Council
Mostar Crimes Against Humanity Trial Opens in Bosnia
Eleven former Croatian Defence Council fighters went on trial for the torture, beating and sexual abuse of Bosniak civilian detainees in Mostar in 1992 and 1993.
Bosnia Jails Croat Fighter for Crimes Against Humanity
The Bosnian state court sentenced former Croatian Defence Council fighter Sasa Savinovic to eight years in prison for his involvement in the murders and forced resettlement of Bosniaks in 1993 in Mostar.
Bosnian Croat Fighters Charged with Killing Serbs
Croatian Defence Council ex-fighters Zdenko Grbavac and Zeljko Simunovic were charged with committing crimes against humanity by killing three Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Konjic area during wartime.
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Bosnian Veterans Take Protest to MPs in Sarajevo
Former Bosnian Army and Croatian Defence Council troops rallied in Sarajevo, asking MPs to respond to their demands for unemployment benefits and a proper register of those who fought in the 1992-95 war.
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Protesting War Veterans Block Roads in Bosnian Towns
Former Bosnian Army and Croatian Defence Council troops called on MPs to respond to their demands for benefits for unemployed veterans and a proper unified register of those who fought in the 1992-95 war.
Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighters Charged over Mostar Detention Camps
Eleven former members of the Croatian Defence Council will stand trial for crimes against humanity for illegally detaining Bosniaks in inhumane conditions in Mostar in 1993 and 1994.
Bosniaks 'Used as Wartime Forced Labour' by Croats
Croatian weekly news magazine Novosti on Friday published testimonies from Bosniak ex-prisoners who alleged that they were forced to work at the Soko factory in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar in 1993-94, during the Croat-Bosniak conflict in the country.
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Vulin: Prlic et al. judgement to affect BiH-Croatia relations
BELGRADE - The ICTY's judgement on Croatia's joint criminal enterprise in Bosnia and Herzegovina will have consequences for the relations between the two countries, Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Wednesday.
ICTY confirms Croatia's joint criminal enterprise
THE HAGUE - The ICTY on Wednesday upheld the sentences for all six former senior officials of the so-called Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna and the Croatian Defence Council accused in the Prlic et al. case, handing them a total of 111 years in prison for their participation in a joint criminal enterprise led by the then leadership of Croatia.
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Bosnian Croat Ex-Military Chief Appeals for Acquittal
Slobodan Praljak, the former chief of the Croatian Defence Council’s Main Headquarters, appealed against his conviction for war crimes against Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1993 and 1994.