Croatian Defence Council
Nine Bosnian Croats Indicted in Controversial Orasje Case
Nine former Croatian Defence Council fighters have been charged with committing crimes against Serbs in the town of Orasje during wartime - a case that has angered Zagreb and Croats in Bosnia.
Bosnia-Croatia Relations Hit by Arrest of Croats
The Croatian Foreign Ministry and the local government of Posavina canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the alleged war crimes were committed, have expressed serious concerns about the arrest of ten former Bosnian Croat fighters.
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Croatian Parties Use War Veterans to Woo Voters
Croatian parties have put a number of veterans from independence war of the 1990s on their candidates' lists for the parliamentary elections due in November.
The Patriotic Coalition, led by strongest opposition party, the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, is putting at least one war veteran on all its lists.
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Bosnia Arrests Eight for Ljubuski War Crimes
Police arrested eight former Croatian Defence Council fighters on suspicion that they committed war crimes against Bosniak prisoners detained in Ljubuski in south-west Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Croatian Police Launch 'Organised Crime' Murder Probe
Police have launched a wide-ranging investigation after the shooting of Zuljevic, who went by the nickname 'Klica' and who media have alleged was linked to organised crime, in Zagreb's Sesvete neighbourhood on Sunday.
Bosnia Charges Croat Fighter With Murders, Rapes
Mladen Kurdija, a wartime military police commander with the Croatian Defence Council, is accused of the murders, forced disappearances and rapes of Serb civilians in Bosanski Brod in 1992.
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Bosnia Launches Three New War Crimes Cases
A former Croatian Defence Council fighter was charged with killing Bosniaks in Busovaca, while Bosnian Army troops will face trial for detaining and mistreating Croats near Mostar.
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Bosnian Croat Jailed for Assaulting Wounded Prisoners
Perica Adzic, a former member of the Croatian Defence Council, was jailed for four years for war crimes against wounded prisoners at an improvised medical unit in Zepce in 1993.
Mother Recalls Teenage Son’s Murder by Croat Fighter
A Bosniak woman fainted in the courtroom as she testified how Croatian Defence Council fighter Ivo Crepuja shot her son dead in a village near Zenica in 1993.
Bosnian Boxing Star Denies Wartime Crimes
Former world champion boxer Mensur Peljto pleaded not guilty to crimes against Serb civilians and prisoners of war while he was a fighter with the Croatian Defence Council in 1992.
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