Ustaše

Banned Croatian player a reminder of need to halt hate speech

Sport officials call for co-operation between all stakeholders to continue efforts to stop hate speech and fan violence.

As Croatia takes to the field in the 2014 World Cup, it does so without one of its veteran players.

ZAGREB – Flowers in the colors of the Croatian “Chessboard” flag and shaped in the form of the U symbol of the Ustasha, Croatian pro-Nazi regime responsible for massive killings of Serbs, Jews and Roma in concentration camps during World War II, have been planted at the Jasenovac Memorial Site in central Croatia.

Croatian footballer to miss World Cup over fascist greeting

LAUSANNE -- The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed a sanction imposed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) against Josip Šimunić.

Thus the Croatian national football team player's suspension remains in place, and he will miss the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

LAUSANNE - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed a sanction imposed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) against Croatia’s player Josip Simunic, who remains suspended during the 2014 FIFA World Cup final competition after leading a Croatian fascist salute following Croatia’s World Cup qualifying play-off victory over Iceland in Zagreb on November 19.

Josip Simunic lost his appeal at sport’s highest court against a ten-match ban for leading fans in a chant associated with the WWII fascist Ustase movement at a Croatian international game.

A Croatian far-right leader said he had been libelled by the director of the memorial park at Jasenovac, a concentration camp where tens of thousands were killed by the fascist Ustasa regime.

Several hundred people including top Croatian politicians gathered on Sunday at the monument to the Jasenovac victims to lay wreaths and attend a memorial service.

“At this site, a crime that was genocide was committed and it will always be painful and we will never forget it,” Croatian President Ivo Josipovic told the ceremony.

Croatian leader at Jasenovac: Evil should not be forgotten

JASENOVAC -- A commemoration marking the 69th anniversary of the breakout of prisoners of the Ustasha death camp Jasenovac was held on Sunday.

Attending the event, Croatian President Ivo Josipović said genocide had occurred at that location and that it should never be forgotten.

JASENOVAC - A commemoration marking the 69th anniversary of a breakout by the prisoners of the Ustasha concentration camp Jasenovac was held on Sunday, and Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said genocide had occurred at that location and that it should never be forgotten.

"Political will present to work with Wiesenthal Center"

BELGRADE -- Serbia has the political will to cooperate with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which searches for WW2-era war criminals, Efraim Zuroff has told B92.