We Have To Know: Paulin Dvor, December 11, 1991

Members of the 130th Battalion of the Croatian Army (CA) killed 18 Serb civilians in the village of Paulin Dvor, in the vicinity of Osijek, on December 11, 2010. The names of these civilians are: Milan Labus, Spasoje Milović, Bojo Grubišić, Božidar Sudžuković, Bosiljka Katić, Boško Jelić, Milan Katić, Dmitar Katić, Draginja Katić, Vukašin Medić, Darinka Vujnović, Anđa Jelić, Milica Milović, Petar Katić, Jovan Gavrić, Milena Rodić, Milka Lapčević, and Mariju Sudžuković.


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The Supreme Court of Cassation Upholds the Decision in the Dejan Petrović Compensation Lawsuit

BELGRADE – The Supreme Court of Cassation in Belgrade denied the request of the Republic of Serbia to revise a decision handed down by the District Court in Belgrade confirming the first instance decision of the First Municipal Court, which orders the Republic of Serbia to pay one million RSD in non-pecuniary damages each to Radmila and Dragomir Petrović from Belgrade for their emotional suffering caused by the death of their son, Dejan Petrović, who died on the premises of the Internal Affairs Department (OUP) of the Vračar municipality.


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WE SHOULD KNOW THE FACTS: Ovčara, November 20, 1991

Shortly after the fall of Vukovar on November 20, 1991, members of the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) took from a hospital in Vukovar over 200 wounded and sick patients, including civilians and members of Croatian armed forces, and drove them to the agricultural farm in Ovčara.


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The Appellate Court in Belgrade Refuses to Properly Compensate the Children of Behram Gigollaj for the Murder of their Father

The Appellate Court in Belgrade refused the compensation request of Ryva, Gani, Nimetullah, Hakia, Lumnia, and Asman Gigollaj, wife and children of the late Behram Gigollaj, who was beaten to death by unidentified assailants on March 24, 1999 in Mataruška Banja.


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We Should Know the Facts: Sjeverin, October 22, 1992

Eighteen years ago, on October 22, 1992, Muslims from Sjeverin were on their way to Priboj, taking care of their daily business, riding on a bus from Rudo to Priboj across the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, just like any other day.


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We Should Know the Facts: Mrkonjić Grad, October 10, 1995

In the Croatian armed forces offensive on Mrkonjić Grad municipality on October 10, 1995, 480 Serbs were killed or disappeared. Up to this date, only 219 bodies were found and identified.

According to the data the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) obtained in March and April 1996 during the exhumation of bodily remains buried in the Orthodox Christian’s cemetery in Mrkonjić Grad, the remains of 181 were found in that location. On that occasion forensic experts identified 136 bodies: 34 civilians (nine women and 25 men) and 102 members of the Army of Republika Srpska. Seven unidentified bodies were in civilian clothes (two women and five men) and the remaining 38 unidentified bodies were in military uniforms.

Out of 136 identified bodies 25 were civilians between the age of 60 and 88 years. The oldest indentified male victim was Jovan Lazendić from Podbrdo, who was 91 years old when he was killed, and the oldest female victim was Ljubica Oroz from the village of Bočac, Mrkonjić Grad municipality, who was killed at the age of 90.

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We Should Know the Facts: September 9, 1993 – Medak Pocket, Croatia

In the joint operation by Croatian military police conducted in the period from September 9 – 17, 1993, Croatian armed forces killed 36 civilians and several soldiers after they had been captured. For the duration of the operation between 40 and 45 members of the police and Army of the then-Republic of Serbian Krajina were killed.


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State and international institutions are not interested in the reparation process

Belgrade, July 1, 2010 – Members of Parliament Kenan Hajdarević, Bajram Šehović, Esad Džudžević, Munir Poturak, and Šerif Hamzagić attended today’s session of the compensation lawsuit filed by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) and conducted before the Belgrade High Court on behalf of the residents of the Kukurovići village (Priboj municipality) against the Republic of Serbia.


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