Bandito
16th April 2011, 15:22
ZAGREB — Tens of thousands of Croatian war veterans staged protests in main cities Saturday, a day after a UN court handed down heavy war crimes sentences for two ex-generals, seen by many Croats as heroes.
On the central square in a rainy Zagreb up to 30,000 protesters gathered around a central stage to listen to fiery speeches condemning both the verdicts and the Croatian government.
"We do not recognise The Hague court and its ruling, those who bear guilt for such verdicts are here", veterans' leader Mario Slavicek told the crowd.
The war veterans and their supporters who gathered to show their outrage at Friday's verdict blame present and previous governments for handing over the generals to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Source (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gVWdTtz3zh4Za2NLqJCPcDcpO2nA?docId=CNG.185fb ac7d4458b9796597a4d40910e52.5d1)
On the central square in a rainy Zagreb up to 30,000 protesters gathered around a central stage to listen to fiery speeches condemning both the verdicts and the Croatian government.
"We do not recognise The Hague court and its ruling, those who bear guilt for such verdicts are here", veterans' leader Mario Slavicek told the crowd.
The war veterans and their supporters who gathered to show their outrage at Friday's verdict blame present and previous governments for handing over the generals to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Source (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gVWdTtz3zh4Za2NLqJCPcDcpO2nA?docId=CNG.185fb ac7d4458b9796597a4d40910e52.5d1)