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                                           NEWS: EVENING BULLETIN

          STATE DEPARTMENT ON SERB VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Washington, March 18, 1996 (Press TWRA) - State Department
submitted a report on the state of human rights in FR Yugoslavia
in the last year. The report stresses the role of numerous and
well armed police in Serbia being the main support of current
regime responsible for extensive, brutal and systematic violation
of human rights. Among the human rights violation committed by 
police are maltreatment & unfounded arrests. Especially repressed
are Albanians at Kosovo and Bosniaks at Sanjak and to some lesser
extent non-Serbs at Vojvodina. It is a campaign aimed at keeping
a third of the population terrified, deprived of basic human,
citizen and minority rights. Political trials are also recorded
in Serbia and the indicted are Bosniaks from Sanjak and Albanians
from Kosovo. It is reported that Montenegrian president Momir
Bulatovic released political prisoners in his Republic. Police in
Yugoslavia proceeds routine spying the opposition leaders,
members of the associations for human right protection and
political dissidents. State Department estimates that a serious
problem is denial of right of fair trials and misuse of legal
system in Serbia. The government in Belgrade restricted the right
to gather and associate but is very tolerant and yielding to
violence against members of many minority confessional groups.
     As a significant factor of Milosevic's rise to power,
maintaining the position and absolute domination over political
life stressed is his control and manipulation of the state media,
while at the same time his government discourages and represses
independent media by watching, restricting or even banning them.
Opposition is denied access to the media as a routine.
     In the report on the state of human rights in B-H last year,
State Department alleges that all sides violated human right but
Serbs to B-H bear the greatest responsibility as they have
continued ethnic cleansing during 1995, including mass killing
and assaults on residential areas. Repressive authorities of
Karadzic's Serbs impeded collecting data on violations, reminds
State Department releasing the data and details which were
available on mass executions and other crimes that Serbs
committed against Croats and Bosniaks in B-H. /end/ A.S.

          HILLARY CLINTON ARRIVES IN EUROPE AND BOSNIA

Washington, March 18, 1996 (Press TWRA) - White House has
announced that Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit the US soldiers
at Tuzla, March 23, within her tour of the US military bases to
Germany, Italy (Baumholder and Aviano), Greece and Turkey.
Spokeswoman of the US president's wife Lisa Caputo stressed the
tour's aim is - "to confirm the US commitment to democracy and
support to the US soldiers to B-H and their families." /end/ A.S.



          SUSAK'S HEALTH CONDITION IMPROVING

Zagreb, March 18, 1996 (Press TWRA) - After a successful surgery
in the Washington military-health center Walter Reed, Croatian
defence minister is recovering and will soon resume his duties,
released the Public relations office of Croatia's government.
     Croatian weekly "Nacional" gave the account of the health
condition of Croatian defence minister Gojko Susak, who has been
a member of all Croatian governments since 199O and is regarded
as influential supporter of Herzegovinian lobby and "Herzeg
Bosnia", and the most powerful man in Croatia after president
Tudjman, who has always been his closest associate showing true
loyalty. "Nacional" writes that for months Susak has suffered
from frequent legache and backache, has sleeping problems and the
Zagreb doctors diagnosed the problems with circulation and blood
vessels. The first therapy was massage, later the syndrome was
believed to be of some hard disease. Susak had already travelled
to the USA to be operated, but president Tudjman invited him to
return immediately to Croatia. The second time Susak left for the
USA after a minor car accident that happened while driving his
car in the center of Zagreb. It was on March 8, while on March 12
was released the president Tudjman's decision on changes on top
of Croatian army (HV), being so far the most extensive change of
Croatian officers. Experts differs in opinions about the changes.
Some say there are no ex Yu-army officers in the HV top, some say
it is usual change of generations that occurred at the moment of
military and political calm while the third say that HV does not
have any military strategists at the General HQ level. /end/ A.S. 


          DELEGATION OF TURKISH AIR FORCE IN CROATIA

Zagreb, March 18, 1996 (Press TWRA) - Delegation of the Turkish
air forces led by its commander gen. Ahmet Corekci is in two-day
visit to Croatia, where they met Imra Agotic & Zvonimir Cervenko,
commander of Croatian Air force and the HV General HQ Chief of
Staff, respectively. "Turkish Army is among the most modern in
Europe, particularly air forces, so we can learn from them a lot.
They showed understanding, and we hope for support in the ongoing
good cooperation" says Cervenko. Agreements on military-technical
cooperation and education of high ranking officers are announced
to be signed after minister Susak's return to Croatia. /end/ A.S.


  RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY SYMBOLICALLY PRESENTED AT THE GENEVA MEETING

Geneva, March 18, 1996 (Press TWRA) - The secretary of mission of
the Russian Federation to the UN in Geneva participated today's
Contact group meeting, which took place just before today's talks
Milosevic-Ganic-Tudjman. Moscow had announced it would not be
presented in Geneva, but Kremlin has obviously decided in the
meantime to participate at the low level. /end/ A.S.�## CrossPoint v3.02 ##