Trial of Dinko Sakic

'VECERNJI LIST' DAILY: SAKIC RECEIVES TREATMENT IN CIVILIAN HOSPITAL
ZAGREB, Oct 27 (Hina) - A commander of the World War II concentration camp of Jasenovac, Dinko Sakic (aged 78), who was recently sentenced by the Zagreb County Court to 20 years in prison for the war crime against humanity, has been receiving treatment at the cardiology department of Zagreb's "Dubrava" hospital for the third day, Wednesday's issue of "Vecernji list" daily reported.
CRO AMBASSADOR IN LONDON COUNTERS 'FINANCIAL TIMES' ALLEGATIONS
LONDON, Oct 26 (Hina) - Great Britain's leading business paper, Financial Times, on Tuesday ran a letter by Croatia's Ambassador in London Andrija Kojakovic, which corrected some wrong statements on the alleged obstruction of the return of Serb refugees to Croatia.
CROATIA - UNKNOWN TOURIST DESTINATION OT AMERICAN TOURISTS
ZAGREB, Oct 22 (Hina) - Croatia is an attractive tourist destination, however it still has not been properly introduced to American tourists.
CRO FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS TALKS WITH CLINTON'S ENVOY DOBBINS
ZAGREB, Oct 7 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Thursday held talks in Zagreb with the United States President's special envoy for Kosovo and the implementation of the Dayton peace agreements, James Dobbins.
ISRAELI SOURCES COMMENT ON CRO PRESIDENT'S POSSIBLE VISIT TO ISRAEL
TEL AVIV, Oct 7 (Hina) - There are no obstacles for the visit of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman to Israel which may occur as soon as the two countries' presidents find time in their schedules -- sources of the Israeli Foreign Minister say.
ISRAEL SATISFIED WITH SAKIC'S VERDICT
ZAGREB, Oct 7 (Hina) - Israel is satisfied with the verdict reached by the Zagreb County court in the case of Dinko Sakic, the Israeli foreign Ministry said in a statement forwarded to Hina by the Israeli Embassy based in Vienna.
GRANIC MEETS SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE DIRECTOR - FOREIGN MINISTRY
ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic on Wednesday met the Director of Jerusalem's Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Efraim Zuroff, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement today.
ANTI-FASCIST FIGHTERS COMMENT ON VERDICT IN SAKIC TRIAL
ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - The verdict adopted by the Zagreb County Court panel of judges in the trial of Dinko Sakic confirms that the Croatian judiciary is independent, said the president of the Association of Anti-Fascist Fighters of Croatia (SABH), Ivan Fumic, on Wednesday.
CROATIA AND ITALY EXPRESS SATISFACTION ABOUT BILATERAL RELATIONS
SPLIT, Oct 6 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader and Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Umberto Ranieri on Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the development of relations between the two countries.
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE'S ZUROFF HOLDS TALKS WITH CROATIA'S GRANIC
ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - The director of the Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Efraim Zuroff, on Tuesday held talks in Zagreb with Croatian Minister Mate Granic.
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE: ARMED VIOLENCE - A CONSTANT IN CROATIA
ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - The president of the Civil Committee for Human Rights (GOLJP), Zoran Pusic, said the reason why he was attacked on Monday while leaving the Zagreb County Court after the completion of the trial of Dinko Sakic, was "an intolerably mild attitude of authorities toward the perpetrators of crimes and the possession of weapons, as well as the uncritical attitude toward the promoters of violence".
CRO JUSTICE MINISTER AND ZUROFF DISCUSS CASES OF N. SAKIC, ETEROVIC
ZAGREB, Oct 5 (Hina) - The Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Director Efraim Zuroff on Tuesday held talks with Croatian Justice Minister Zvonimir Separovic on instigating legal proceedings against Nada Sakic and Mirko Eterovic, who live now in Croatia and who are suspected of having committed war crimes during Second World War.
WAR CRIMINAL SAKIC'S VERDICT WATERSHED - SAYS B'NAI B'RITH PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Hina) - The maximum penalty verdict against Croatian World War Two criminal Dinko Sakic marks a watershed in trials against accused WW2 criminals, the president of Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith Richard Heideman said in Washington on Monday.
SAKIC FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED AFTER SIX-MONTH TRIAL
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - Following a six-month hearing during which about 40 witnesses gave their statements, the Zagreb County Court panel of judges on Monday sentenced Dinko Sakic to 20 years in prison. Sakic, a commander of the Ustashi concentration camp of Jasenovac, was found guilty of the war crime against the civilian population. #L#
BAER: CROATIA IS NOT AFRAID TO FACE ITS PAST - EXTENDED
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - "Today should be a proud day to Croatia, an independent state of Croatia, which has shown that it does not fear facing its past and learning the lessons from a painful chapter of its history", Tommy Baer, the honorary chairman of B'nai B'rith, told reporters in Zagreb on Monday. #L#
U.S. SATISFIED WITH VERDICT OF GUILTY FOR WAR CRIMINAL SAKIC
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Hina) - The United States on Monday welcomed the Zagreb County Court verdict of 20 years in prison for Croatian war criminal Dinko Sakic.#L#
SAKIC VERDICT IMPORTANT THING FOR CROATIA - SAYS ZUROFF
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - The 20-year-imprisonment verdict in the Dinko Sakic trial is very satisfactory as it is the maximum under the Croatian law, the director of the Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Efraim Zuroff, said in Zagreb on Monday, pointing out this was an important thing for Croatia and its judiciary.#L#
BAER: CROATIA IS NOT AFRAID TO FACE ITS PAST
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - "Today should be a proud day to Croatia, an independent state of Croatia, which has shown that it does not fear facing its past and learning the lessons from a painful chapter of its history", Tommy Baer, the honorary chairman of B'nai B'rith, told reporters in Zagreb on Monday. #L#
REACTIONS TO VERDICT IN SAKIC TRIAL
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - The director of the Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Efraim Zuroff, who was present on Monday at the Zagreb County Court during the pronouncement of the verdict in the trial of Dinko Sakic, a commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, told reporters today was a good day for Croatia and that good people were happy today.
PROSECUTION SATISFIED WITH VERDICT, SAKIC'S DEFENCE ANNOUNCE APPEAL
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - Ivan Kern and Branko Seric, defence attorneys in the trial of Dinko Sakic, have expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict reached by the Zagreb County Court on Monday and announced that they will file an appeal with the Supreme Court.
SAKIC'S DEFENCE ANNOUNCE APPEAL
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - Ivan Kern and Branko Seric, defence attorneys in the trial of Dinko Sakic, have expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict reached by the Zagreb County Court on Monday and announced that they will file an appeal with the Supreme Court. #L#
SAKIC FOUND GUILTY AS CHARGED AND SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON EXTENDED VERSION
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - The Zagreb County Court on Monday found Dinko Sakic, a former commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp during World War Two, guilty of a war crime against civilians and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
SAKIC FOUND GUILTY AS CHARGED AND SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON
ZAGREB, Oct 4 (Hina) - The Zagreb County Court on Monday found, Dinko Sakic, a former commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp during World War Two, guilty of a war crime against civilians and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.#L#
B'NAI B'RITH REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND END OF SAKIC TRIAL
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Hina) - Tommy Baer, former president of the B'nai B'rith Jewish organisation and the organisation's assistant director, George Spectre, will attend the end of the trial against the former commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp indicted of war crimes against humanity, Dinko Sakic, in Zagreb on Monday.