The BiH Prosecutor’s Office indicted nine former Croat fighters today for crimes the men allegedly committed against Serb prisoners in Orasje in 1992. The men were arrested in October. Since then the government of Croatia has criticized the arrest and vowed to help defend the men.
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic vowed last month to help the men, who have both Croatian and Bosnian citizenship.
“The Croatian state will make sure that, after the victory in the Homeland [1990s] War, it supports Croatian defenders [war veterans], prevents attempts to revise historical events and protects Croatian national interests,” Plenkovic said.
Around 1,000 Bosnian Croat and Croatian war veterans and their supporters also expressed anger about the arrests of the men by demonstrating last month in front of the football stadium in Orasje.
This is one of several recent incidents in which the Croatian state has commented on judicial proceedings in neighboring countries.
