Stajićevo camp
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The Stajićevo camp (Logor Stajićevo) was an agricultural farm in Stajićevo near Zrenjanin, Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia, then FRY) where Croatian prisoners of war and civilians were kept by Serbian authorities.[1] The camp also acted as a transit facility where prisoners were taken before being moved to the Sremska Mitrovica camp. Individual reports have said that 1500 men, and 6500 total prisoners were held at the camp.[2][3] The ICTY's figure for the camp was 1700 detainees.[1]
The camp was cited in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia's case against then Serbian president Slobodan Milošević.[1] As of 2007 Serbian fugitive Goran Hadžić is wanted on charges by the ICTY also related to the camp.[4]
Former prisoners at the camp reported being beaten, with at least one claiming to have received electric shocks by guards.[2] According to reports, the White Eagle paramilitary was also active at the camp.[3]
Prisoners at the camp included future Croatian parliamentarian Ivica Pančić's father and brother.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c The Prosecutorof the Tribunal Against Slobodan Milosevic
- ^ a b Sixth Report on War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia
- ^ a b Final report of the United Nations Commission of Experts established pursuant to security council resolution 780
- ^ Goran Hadzic - Indictment
- ^ Nacional, interview with Ivica Pancic, the new Croatian Minister for War Veterans' Affairs, 7/21/00
