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The Balkans: Roma Mass Graves Discovered

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 @ 23:40 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia
Topics:: Ethnicity, History, Human Rights, War & Conflict, International Relations

Romano Them re-posts a Reuters piece on the discovery of two mass graves containing the bodies of murdered Roma in Bosanski Dubočac, Bosnia & Herzegovina: “The order for the killings was issued by a number of Croatian Army generals, including Ante Prkačin, claims Nijaz Čaušević Medo, a former high ranking Croatian Army officer, as reported by Banja Luka daily Glas Srpske.”

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