Operation Medak Pocket

The Croatian Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it has confirmed the verdict sentencing former Croatian Army soldier Josip Mrsic to three years in prison for committing war crimes against civilians during 1993 'Medak Pocket' operation in southern Croatia.

The Croatian Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it has confirmed the verdict sentencing former army officer Josip Krmpotic to three years in prison for committing war crimes against civilians during the 'Medak Pocket' operation in southern Croatia, but acquitting him of failing to prevent the killing of prisoners of war.

The Croatian state attorney's office said on Monday that it has appealed against a recent first-instance ruling by the Zagreb Municipal Civil Court, which rejected a request from the state for convicted war criminal Mirko Norac and two of his co-perpetrators to pay the state the money that it has already given to their victims in compensation.

Victims’ rights groups condemned the attendance of convicted war criminal Mirko Norac at an anniversary commemoration of the Croatian Army’s 1993 ‘Medak Pocket’ operation.

A memorial service was held at St. Marko's Church in Belgrade Wednesday for the Serbs who were killed by the Croatian in Medak Pocket in Croatia 22 years ago.

On September 9, 1993, the Croatian armed forces attacked a number of Serb villages in the Gospic municipality under the Velebit mountain range.

Victims remembered 20 years after Croatia's Operation Flash

BELGRADE -- Friday marks 20 years since the offensive of Croatian forces against Serb areas in western Slavonia, at the time a part of the Republic of Serb Krajina (RSK).

A witness said he saw the military policemen shoot the captive while Serb forces were retreating from the Croatian Army’s Operation Storm offensive in the Banovina area in August 1995.

General Rahim Ademi, who was acquitted of crimes against humanity, has launched a lawsuit against Croatia seeking compensation for the seven months he spent in custody at the Hague Tribunal.

Memorial service for Serbs killed in Croatia

BELGRADE -- A memorial service for Serbs killed in September 1993 by Croatian forces in the Medak Pocket (Medački Džep) area was held in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Dozens of people - members of the families of the victims and Serb refugees from Croatia - gathered for the service.

Former soldier Velibor Solaja was acquitted of killing of an elderly female civilian during the Croatian Army’s controversial ‘Medak Pocket’ operation against Serb forces in September 1993.