Begejci camp

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The Begejci camp (Logor Begejci) was a facility in Begejci 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 was opened in the autumn of 1991, and held approximately 600 prisoners.[2] In December of 1991, approximately 300 prisoners were returned to Croatia as part of a prisoner exchange.[2] Prisoners at the camp lived in stalls and were kept there without heat, until a visit by the International Red Cross resulted in some blankets being provided.[3]

The Serbian reporter Danica Vučenić received the Zoran Mamula Award for journalism for her 2003 report on the camp.[4]

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  1. ^ The Prosecutor of the Tribunal Against Slobodan Milosevic
  2. ^ a b 11 years on, Croats still fear Serb prison camp
  3. ^ Foundation for Human Rights suing Serbia on behalf of imprisonned Vukovar minor
  4. ^ Awards