Political prisoners in Croatia

Political imprisonment in Croatia was a factor in Croatian history during its time in the Yugoslavian state.

Croatia's political prisoners' law recognizes those who were imprisoned during the period between December 8, 1918 (the establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) and October 8, 1991 (the day Croatia severed all ties to Yugoslavia).^[1] Former political prisoners receive compensation for time spent in jail and subsequent time spent unable to secure a job.^[1] Political prisoners are organized into the Croatian Society of Political Prisoners (Hrvatsko društvo političkih zatvorenika)

Political prisoners

1970s

• Dražen Budiša - Arrested on December 11, 1971, and subsequently in the aftermath of the Croatian Spring student movement. He served four years in Stara Gradiška and Lepoglava. He subsequently became a significant politician in the Republic of Croatia.
• Marko Veselica - Arrest and tried in 1971 for "felonies against the people and the state" and sentenced to seven years in jail and a subsequent four-year ban on public actions.^[2] He was released in 1977, and gave an interview for Der Spiegel about the political situation in Yugoslavia. The interview led to new charges laid against him, with a sentence of eleven years in jail and another four-year ban on public actions. He was shortly detained in 1989 for taking part in the establishment of new political parties and violating the ban on public acts.
• Radomir Pejić - Served a sentence from 1972 to 1974 in Stara Gradiška for a "verbal offence against the state".

1980s

• Dobroslav Paraga - Arrested and tried in May 1981 for collecting signatures for a petition calling for the release of political prisoners.^[3] He was released in November 1984.

References

External links

• Croatian Society of Political Prisoners