Begejci camp

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. [http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/mil-ii011008e.htm The Prosecutor of the Tribunal Against Slobodan Milosevic] ] The camp was opened in the autumn of 1991, and held approximately 600 prisoners. [http://www.dawn.com/2002/11/22/int13.htm 11 years on, Croats still fear Serb prison camp] ] In December of 1991, approximately 300 prisoners were returned to Croatia as part of a prisoner exchange. 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. [ [http://www.jutarnji.hr/dogadjaji_dana/clanak/art-2006,11,16,tuzba_vukovar,50571.jl Foundation for Human Rights suing Serbia on behalf of imprisonned Vukovar minor] ]

The Serbian reporter Danica Vučenić received the Zoran Mamula Award for journalism for her 2003 report on the camp. [ [http://www.b92.net/o_nama/nagrade.html Awards] ]

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