**Updates IFEX alert dated 8 May 1996; for background, see also IFEX alerts of 21 May, 24 April, 12 March and others** According to the Reuter news agency, on 23 May 1996, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman’s daughter, Nevenka Kosutic, filed a civil libel suit against the Split-based independent newspaper “Feral Tribune”, demanding 3.5 million kuna […]
**Updates IFEX alert dated 8 May 1996; for background,
see also IFEX alerts of 21 May, 24 April, 12 March and others**
According to the Reuter news agency, on 23 May 1996, Croatian
President Franjo Tudjman’s daughter, Nevenka Kosutic, filed a
civil libel suit against the Split-based independent newspaper
“Feral Tribune”, demanding 3.5 million kuna (US$ 635,000) in
damages. Kosutic claims that “Feral Tribune”, a satirical and
investigative weekly, has slandered her in its published
allegations that she set up a prosperous business using her
government connections.
According to the state news agency HINA, Kosutic’s lawyer, Zeljko
Olujic, has asked the court to order the provisional withdrawal of
3.5 million kuna (US$ 635,000) from “Feral Tribune”‘s bank account
pending a verdict in the case.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the Croatian President:
against “Feral Tribune” by a member of his family represents a
crushing blow to the independent media in Croatia and is an abuse
of presidential power
slander, and cease legal harassment of “Feral Tribune” and other
independent media
Appeals To
His Excellency Franjo Tudjman
President of the Republic of Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia
Fax: +385 1 443 075/444 532
Please copy appeals to the originator and to:
Mr Ivan Jarnjak
Minister of Internal Affairs
Ministarstvo za unutraSnje poslove Republike Hrvatske
Savska cesta 39
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Fax: +385 1 443 715
Mr Ivica Mudrinic
Minister of Maritimes Affairs, Transport and Communication
Prisavlje 14
1000 Zagreb, Croatia
Fax: +385 1 611 0691
Mr Vlatko Pavletic
President of the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia
Fax: +385 1 443 124
