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BOSNIA: BOSNIAN CROAT POLICE BAR REFUGEES RETURNING TO VILLAGE

(16 Mar 1996) Serbo-Croat/Nat Bosnian Croat police for a second day prevented Moslem refugees returning to a Croat-held village in southern Bosnia, violating the Dayton peace accord. The 171 Moslem refugees wanted to return to Capljina - a village south of Mostar, to pray in their mosque and visit cemeteries for the first time in three years. The Bosnian Croat police barred the Muslims allegedly because Croat authorities in Capljina did not want them there. Moslems were again unable to enter Capljina, a Croat-held village 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Mostar. Bosnian Croat police barred the Moslem refugees returning to their village. The 171 Moslem refugees wanted to return so that they could pray in their mosque and visit cemeteries for the first time in three years. Their anger was visible. SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) "Today we also tried to get into Capljina with 3 buses but were stopped by the Croat police until they got approval from their base. We waited for 3 hours but their base didn't want to accept us." SUPERCAPTION: Bosnian Muslim political leader According to the U-N-H-C-R the Bosnian Croat police had barred the Muslims for no other reason than that the Croat authorities in Capljina did "not want to see them." This violates the Dayton peace accords on freedom of movement. SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) "This is not a protest against the Federation. We are upset with all the protectors of the international community, as freedom of movement must be realised." SUPERCAPTION: VOXPOP The Moslems were forced to leave Capljina when fighting broke out in 1993 between Moslems and Croats in central Bosnia. Hundreds of them moved into Moslem-held eastern Mostar. However a second group of Moslem refugees from Mostar were allowed to visit the village of Stolac, in the same region as Capljina. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...