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'''Gabela camp''' was a [[concentration camp]] run by the [[Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia]] and [[Croatian Defence Council]] in [[Gabela]], the camp was located several kilometres south of [[Čapljina]].<ref name="haverford">http://www.haverford.edu/relg/sells/stolac/CrimesSt.pdf</ref>
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| name = Gabela camp
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| location = Near [[Čapljina]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
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| map label = Gabela camp
| operated by = [[Croatian Defence Council]] (HVO)
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| prisoner type = Bosniaks and Serbs
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The '''Gabela camp''' or '''Gabela prison'''{{sfn|ICTY 29 May 2013|p=5}} was a [[Internment|prison camp]] run by the [[Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia]] and [[Croatian Defence Council]] in [[Gabela, Herzegovina|Gabela]]. The camp was located several kilometres south of [[Čapljina]].{{sfn|Crimes in Stolac Municipality|p=21}} Its prisoners were [[Bosniaks]] and [[Serbs]].


==The camp==
==The camp==
The camp consisted of detention facilities and a munitions warehouse. "Outside observers were not allowed to visit Gabela until August, 1993. At this time the ICRC registered 1,100 inmates."<ref> University of West England, Bristol, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences/United Nations, (27 May 1994), "Final report of the United Nations Commission of Experts established pursuant to security council resolution 780 (1992)" http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/comexpert/ANX/VIII-03.htm#III.A.18</ref>
The camp consisted of detention facilities and a munitions warehouse. "Outside observers were not allowed to visit Gabela until August 1993. At this time the ICRC registered 1,100 inmates."{{sfn|UN Prison Camps Annex}}


The camp facilities were ammunition depots belonging to the former [[Yugoslav Army]], consisting of four hangars marked 0, 1, 2, and 3, and three solitary confinement cells. The hangar size was 200 square metres, and up to 500 persons were held inside each. The detainees were exhausted by starvation and thirst, and were tortured. Ten litres of water were provided per 500 persons per day, so many drank urine to quench their thirst. The detainees had to perform their bodily functions in the hangars. They were forced to sing Croatian nationalist songs and to listen to lectures on how correct Croatian policies were.<ref name="haverford" />
The camp facilities were ammunition depots belonging to the former [[Yugoslav People's Army|Yugoslav Army]], consisting of four hangars marked 0, 1, 2, and 3, and three solitary confinement cells. The hangar size was 200 square metres, and up to 500 persons were held inside each. The detainees were exhausted by starvation and thirst, and were tortured. Ten litres of water were provided per 500 persons per day, so many drank urine to quench their thirst. The detainees had to perform their bodily functions in the hangars. They were forced to sing Croatian nationalist songs and to listen to lectures on how correct Croatian policies were.{{sfn|Crimes in Stolac Municipality|p=22}}


Upon entering the camp, detainees were exposed to special forms of torture. They were ordered to lie on their stomachs, and they would then be brutally beaten on their backs and heads. Some had their fingers broken by clamps.<ref name="haverford" />
Upon entering the camp, detainees were exposed to special forms of torture. They were ordered to lie on their stomachs, and they would then be brutally beaten on their backs and heads. Some had their fingers broken by clamps. In early October, the camp warden, Boško Previšić, killed Mustafa Obradović in front of hangar No. 1, in the presence of a large number of detainees, after discovering a piece of bread concealed on him.{{sfn|Crimes in Stolac Municipality|p=22}} Boško was seen talking to warcriminal mercenary and murderer [[Jackie Arklöv]] in the camp, before and after Arklöv had tortured prisoners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/nov/28/theobserver1|title = Nazi 'terror' trial shocks Sweden|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 28 November 1999}}</ref><ref>Magnus Sandelin: "Den svarte nazisten". Bokförlaget forum, 2011. {{ISBN|9789143508123}}.</ref>


==Trials==
In early October, the camp warden, Boško Previšić, killed Mustafa Obradović in front of hangar No. 1, in the presence of a large number of detainees, after discovering a piece of bread concealed on him.<ref name="haverford" />
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The former manager of the Gabela camp Boško Previšić has not been prosecuted and remains a fugitive.{{sfn|Al Jazeera 15 December 2017}} His deputy Nikola Andrun was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the crimes against civilians in Gabela by the State Court in Sarajevo.{{sfn|ICD Nikola Andrun}}


Former mercenary, Neo-Nazi, convicted bankrobber [[Jackie Arklöv]] was stationed at the camp as a guard and was convicted by [[Sweden|Swedish]] court for brutal tortures of inmates there.{{sfn|Sveriges 4 December 2006}}
==Recent developments==
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After an indictment was issued against the former manager of the Gabela concentration camp Boško Previšić he became a fugitive from justice.<ref>http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=176020</ref><ref>http://www.bim.ba/en/91/10/6674/</ref> His deputy Nikola Andrun was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the crimes against civilians in Gabela in 1993 by the State Court in Sarajevo.<ref>http://www.sense-agency.com/en/stream.php?sta=3&pid=9003&kat=3</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Bosnian Genocide]]
*[[Čelebići prison camp]]
*[[Čelebići prison camp]]
*[[Dretelj camp]]
*[[Dretelj camp]]
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*[[Manjača camp]]
*[[Manjača camp]]
*[[Omarska camp]]
*[[Omarska camp]]
*[[Musala camp]]
*[[Trnopolje camp]]
*[[Trnopolje camp]]
*[[Uzamnica camp]]
*[[Uzamnica camp]]
*[[Vilina Vlas]]
*[[Vilina Vlas]]
*[[Vojno camp]]
*[[Vojno camp]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}


==References==
==References==
;ICTY
{{reflist}}
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* {{cite web |ref={{harvid|ICTY 29 May 2013}} |title=Judgement of 29 May 2013 Vol. 5 of 6 |url=https://www.icty.org/x/cases/prlic/tjug/en/130529-5.pdf |website=ICTY.org |publisher=International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |date=29 May 2013}}
{{refend}}

;News
{{refbegin|60em}}
* {{cite news |ref={{harvid|Sveriges 4 December 2006}} |title=Slutpläderingar i Arklöv-målet |url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=1072683 |newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=4 December 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831172855/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=1072683 |archive-date=31 August 2017}}
{{refend}}

;Other
{{refbegin|60em}}
* {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Crimes in Stolac Municipality}} |title=Crimes in Stolac Municipality |url=http://www.haverford.edu/relg/sells/stolac/CrimesSt.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109091102/http://www.haverford.edu/relg/sells/stolac/CrimesSt.pdf |website=Haverford College |publisher=TDP |archive-date=January 9, 2009}}
* {{cite web |ref={{harvid|UN Prison Camps Annex}} |title=Final report of the United Nations Commission of Experts established pursuant to security council resolution 780 (1992) |url=http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/comexpert/ANX/VIII-03.htm#III.A.18 |publisher=United Nations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210211015/http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/comexpert/ANX/VIII-03.htm#III.A.18 |archive-date=10 December 2007 |date=27 May 1994}}
* {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Al Jazeera 15 December 2017}} |title=Bosnian Muslims: 'How did we deserve this?' |first=Kyle S. |last=Mackie |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/bosnian-muslims-deserve-171215071249404.html |website=Al Jazeera |date=15 December 2017}}
* {{cite web |ref={{harvid|ICD Nikola Andrun}} |title=Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Nikola Andrun |url=http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/969/Andrun/ |publisher=International Crimes Database}}
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== Vanjski linkovi ==
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[[Category:1992 establishments]]
* [https://eosmrtnice.ba/capljina/ Čapljina portal umrli]
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[[Category:1994 disestablishments]]

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[[Category:1992 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
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[[Category:1994 disestablishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
[[Category:Croatian war crimes in the Bosnian War]]
[[Category:Croatian war crimes in the Bosnian War]]
[[Category:Bosnian Genocide]]
[[Category:Croatian concentration camps in the Yugoslav Wars]]
[[Category:Croatian concentration camps in former Yugoslavia]]
[[Category:Čapljina]]
[[Category:Čapljina]]
[[Category:Bosnian War internment camps]]

Latest revision as of 14:40, 13 March 2024

Gabela camp
Internment camp
Gabela camp is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gabela camp
Gabela camp
Location of Gabela camp within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates43°06′42″N 17°42′19″E / 43.11167°N 17.70528°E / 43.11167; 17.70528
LocationNear Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Operated byCroatian Defence Council (HVO)
InmatesBosniaks and Serbs

The Gabela camp or Gabela prison[1] was a prison camp run by the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and Croatian Defence Council in Gabela. The camp was located several kilometres south of Čapljina.[2] Its prisoners were Bosniaks and Serbs.

The camp

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The camp consisted of detention facilities and a munitions warehouse. "Outside observers were not allowed to visit Gabela until August 1993. At this time the ICRC registered 1,100 inmates."[3]

The camp facilities were ammunition depots belonging to the former Yugoslav Army, consisting of four hangars marked 0, 1, 2, and 3, and three solitary confinement cells. The hangar size was 200 square metres, and up to 500 persons were held inside each. The detainees were exhausted by starvation and thirst, and were tortured. Ten litres of water were provided per 500 persons per day, so many drank urine to quench their thirst. The detainees had to perform their bodily functions in the hangars. They were forced to sing Croatian nationalist songs and to listen to lectures on how correct Croatian policies were.[4]

Upon entering the camp, detainees were exposed to special forms of torture. They were ordered to lie on their stomachs, and they would then be brutally beaten on their backs and heads. Some had their fingers broken by clamps. In early October, the camp warden, Boško Previšić, killed Mustafa Obradović in front of hangar No. 1, in the presence of a large number of detainees, after discovering a piece of bread concealed on him.[4] Boško was seen talking to warcriminal mercenary and murderer Jackie Arklöv in the camp, before and after Arklöv had tortured prisoners.[5][6]

Trials

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The former manager of the Gabela camp Boško Previšić has not been prosecuted and remains a fugitive.[7] His deputy Nikola Andrun was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the crimes against civilians in Gabela by the State Court in Sarajevo.[8]

Former mercenary, Neo-Nazi, convicted bankrobber Jackie Arklöv was stationed at the camp as a guard and was convicted by Swedish court for brutal tortures of inmates there.[9]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ ICTY 29 May 2013, p. 5.
  2. ^ Crimes in Stolac Municipality, p. 21.
  3. ^ UN Prison Camps Annex.
  4. ^ a b Crimes in Stolac Municipality, p. 22.
  5. ^ "Nazi 'terror' trial shocks Sweden". TheGuardian.com. 28 November 1999.
  6. ^ Magnus Sandelin: "Den svarte nazisten". Bokförlaget forum, 2011. ISBN 9789143508123.
  7. ^ Al Jazeera 15 December 2017.
  8. ^ ICD Nikola Andrun.
  9. ^ Sveriges 4 December 2006.

References

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ICTY
News
Other

Vanjski linkovi

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