Croatian Association of Prisoners in Serbian Concentration Camps () is an association of former prisoners in

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n jails and prison camps during the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

. The organization was founded in

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in 1995 and began its work that same year. Its offices are located on

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. In 2006, the association was admitted to the

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. Its president is Danijel Rehak. The organization helps raise monuments, commemorates anniversaries relating to the war and also helps publish related books. In 2004 the association opened a centre in

Borovo Naselje Borovo Naselje ( sr-Cyrl, Борово Насеље; ) is a Vukovar borough located on the right bank of the Danube river in the Croatian region of Slavonia, 4 kilometers northwest of Vukovar town centre; elevation 90 m. The economy is based ...

, whose aim is to research war crimes committed during the war. The centre was opened by deputy prime minister

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and parliamentary speaker

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. Kosor served as the minister of Family Affairs, War Veterans and Intergenerational Solidarity, a ministry with which the association works closely. According to the Societies data, a total of 8,000 Croatian civilians and

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s (a large number after the

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) went through Serb prison camps at

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and elsewhere; some 300 people never returned from them.News article on Vukovar commemoration
, danas.rs; accessed 7 May 2015. A total of 4570 camp inmates started

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in 2004 against the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of Serbia and Montenegro (now the

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) for torture and abuse in the camps.

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* {{in lang, hr Croatian War of Independence Croatian veterans' organizations Organizations established in 1995