She reports how she was grabbed by the hair and with full force slammed against the door. Ms. T.P. reported this incident to the military prosecutors office in Split. These accusations have been publicly denied by the head of the Sub-Commission. Local human rights activists continue to voice their concern with regard to incidents like this and the amount of violence used against women, especially in the presence of the military police. While human rights activists acknowledge that these acts are not just carried out against women, they are concerned that in correlation with the number of reports they receive and the use of violence it is women who are overwhelmingly the victims of such incidents.
Concern is high at the use of violence and the seemingly lack of response by the authorities.
They also express concern about the frequency of such incidents and that despite appeals by the various groups no postive action has been taken to prevent such incidents. Local human rights activists see women as the victims, but since they did not serve in the Croatian Army, they have no entitlements. The above text may freely be reproduced, copied, or translated, in whole or in part, as long as the source is stated as the Balkan Peace Team .