CROATIA: DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST CLOSING DOWN OF RADIO STATION UPDATE
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(22 Nov 1996) Natural Sound
(22 Nov 1996) Natural Sound
100-thousand demonstrators jammed the streets of Zagreb in Croatia to protest against the government's decision to close down an independent radio station.
The rally went ahead on Thursday night despite the government reversing its decision to let Radio 101 stay on the air.
Tens of thousands of protestors converged on Zagreb's Jelacic square in a rally originally conceived as a gathering to demonstrate for Radio 101's continued existence.
But it turned into the biggest peacetime political rally since the proclamation of Croatian independence in June 1991.
The rally was organised by Croatia's Helsinki Committee, the leading human rights watchdog, and Zagreb's Students' Association.
It ended without incident after just one hour when Radio 101 managers bade demonstrators a good night and appealed to them to leave the square peacefully.
There has been a huge reaction to the government's decision earlier in the week to withdraw the license of the widely popular radio station.
But on Thursday the Croatian government said Radio 101 could continue broadcasting for the time being, and there would be a new round of bidding for the radio frequency.
On Wednesday, officials said that the frequency that Radio 101 has been using for the last 12 years was given to a radio project that exists only on paper and is backed by the owner of the independent weekly Globus.
That decision would have effectively closed the radio station by the end of November.
It triggered the first spontaneous demonstration in downtown Zagreb in years, with thousands of protesters taking to the street late Wednesday.
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100-thousand demonstrators jammed the streets of Zagreb in Croatia to protest against the government's decision to close down an independent radio station.
The rally went ahead on Thursday night despite the government reversing its decision to let Radio 101 stay on the air.
Tens of thousands of protestors converged on Zagreb's Jelacic square in a rally originally conceived as a gathering to demonstrate for Radio 101's continued existence.
But it turned into the biggest peacetime political rally since the proclamation of Croatian independence in June 1991.
The rally was organised by Croatia's Helsinki Committee, the leading human rights watchdog, and Zagreb's Students' Association.
It ended without incident after just one hour when Radio 101 managers bade demonstrators a good night and appealed to them to leave the square peacefully.
There has been a huge reaction to the government's decision earlier in the week to withdraw the license of the widely popular radio station.
But on Thursday the Croatian government said Radio 101 could continue broadcasting for the time being, and there would be a new round of bidding for the radio frequency.
On Wednesday, officials said that the frequency that Radio 101 has been using for the last 12 years was given to a radio project that exists only on paper and is backed by the owner of the independent weekly Globus.
That decision would have effectively closed the radio station by the end of November.
It triggered the first spontaneous demonstration in downtown Zagreb in years, with thousands of protesters taking to the street late Wednesday.
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