Tobacco Station
Stjepana Radića bb, 88220 Široki Brijeg1993. - 1994.
Captured Bosniaks were held in two detention centres in Široki Brijeg: the police station and the tobacco station. From September to November 1993, detainees were on several occasions mistreated in the tobacco station.
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In Široki Brijeg, detained Bosniaks were held in two detention centres, the police station and the tobacco station. (para. 662-663. Naletilić and Martinović, p. 249.)
Detainees in the police station in Široki Brijeg (Lištica) were beaten on various occasions and suffered severe physical and mental suffering. Some of these detainees had been transferred there from the Tobacco Institute in Mostar. (paras. 397-403. Naletilić and Martinović, pp. 153-156.)
Between September 1993 and November 1993, the prisoners were on several occasions abused during their detention at the tobacco station in Široki Brijeg. (paras. 408-412. Naletilić and Martinović, pp. 157-160.)
Most of the detainees in these facilities were members of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH), among whom were conscripts who were taken from the Vranica building in Mostar. (para. 663. Naletilić and Martinović, pp. 249–250.)
Tarik Tanović recalls detainees being transferred to the offices of the Tobacco Institute in Široki Brijeg and used as unpaid labour under the official label of “worker-detainees”. Today, neither a plaque nor a monument bears witness to what happened there.
Tarik Tanović — “Tobacco Station”, Široki Brijeg
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