Morinj camp

{{Short description|Montenegrin detention facility}}

The Morinj camp (Logor Morinj) was a detention facility near Kotor, Montenegro (then part of SFR Yugoslavia, later FR Yugoslavia) where Croatian prisoners of war and civilians were kept by Montenegrin authorities in the Yugoslav People's Army during the Croatian War of Independence.{{cite web|url=http://vijesti.hrt.hr/ShowArticles.aspx?ArticleId=35217 |title=Suspects in Morinj Case Fail to Appear at Hearing |language=hr |publisher=Vijesti.hrt.hr |accessdate=2014-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103203124/http://vijesti.hrt.hr/ShowArticles.aspx?ArticleId=35217 |archivedate=2014-01-03 }} The age of the incarcerated ranged from 15 to 82.[http://www.dubrovacki-vjesnik.hr/index.php?link=showNews&ID=3636 The Prisoners and the Antagonists are Forgotten] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702204358/http://www.dubrovacki-vjesnik.hr/index.php?link=showNews&ID=3636 |date=July 2, 2007 }} Former captives are organized into the Association of Morinj Prisoners.

The camp was opened in autumn of 1991. Approximately 300 people were held here.

In 2006 the County Court of Dubrovnik began an investigation of possible war crimes at the camp.{{cite web|url=http://www.pcnen.com/detail.php?module=2&news_id=20533 |title=Morinj Camp Soon in Front of Prosecutor |publisher=Pcnen.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-03}} Montenegro brought to trial six former Yugoslav People's Army soldiers, who were guards at the camp, for war crimes.{{cite web|author=adriaticmedia |url=http://www.net.hr/vijesti/page/2007/11/05/0593006.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070618061028/http://www.net.hr/vijesti/page/2007/11/05/0593006.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-06-18 |title=Case of Morinj Camp Still in Waiting |publisher=Net.hr |date= |accessdate=2014-01-03 }} On May 15, 2010 the court brought down its ruling, finding all six men guilty and delivering prison sentences between one and a half to four years.{{cite web|author=Foto: Arhiva VL/Reuters |url=http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/osudeni-pripadnici-bivse-ja-zbog-mucenja-zarobljenika-clanak-140994 |title=Osuđeni pripadnici bivše JA zbog mučenja zarobljenika |publisher=Vecernji.hr |date= |accessdate=2014-01-03}}

A documentary film about the camp was made by Montenegrin author Marko Stojanović.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719011643/http://www.lpcg.org/detail.php?module=2&news_id=745 :.. Liberalna Partija Crne Gore :]