A Croatian political study published in early 2019 , using empirical research testing public attitudes towards contentious political symbols , found that in Croatian society " ... from 2016 to 2018 the proclivity to ban the local fascist slogan '' For the Homeland Ready '' significantly increased to 50 % , as a sign of growing criticism and aversion . ( ... ) Nevertheless , when we move to discussion on recent violent history , relative majority of 47 % of citizens advocates preservation of the Homeland War monuments that contain the fascist slogan '' For the Homeland Ready '' . " The authors further opined " when this slogan is used as a part of commemoration of the soldiers who fought in the Homeland War , it is impossible to separate the positive value of patriotic struggle for Croatia ’s independence from revisionist acceptance of the legacy of fascist NDH and the persecution of the Serbian minority as a legitimate political goal . " Constitutional court of Republic of Croatia has in at least two separate occasions ( May and December 2016 ) upheld the decisions of lower courts ruling that individuals who used the salute have committed an offense against the public order and have incited to hatred ( similarly to the concept of '' Volksverhetzung '' in German law ) . Due to his chant at a football stadium , Josip Šimunić was sentenced for " incitement to hatred based on racial , ethnic and religious grounds , as the salute was used in NDH and is a manifestation of racist ideology . " This was also the opinion of the High Misdemeanor Court of Croatia , which ruled that those using the salute " expressed unacceptable political ideas , upon which Republic of Croatia as a ( ... ) democratic country is not based . " In December 2016 , state administration office in Varaždin refused to verify and register CDF veterans ' organization statute and emblem due to its emblem containing the salute . Administration office ruled that it is " an established fact that the salute ... was used as an official salute of the totalitarian regime of the Independent State of Croatia and , as such , is rooted as a symbol of racist ideology , expressing contempt for other people due to their religious and ethnic identity and trivialising crimes against humanity " . The office found the salute to be in violation of Croatian Constitution and the Law on Association
persecution of the Serbian minority
Persecution of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia
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