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[Alexander Zinoviev (noto saggista russo) e Velko Valkanov,
co-presidenti dell'ICDSM, hanno inviato lettere di protesta per il
tentativo in atto, da parte del "Tribunale ad hoc", di forzare il
ritmo del "processo": scopo del "Tribunale" è far concludere il
"processo" prima possibile, costringendo l'imputato, troppo malato di
cuore per poter sostenere ritmi superiori a quelli attuali, a non
poter presenziare alle sedute...]
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
ICDSM Sofia-New York-Moscow www.icdsm.org
**************************************************************
Velko Valkanov, Ramsey Clark, Alexander Zinoviev (Co-Chairmen), Klaus
Hartmann (Chairman of the Board), Vladimir Krsljanin (Secretary),
Christopher Black (Chair, Legal Committee), Tiphaine Dickson (Legal
Spokesperson)
**************************************************************
26 July 2005 Special Circular
**************************************************************
STATEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN COMMITTEE TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
Defense part of the process against Slobodan Milosevic before the ICTY
at The Hague confirms the total lack of ground of the indictment.
Testimonies of the defense witnesses convincingly prove the innocence
of the former President of Yugoslavia and expose the mechanism of
fabrication of the allegations against Slobodan Milosevic himself and
against Yugoslavia, Serbia and Serbian people.
There were already several attempts to avoid the debacle of the
process: introducing the exhausting prison regime, deprivation of
conditions and documents necessary for preparation of defense,
attempts to conduct proceedings in absentia of the accused and many
others. However, all these attempts couldn't reverse the situation in
favor of the Prosecution. It seems apparent that the only way out for
the ICTY is to achieve again a sharp deterioration of the health of
Slobodan Milosevic. Exactly such a move is being prepared now.
Several days ago the tribunal decided to make a new medical check-up
of Slobodan Milosevic with the aim to determine possibilities to
increase the number of the court proceedings days (from three in a
week to four or even five) and to increase the number of hours of
their lasting. As it is known, the present rhythm of the proceedings
and of their lasting were determined by the physicians'
recommendations based on the health condition of the defendant, who is
in his fifth year of imprisonment. Proposed changes of that rhythm
would inevitably lead to a sharp deterioration of the health of
Slobodan Milosevic and by that, as the tribunal expects, his
successful defense would be finally broken. The new medical
examination, ordered by the tribunal, has one more goal. Last year,
one of the attempts to prevent the debacle of the process, was the
imposition of counsel on Slobodan Milosevic against his will.
Rationale for that was the ICTY's claim of "inability of the accused
to conduct his own defense due to his health condition". Under
pressure of the international public, the tribunal was forced to
return to Slobodan Milosevic the right to defend himself in person,
but . "until his health condition allows". Consequently, the
stabilization of the health of Slobodan Milosevic does not suit the
tribunal, which is fundamentally interested to replace Slobodan
Milosevic with the imposed counsel.
Manipulations with the health of a political prisoner can only be
denounced. The Russian Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic strongly
condemns the new attempt to undermine the health of the former Head of
the Yugoslav state and declares that exactly such attempts make the
proceedings against Slobodan Milosevic a blatant political farce.
Moscow, 26 July 2005 Chairman of the Committee
Alexander Zinoviev
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Judge Theodore Meron, President
Judge Patrick Robinson, President of Trial Chamber III
ICTY
Churchillplein 1
2517JW The Hague
Netherlands
Dear Sir,
According to (confirmed) media reports, the Hague "Trial Chamber"
dealing with President Milosevic, ordered the Tribunal appointed
cardiologist to report by the beginning of August whether President
Milosevic is able to stand more than three trial days (of about five
working hours each) per week, which is the present working rhythm in
the proceedings.
More concretely, the "judges" ask the doctor about three
possibilities: a) more working days in a week; b) more working hours
in a day; or, at least, c) more working days in two out of four weeks
in a month.
It is clear even to a non-professional that the medical condition of
President Milosevic, suffering from acute hypertension that has
already produced a grave damage to his heart, cannot improve after
four years in prison and three and a half years of the proceedings. In
this sense, the present order of the "Trial Chamber" causes serious
concern.
With the power of truth, President Milosevic and his witnesses blow up
not only the false indictment but the whole concept of destruction,
aggression and colonisation in the Balkans, based on the demonisation
of the Serbs, exposing its creators and perpetrators.
This can be seen as an international attempt to imperil the life of
President Milosevic or at least to revive the Damocles' sword of the
"assigned counsel" (still sitting in the courtroom and playing the
well paid role of "defence" with occasional remarks added here and
there to the brilliant conduct of self-defence by President Milosevic)
and thus to silence the truth.
Naturally, a trial should not be protracted. But in no case should it
be hurried, either, at the expense of the defendant's health. I will
also permit myself to recall that the Tribunal was in no hurry when
the witnesses for the prosecution were heard.
I insistently ask not only for juridical but also for humane attitude
to the defendant who - according to the rules of penal law - is innocent.
Sofia, 25 July 2005
Yours respectfully,
Prof. Dr. Velko Valkanov
Co-Chairman of the International Committee
in Defence of Slobodan Milosevic
******************************************************************
Send the protest letters to the 'Tribunal' and to the UN Security
Council and react in other ways.
Secure with your urgent donations that the struggle for truth goes on
until victory!
Addresses:
Judge Theodor Meron, President
Judge Patrick Robinson, President of the Trial Chamber III
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Churchillplein 1
2517JW The Hague
Netherlands
Fax: +31 70 512 8637
H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima,
Japan Presidency of the UN Security Council (August 2005)
mission@u...
*************************************************************
*************************************************************
URGENT FUNDRAISING APPEAL
******************************
President Milosevic has the truth and law on his side. In order to use
that advantage to achieve his freedom, we must fight this totally
discredited tribunal and its patrons through professionally conducted
actions which would involve the Bar Associations, the European Court,
the UN organs in charge and the media.
Our practice has shown that ad hoc voluntary work is not enough to
deal properly with these tasks. The funds secured in Serbia are still
enough only to cover the expenses of the stay and work of President
Milosevic's legal associates at The Hague (one at the time). The funds
secured by the German section of the ICDSM (still the only one with
regular contributions) are enough only to cover minimal additional
work at The Hague connected with contacts and preparations of foreign
witnesses. Everything else is lacking.
These days, the fundraising activity of the German section was a
target of a groundless attack of the customs police in Germany. This
makes the need for your extraordinary effort dramaticaly urgent!
***********************************************************
3000-5000 EUR per month is our imminent need.
Our history and our people oblige us to go on with this necessary
action. But without these funds it will not be possible.
Please organize urgently the fundraising activity
and send the donations to the following ICDSM account:
Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität (VIS)
4000 Basel, Switzerland
PC 40-493646-5
or to the account of the Italian section of the ICDSM:
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC
************************************************************
All of your donations will be used for legal and other necessary
accompanying activities, on instruction or with the consent of
President Milosevic. To obtain additional information on the use of
your donations or to obtain additional advice on the most efficient
way to submit your donations or to make bank transfers, please do not
hesitate to contact us:
Peter Betscher (ICDSM Treasurer) E-mail: peter_betscher@f...
Phone: +49 172 7566 014
Vladimir Krsljanin (ICDSM Secretary) E-mail: slobodavk@y...
Phone: +381 63 8862 301
***************************************************************
For truth and human rights against aggression!
Freedom for Slobodan Milosevic!
Freedom and equality for people!
On behalf of Sloboda and ICDSM,
Vladimir Krsljanin,
Foreign Relations Assistant to President Milosevic
*************************************************************
SLOBODA urgently needs your donation.
Please find the detailed instructions at:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/pomoc.htm
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/ (Sloboda/Freedom association)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.free-slobo.de/ (German section of ICDSM)
http://www.free-slobo-uk.org/ (CDSM UK)
http://www.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
http://www.pasti.org/milodif.htm (ICDSM Italy)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan antiNATO center)
--- Fine messaggio inoltrato ---
[Alexander Zinoviev (noto saggista russo) e Velko Valkanov,
co-presidenti dell'ICDSM, hanno inviato lettere di protesta per il
tentativo in atto, da parte del "Tribunale ad hoc", di forzare il
ritmo del "processo": scopo del "Tribunale" è far concludere il
"processo" prima possibile, costringendo l'imputato, troppo malato di
cuore per poter sostenere ritmi superiori a quelli attuali, a non
poter presenziare alle sedute...]
**************************************************************
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
ICDSM Sofia-New York-Moscow www.icdsm.org
**************************************************************
Velko Valkanov, Ramsey Clark, Alexander Zinoviev (Co-Chairmen), Klaus
Hartmann (Chairman of the Board), Vladimir Krsljanin (Secretary),
Christopher Black (Chair, Legal Committee), Tiphaine Dickson (Legal
Spokesperson)
**************************************************************
26 July 2005 Special Circular
**************************************************************
STATEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN COMMITTEE TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
Defense part of the process against Slobodan Milosevic before the ICTY
at The Hague confirms the total lack of ground of the indictment.
Testimonies of the defense witnesses convincingly prove the innocence
of the former President of Yugoslavia and expose the mechanism of
fabrication of the allegations against Slobodan Milosevic himself and
against Yugoslavia, Serbia and Serbian people.
There were already several attempts to avoid the debacle of the
process: introducing the exhausting prison regime, deprivation of
conditions and documents necessary for preparation of defense,
attempts to conduct proceedings in absentia of the accused and many
others. However, all these attempts couldn't reverse the situation in
favor of the Prosecution. It seems apparent that the only way out for
the ICTY is to achieve again a sharp deterioration of the health of
Slobodan Milosevic. Exactly such a move is being prepared now.
Several days ago the tribunal decided to make a new medical check-up
of Slobodan Milosevic with the aim to determine possibilities to
increase the number of the court proceedings days (from three in a
week to four or even five) and to increase the number of hours of
their lasting. As it is known, the present rhythm of the proceedings
and of their lasting were determined by the physicians'
recommendations based on the health condition of the defendant, who is
in his fifth year of imprisonment. Proposed changes of that rhythm
would inevitably lead to a sharp deterioration of the health of
Slobodan Milosevic and by that, as the tribunal expects, his
successful defense would be finally broken. The new medical
examination, ordered by the tribunal, has one more goal. Last year,
one of the attempts to prevent the debacle of the process, was the
imposition of counsel on Slobodan Milosevic against his will.
Rationale for that was the ICTY's claim of "inability of the accused
to conduct his own defense due to his health condition". Under
pressure of the international public, the tribunal was forced to
return to Slobodan Milosevic the right to defend himself in person,
but . "until his health condition allows". Consequently, the
stabilization of the health of Slobodan Milosevic does not suit the
tribunal, which is fundamentally interested to replace Slobodan
Milosevic with the imposed counsel.
Manipulations with the health of a political prisoner can only be
denounced. The Russian Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic strongly
condemns the new attempt to undermine the health of the former Head of
the Yugoslav state and declares that exactly such attempts make the
proceedings against Slobodan Milosevic a blatant political farce.
Moscow, 26 July 2005 Chairman of the Committee
Alexander Zinoviev
********************************************************************
Judge Theodore Meron, President
Judge Patrick Robinson, President of Trial Chamber III
ICTY
Churchillplein 1
2517JW The Hague
Netherlands
Dear Sir,
According to (confirmed) media reports, the Hague "Trial Chamber"
dealing with President Milosevic, ordered the Tribunal appointed
cardiologist to report by the beginning of August whether President
Milosevic is able to stand more than three trial days (of about five
working hours each) per week, which is the present working rhythm in
the proceedings.
More concretely, the "judges" ask the doctor about three
possibilities: a) more working days in a week; b) more working hours
in a day; or, at least, c) more working days in two out of four weeks
in a month.
It is clear even to a non-professional that the medical condition of
President Milosevic, suffering from acute hypertension that has
already produced a grave damage to his heart, cannot improve after
four years in prison and three and a half years of the proceedings. In
this sense, the present order of the "Trial Chamber" causes serious
concern.
With the power of truth, President Milosevic and his witnesses blow up
not only the false indictment but the whole concept of destruction,
aggression and colonisation in the Balkans, based on the demonisation
of the Serbs, exposing its creators and perpetrators.
This can be seen as an international attempt to imperil the life of
President Milosevic or at least to revive the Damocles' sword of the
"assigned counsel" (still sitting in the courtroom and playing the
well paid role of "defence" with occasional remarks added here and
there to the brilliant conduct of self-defence by President Milosevic)
and thus to silence the truth.
Naturally, a trial should not be protracted. But in no case should it
be hurried, either, at the expense of the defendant's health. I will
also permit myself to recall that the Tribunal was in no hurry when
the witnesses for the prosecution were heard.
I insistently ask not only for juridical but also for humane attitude
to the defendant who - according to the rules of penal law - is innocent.
Sofia, 25 July 2005
Yours respectfully,
Prof. Dr. Velko Valkanov
Co-Chairman of the International Committee
in Defence of Slobodan Milosevic
******************************************************************
Send the protest letters to the 'Tribunal' and to the UN Security
Council and react in other ways.
Secure with your urgent donations that the struggle for truth goes on
until victory!
Addresses:
Judge Theodor Meron, President
Judge Patrick Robinson, President of the Trial Chamber III
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Churchillplein 1
2517JW The Hague
Netherlands
Fax: +31 70 512 8637
H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima,
Japan Presidency of the UN Security Council (August 2005)
mission@u...
*************************************************************
*************************************************************
URGENT FUNDRAISING APPEAL
******************************
President Milosevic has the truth and law on his side. In order to use
that advantage to achieve his freedom, we must fight this totally
discredited tribunal and its patrons through professionally conducted
actions which would involve the Bar Associations, the European Court,
the UN organs in charge and the media.
Our practice has shown that ad hoc voluntary work is not enough to
deal properly with these tasks. The funds secured in Serbia are still
enough only to cover the expenses of the stay and work of President
Milosevic's legal associates at The Hague (one at the time). The funds
secured by the German section of the ICDSM (still the only one with
regular contributions) are enough only to cover minimal additional
work at The Hague connected with contacts and preparations of foreign
witnesses. Everything else is lacking.
These days, the fundraising activity of the German section was a
target of a groundless attack of the customs police in Germany. This
makes the need for your extraordinary effort dramaticaly urgent!
***********************************************************
3000-5000 EUR per month is our imminent need.
Our history and our people oblige us to go on with this necessary
action. But without these funds it will not be possible.
Please organize urgently the fundraising activity
and send the donations to the following ICDSM account:
Vereinigung für Internationale Solidarität (VIS)
4000 Basel, Switzerland
PC 40-493646-5
or to the account of the Italian section of the ICDSM:
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC
************************************************************
All of your donations will be used for legal and other necessary
accompanying activities, on instruction or with the consent of
President Milosevic. To obtain additional information on the use of
your donations or to obtain additional advice on the most efficient
way to submit your donations or to make bank transfers, please do not
hesitate to contact us:
Peter Betscher (ICDSM Treasurer) E-mail: peter_betscher@f...
Phone: +49 172 7566 014
Vladimir Krsljanin (ICDSM Secretary) E-mail: slobodavk@y...
Phone: +381 63 8862 301
***************************************************************
For truth and human rights against aggression!
Freedom for Slobodan Milosevic!
Freedom and equality for people!
On behalf of Sloboda and ICDSM,
Vladimir Krsljanin,
Foreign Relations Assistant to President Milosevic
*************************************************************
SLOBODA urgently needs your donation.
Please find the detailed instructions at:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/pomoc.htm
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/ (Sloboda/Freedom association)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.free-slobo.de/ (German section of ICDSM)
http://www.free-slobo-uk.org/ (CDSM UK)
http://www.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
http://www.pasti.org/milodif.htm (ICDSM Italy)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan antiNATO center)
--- Fine messaggio inoltrato ---