Da: "icdsm-italia\@libero\.it"
Data: Mar 16 ago 2005 14:58:57 Europe/Rome
A: "icdsm-italia" <icdsm-italia @ yahoogroups.com>
Oggetto: [icdsm-italia] ICDSM: Protest the attack on President
Milosevic's defence in Germany!
[In seguito alla azione repressiva intrapresa dalla Polizia
finanziaria federale tedesca contro l'ICDSM (vedi:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/icdsm-italia/message/191) si è
determinata una situazione di sostanziale paralisi del finanziamento
per la Difesa di Milosevic. La gravità della situazione impone uno
sforzo straordinario di sottoscrizione, per il quale l'ICDSM da'
indicazione di fare riferimento ai conti correnti aperti in Italia ed
in Svizzera (vedi sotto).
Nel messaggio che segue, la situazione viene spiegata nel dettaglio
sotto il profilo legale, descrivendo quali sono le disposizioni UE
prese a pretesto dallo Stato tedesco per colpire la campagna di
autofinanziamento, e chiarendo come il blocco del conto corrente già
attivo in Germania sia assolutamente illegittimo.]
Da: Vladimir Krsljanin
Data: Dom 14 ago 2005 23:31:28 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: ICDSM: Protest the attack on President Milosevic's defence in
Germany!
**************************************************************
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)
**************************************************************
14 August 2005 Special Circular
**************************************************************
Protest the attack on President Milosevic's defence in Germany!
Dear friends,
The situation caused by the attack of the German financial authorities
on the German Section of ICDSM, has not been changed yet, paralyzing
the fundraising activity of high importance for the normal functioning
of the coworkers of President Milosevic at The Hague in the final
stage of presentation of his case. The attack is in apparent violation
of the basic right to defense, so we call upon you to send your
protest letters to the German authorities in charge:
Amtsgericht Darmstadt
Mathildenplatz 12 (Gebaeude B)
D-64283 Darmstadt
Germany
Fax: +49-6151-12-6455
and
Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz
Postfach 100764
D-67433 Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Germany
Fax: +49-6321-894-938
e-mail: poststelle@...
reffering to the case "Ermittlungsverfahren E 5084/04-515".
As you already know, on July 19, 2005, the customs police
(Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz apparently acting on behalf of the
Federal Ministry of Finance), searched the apartment of Peter
Betscher, ICDSM member in charge of finance, seized his computer,
files and documents and frozen the bank account. The lawyer,
representing Peter Betscher, has requested access to records, which
until now has been refused by the Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz.
In September 2003 the funds collected by the German Section of ICDSM
for the defence of President Milosevic were once already been frozen
by a German bank on the basis of a circular letter issued by the same
Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz.
It must be noted that the Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz is now
demonstrating a surprising disregard of previous rulings by organs of
the German judiciary:
In another case the prosecutor of a German regional court
(Generalstaatsanwalt des Oberlandesgerichts Frankfurt; ref.: 6 Js
GStA612/03) held, that collecting donations in order to cover the
defence costs of Mr. Milosevic can from no point of view be considered
as punishable.
When in 2003 the German branch of ICDSM took legal action against the
bank which had frozen the ICDSM funds, a German local court
(Amtsgericht Darmstadt; ref.: 300 C 393/03) decided as follows:
"Furthermore the reference made by the defendant to the Commission
Regulation (EC) 1205/2001 does not seem sufficient to the court. On
the one hand it is already questionable, whether in view of its
content the regulation would apply to the case concerned, as it
stipulates that such funds and financial means should be frozen, which
belong to Mr. Milosevic or persons associated with him. In view of the
court this does not apply to collecting funds destined for a defence,
as it is assumed that the issue is about a legal assistance fund and
not about handing over the funds to Slobodan Milosevic. According to
basic principles of the rule of law every person has the right to have
a proper defence in a criminal court, so that as a matter of principal
there is no objection to collecting donations for a person who until
found guilty has to be assumed innocent."
On the basis of this decision the funds were released.
The German state action against the defence of President Milosevic is
allegedly based on EC Regulations imposing a "freeze of funds in
relation to Mr Milosevic and those persons associated with him":
Council Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000 of 10 November 2000 -
http://europa.eu.int/eur-ex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000R2488:EN:HTML
revised by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2001 of 19 June 2001
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32001R1205:EN:HTML
Already a basic common sense, but more than that, the valid court
decisions show that these EC regulations can in no way be used to
justify a violation of a fundamental human right - the right of every
person to have a proper defence in a criminal court.
Please send the protest letters to the addresses above in order to end
as soon as possible this completely illegal situation and to enable
our German members to continue in normal way the fundraising activity.
Please contact us in order to find together the best way to bridge the
current unbearable situation, that endangers the normal work at The Hague.
I thank Klaus von Raussendorff, the secretary of the German ICDSM for
providing the accurate information about the issue.
Vladimir Krsljanin,
Secretary of the ICDSM,
Foreign Relations Assistant to President Milosevic
*************************************************************
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 @ freenet.de
Phone: +49 172 7566 014
Vladimir Krsljanin (ICDSM Secretary) E-mail: slobodavk @ yubc.net
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)
==========================
ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
c/o GAMADI, Via L. Da Vinci 27
00043 Ciampino (Roma)
tel/fax +39-06-4828957
email: icdsm-italia @ libero.it
*** CONTRIBUISCI E FAI CONTRIBUIRE:
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC ***
NUOVO INDIRIZZO INTERNET:
http://www.pasti.org/linkmilo.html
IL TESTO IN LINGUA ITALIANA DELLA AUTODIFESA DI MILOSEVIC, IN CORSO
DI REVISIONE E CORREZIONE, E' TEMPORANEAMENTE OSPITATO ALLA PAGINA:
https://www.cnj.it/documentazione/autodifesa04.htm
LE TRASCRIZIONI "UFFICIALI" DEL "PROCESSO" SI TROVANO AI SITI:
http://www.un.org/icty/transe54/transe54.htm (IN ENGLISH)
http://www.un.org/icty/transf54/transf54.htm (EN FRANCAIS)
==========================
Data: Mar 16 ago 2005 14:58:57 Europe/Rome
A: "icdsm-italia" <icdsm-italia @ yahoogroups.com>
Oggetto: [icdsm-italia] ICDSM: Protest the attack on President
Milosevic's defence in Germany!
[In seguito alla azione repressiva intrapresa dalla Polizia
finanziaria federale tedesca contro l'ICDSM (vedi:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/icdsm-italia/message/191) si è
determinata una situazione di sostanziale paralisi del finanziamento
per la Difesa di Milosevic. La gravità della situazione impone uno
sforzo straordinario di sottoscrizione, per il quale l'ICDSM da'
indicazione di fare riferimento ai conti correnti aperti in Italia ed
in Svizzera (vedi sotto).
Nel messaggio che segue, la situazione viene spiegata nel dettaglio
sotto il profilo legale, descrivendo quali sono le disposizioni UE
prese a pretesto dallo Stato tedesco per colpire la campagna di
autofinanziamento, e chiarendo come il blocco del conto corrente già
attivo in Germania sia assolutamente illegittimo.]
Da: Vladimir Krsljanin
Data: Dom 14 ago 2005 23:31:28 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: ICDSM: Protest the attack on President Milosevic's defence in
Germany!
**************************************************************
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)
**************************************************************
14 August 2005 Special Circular
**************************************************************
Protest the attack on President Milosevic's defence in Germany!
Dear friends,
The situation caused by the attack of the German financial authorities
on the German Section of ICDSM, has not been changed yet, paralyzing
the fundraising activity of high importance for the normal functioning
of the coworkers of President Milosevic at The Hague in the final
stage of presentation of his case. The attack is in apparent violation
of the basic right to defense, so we call upon you to send your
protest letters to the German authorities in charge:
Amtsgericht Darmstadt
Mathildenplatz 12 (Gebaeude B)
D-64283 Darmstadt
Germany
Fax: +49-6151-12-6455
and
Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz
Postfach 100764
D-67433 Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Germany
Fax: +49-6321-894-938
e-mail: poststelle@...
reffering to the case "Ermittlungsverfahren E 5084/04-515".
As you already know, on July 19, 2005, the customs police
(Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz apparently acting on behalf of the
Federal Ministry of Finance), searched the apartment of Peter
Betscher, ICDSM member in charge of finance, seized his computer,
files and documents and frozen the bank account. The lawyer,
representing Peter Betscher, has requested access to records, which
until now has been refused by the Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz.
In September 2003 the funds collected by the German Section of ICDSM
for the defence of President Milosevic were once already been frozen
by a German bank on the basis of a circular letter issued by the same
Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz.
It must be noted that the Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz is now
demonstrating a surprising disregard of previous rulings by organs of
the German judiciary:
In another case the prosecutor of a German regional court
(Generalstaatsanwalt des Oberlandesgerichts Frankfurt; ref.: 6 Js
GStA612/03) held, that collecting donations in order to cover the
defence costs of Mr. Milosevic can from no point of view be considered
as punishable.
When in 2003 the German branch of ICDSM took legal action against the
bank which had frozen the ICDSM funds, a German local court
(Amtsgericht Darmstadt; ref.: 300 C 393/03) decided as follows:
"Furthermore the reference made by the defendant to the Commission
Regulation (EC) 1205/2001 does not seem sufficient to the court. On
the one hand it is already questionable, whether in view of its
content the regulation would apply to the case concerned, as it
stipulates that such funds and financial means should be frozen, which
belong to Mr. Milosevic or persons associated with him. In view of the
court this does not apply to collecting funds destined for a defence,
as it is assumed that the issue is about a legal assistance fund and
not about handing over the funds to Slobodan Milosevic. According to
basic principles of the rule of law every person has the right to have
a proper defence in a criminal court, so that as a matter of principal
there is no objection to collecting donations for a person who until
found guilty has to be assumed innocent."
On the basis of this decision the funds were released.
The German state action against the defence of President Milosevic is
allegedly based on EC Regulations imposing a "freeze of funds in
relation to Mr Milosevic and those persons associated with him":
Council Regulation (EC) No 2488/2000 of 10 November 2000 -
http://europa.eu.int/eur-ex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000R2488:EN:HTML
revised by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2001 of 19 June 2001
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32001R1205:EN:HTML
Already a basic common sense, but more than that, the valid court
decisions show that these EC regulations can in no way be used to
justify a violation of a fundamental human right - the right of every
person to have a proper defence in a criminal court.
Please send the protest letters to the addresses above in order to end
as soon as possible this completely illegal situation and to enable
our German members to continue in normal way the fundraising activity.
Please contact us in order to find together the best way to bridge the
current unbearable situation, that endangers the normal work at The Hague.
I thank Klaus von Raussendorff, the secretary of the German ICDSM for
providing the accurate information about the issue.
Vladimir Krsljanin,
Secretary of the ICDSM,
Foreign Relations Assistant to President Milosevic
*************************************************************
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 @ freenet.de
Phone: +49 172 7566 014
Vladimir Krsljanin (ICDSM Secretary) E-mail: slobodavk @ yubc.net
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)
==========================
ICDSM - Sezione Italiana
c/o GAMADI, Via L. Da Vinci 27
00043 Ciampino (Roma)
tel/fax +39-06-4828957
email: icdsm-italia @ libero.it
*** CONTRIBUISCI E FAI CONTRIBUIRE:
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC ***
NUOVO INDIRIZZO INTERNET:
http://www.pasti.org/linkmilo.html
IL TESTO IN LINGUA ITALIANA DELLA AUTODIFESA DI MILOSEVIC, IN CORSO
DI REVISIONE E CORREZIONE, E' TEMPORANEAMENTE OSPITATO ALLA PAGINA:
https://www.cnj.it/documentazione/autodifesa04.htm
LE TRASCRIZIONI "UFFICIALI" DEL "PROCESSO" SI TROVANO AI SITI:
http://www.un.org/icty/transe54/transe54.htm (IN ENGLISH)
http://www.un.org/icty/transf54/transf54.htm (EN FRANCAIS)
==========================