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Oggetto: [icdsm-italia] Communique of the Russian National Committee to
Defend Slobodan Milosevic
http://www.icdsm.org/more/russia1202.htm
COMMUNIQUE OF THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
At The Hague, in the NATO’s “Tribunal” for the former Yugoslavia,
unscrupulous violence is continuing, not only against Slobodan
Milosevic but also against the very notion of international judiciary.
President Milosevic has been banned from contacting with the outside
world, once more and for another month’s extension, under the pretext
of him being able to influence the circumstances in Serbia. This is an
absurd pretence, because nobody has ever deprived President Milosevic
of his unalienable political rights. In accordance with the principle
of the presumption of innocence, he is innocent until a court has
proved otherwise.
In full view of everybody, the proceedings at The Hague are a fiasco on
account of the utter lack of any evidence to support the accusations
against Slobodan Milosevic. But this is precisely the reason why the
repression is intensifying. They are trying to bury him alive in
prison.
Already for more than three months the “Tribunal” has been blocking the
visits to President Milosevic by his friends, Party colleagues,
representatives of the organizations that support him. His telephone
contacts with the outside world have been banned. And the visitation
time for the members of his family, instead of 15 days a month as for
all other detainees, has stuck to three days – only for Slobodan
Milosevic, ever since the first day of his stay in prison.
And this is just a part of the measures that drastically abridge his
rights and that are not applied to other detainees. It is insufficient
for the “Tribunal” to make its own “rules” (which is otherwise in
contravention of the generally accepted principles of law), it even
breaks them by itself.
The grueling everyday court sessions have undermined the health of
Slobodan Milosevic. However, the “Tribunal” refuses to provide him with
medical treatment in a specialized clinic. The “Tribunal” covers up
information on the health condition of President Milosevic and it bans
the physicians visiting him from publishing the results of their
examinations. Recently, the proceedings were interrupted again because
of the illness of Slobodan Milosevic, but they have resumed before he
was restored to health. At the same time, a previous decision made at
the request of the physicians, to reduce the duration of the court
sittings, has been violated.
Soon President Milosevic will begin to present his case to accuse NATO
of war crimes. The “Tribunal” is doing everything to prevent him in
this. The huge bureaucratic machinery of the “Tribunal” (more than
1,000 people) took four years to write up hundreds of volumes of lies.
And Slobodan Milosevic is supposed to get prepared alone, in a prison
cell, with the tightest restrictions in contacting witnesses for the
Defense, in just three months in order to refute gigantic deposits of
slander presented.
We condemn the refusal of the “Tribunal” to allot Slobodan Milosevic
sufficient time to prepare his defense, as an open violation of
equality of arms principle in court proceedings and as an admission of
the “Tribunal” to being afraid of the Accused.
We most categorically condemn the continuation of keeping President
Milosevic in custody even after the Indictment ended in failure, as
well as the cruel measures that impose on him the isolation from the
outside world and represent a criminal threat to his health and his
life.
We call upon the UN and the organizations for the protection of human
rights and justice to get involved without delay, in order to prevent
settling up with a political prisoner. The institution operating at The
Hague is no international tribunal whatsoever – it is a lynch law.
We demand Slobodan Milosevic to be released forthwith, because the
accusations against him have failed to be proven. He should be
urgently provided with medical treatment in a specialized cardiology
clinic.
In Moscow, 12 February 2004
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
Alexander Zinoviev
---
STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND TRUTH ABOUT THE SERBIAN PEOPLE AND
YUGOSLAVIA IS IN THE CRUCIAL PHASE. NATO AND ITS SERVICES IN BELGRADE
AND THE HAGUE HAVE NO INTEREST TO SUPPORT IT.
SO IT TOTALLY DEPENDS ON YOU!
A SMALL TEAM OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC'S ASSISTANTS, WHICH IS BECOMING
INTERNATIONAL, HAS TO HAVE CONDITIONS TO WORK AT THE HAGUE IN THE TIME
OF INTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE FINAL PRESENTATION OF TRUTH AND
DURING THAT PRESENTATION.
TO DONATE, PLEASE CONTACT SLOBODA OR THE NEAREST ICDSM BRANCH, OR
find the 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.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
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)
email: icdsm-italia@...
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC
Data: Mer 25 Feb 2004 11:32:24 Europe/Rome
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Oggetto: [icdsm-italia] Communique of the Russian National Committee to
Defend Slobodan Milosevic
http://www.icdsm.org/more/russia1202.htm
COMMUNIQUE OF THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
At The Hague, in the NATO’s “Tribunal” for the former Yugoslavia,
unscrupulous violence is continuing, not only against Slobodan
Milosevic but also against the very notion of international judiciary.
President Milosevic has been banned from contacting with the outside
world, once more and for another month’s extension, under the pretext
of him being able to influence the circumstances in Serbia. This is an
absurd pretence, because nobody has ever deprived President Milosevic
of his unalienable political rights. In accordance with the principle
of the presumption of innocence, he is innocent until a court has
proved otherwise.
In full view of everybody, the proceedings at The Hague are a fiasco on
account of the utter lack of any evidence to support the accusations
against Slobodan Milosevic. But this is precisely the reason why the
repression is intensifying. They are trying to bury him alive in
prison.
Already for more than three months the “Tribunal” has been blocking the
visits to President Milosevic by his friends, Party colleagues,
representatives of the organizations that support him. His telephone
contacts with the outside world have been banned. And the visitation
time for the members of his family, instead of 15 days a month as for
all other detainees, has stuck to three days – only for Slobodan
Milosevic, ever since the first day of his stay in prison.
And this is just a part of the measures that drastically abridge his
rights and that are not applied to other detainees. It is insufficient
for the “Tribunal” to make its own “rules” (which is otherwise in
contravention of the generally accepted principles of law), it even
breaks them by itself.
The grueling everyday court sessions have undermined the health of
Slobodan Milosevic. However, the “Tribunal” refuses to provide him with
medical treatment in a specialized clinic. The “Tribunal” covers up
information on the health condition of President Milosevic and it bans
the physicians visiting him from publishing the results of their
examinations. Recently, the proceedings were interrupted again because
of the illness of Slobodan Milosevic, but they have resumed before he
was restored to health. At the same time, a previous decision made at
the request of the physicians, to reduce the duration of the court
sittings, has been violated.
Soon President Milosevic will begin to present his case to accuse NATO
of war crimes. The “Tribunal” is doing everything to prevent him in
this. The huge bureaucratic machinery of the “Tribunal” (more than
1,000 people) took four years to write up hundreds of volumes of lies.
And Slobodan Milosevic is supposed to get prepared alone, in a prison
cell, with the tightest restrictions in contacting witnesses for the
Defense, in just three months in order to refute gigantic deposits of
slander presented.
We condemn the refusal of the “Tribunal” to allot Slobodan Milosevic
sufficient time to prepare his defense, as an open violation of
equality of arms principle in court proceedings and as an admission of
the “Tribunal” to being afraid of the Accused.
We most categorically condemn the continuation of keeping President
Milosevic in custody even after the Indictment ended in failure, as
well as the cruel measures that impose on him the isolation from the
outside world and represent a criminal threat to his health and his
life.
We call upon the UN and the organizations for the protection of human
rights and justice to get involved without delay, in order to prevent
settling up with a political prisoner. The institution operating at The
Hague is no international tribunal whatsoever – it is a lynch law.
We demand Slobodan Milosevic to be released forthwith, because the
accusations against him have failed to be proven. He should be
urgently provided with medical treatment in a specialized cardiology
clinic.
In Moscow, 12 February 2004
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
Alexander Zinoviev
---
STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND TRUTH ABOUT THE SERBIAN PEOPLE AND
YUGOSLAVIA IS IN THE CRUCIAL PHASE. NATO AND ITS SERVICES IN BELGRADE
AND THE HAGUE HAVE NO INTEREST TO SUPPORT IT.
SO IT TOTALLY DEPENDS ON YOU!
A SMALL TEAM OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC'S ASSISTANTS, WHICH IS BECOMING
INTERNATIONAL, HAS TO HAVE CONDITIONS TO WORK AT THE HAGUE IN THE TIME
OF INTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE FINAL PRESENTATION OF TRUTH AND
DURING THAT PRESENTATION.
TO DONATE, PLEASE CONTACT SLOBODA OR THE NEAREST ICDSM BRANCH, OR
find the 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.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
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)
email: icdsm-italia@...
Conto Corrente Postale numero 86557006
intestato ad Adolfo Amoroso, ROMA
causale: DIFESA MILOSEVIC