Angles on deteriorating situation in Serbia/Kosovo

[Ivo Skoric]

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> 
> Hello everyone. I think for the beginning you can
send letters to faxes the Serbian embassies and
consulates in your countries, and also you can send it
to some faxes here:  President of Republic Serbia Dr.
Vojislav Kostunica fax:+381 11 3617-609
>.
>  
> Fax letters of support to the Serbia-Montenegro
> consulates in your
> areas, or to the Ambassador of Serbia-Montenegro in
> Washington, DC.
>  
> And, Stasa also gives us below faxes to go to the
> President of Serbia
> and to the legislature.
>  
> Please let Stasa know you are sending a letter.
> (stasazen at EUnet.yu)
>  
> Here is some suggested wording:
>  
> Best to you all,
>  
> MJ Aagerstoun
> WIB West Palm Beach
>  
> Dear [Ambassador ---; Mr/Ms ___ (consul general);
> President ___]
>  
> We wholeheartedly support our Women in Black sisters
> who [will be; have]
> demonstrating (ed) in Belgrade, calling for repeal 
> of the recent legislation passed by the Serbian
> parliament which
> provides Serb war crimes suspects in The Hague with
> the right to apply
> for financial aid from the state for their defense
> and families' travel
> expenses.
>  
> For your information, we include here the complete
> text of Women in
> Black, Belgrade's public statement. We hope you will
> convey to the
> Foreign Minister of your country and to the leaders
> in the Serbian
> parliament that this act by elected representatives
> to provide funds to
> support accused war criminals' defense with tax
> monies is acquiring a
> very high public awareness profile internationally. 
>  
> Here is the text of Women in Black, Belgrade's
> statement:
>  
>  
> Public Announcement
> On the occasion of the law regarding the rights of
> those accused before
> the Hague Tribunal and members of their families
>  
>  
> The citizens of Serbia are once again humiliated.
> Yesterday, the
> National Parliament of Serbia decided that it is
> obligatory to pay the
> defense expenses of the accused war criminals now
> before the Hague
> Tribunal, as well as the telephone bills and travel
> expenses of their
> families.  
>  
> Workers, officers, professors and doctors, who,
> thanks to the
> destructive political regime of Slobodan Milosevic
> survived a decade of
> inflation and scarcity, now have to pay the
> telephone bills of Mirjana
> Markovic. Mothers of dead soldiers, those who died
> in some of the wars
> instigated by Milosevic, Seselj, and other false
> patriots, now have to
> pay the travel expenses of Marko Milosevic, the
> famous hero from
> Pozarevac who proved his bravery by beating the
> town's citizens.  
>  
> In this humiliation, there is something more tragic:
> it became clear
> that the improvised parliamentary majority based
> yesterday's humiliation
> of Serbia on the non-acknowledgement and
> relativization of crimes
> committed by Milosevic and his collaborators during
> the decade of his
> government's rule. The victims of crime, however,
> were not only citizens
> of Serbia, but-in higher measure-also citizens of
> neighboring countries,
> who personally experienced Milosevic's version of
> Serbian heroism.   
>  
> The time has arrived to remember one tragic date: On
> April 6th of this
> year, it will be twelve years since the beginning of
> the aggression
> against Bosnia and Herzegovina, marked by tragic
> crimes which were
> committed by every side (but in highest measure by
> the one claiming to
> be fighting for Serbian interests). One of those
> most responsible for
> the war in BiH, Slobodan Milosevic, experienced this
> satisfaction: the
> civilians of the country which his war adventures
> shamed, disgraced, and
> contaminated, in the future will have to pay dues to
> his family. His
> collaborators and followers who were involved in
> horrible crimes

> definitely promote themselves as war heroes.
>  
> Democratic and civil Serbia is shamed, and sends
> this notice to
> lawmakers: there is no such history that will set
> right your shameful
> act of March 30th, 2004. We will still strive for
> the timely extradition
> of every accused war criminal. And we will still be
> in opposition to the
> non-acknowledgement and relativization of crimes.
>  
>  
>  
> Belgrade, 3/31/2004. 
> 
> Women in Black, Belgrade
> 
> Thank you for your attention to this matter.
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> [your name, your group's name, etc.]
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