SPS Press Release

NOV. 26 2002 - PRESS RELEASE OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF SERBIA

CONTENTS:

(Preamble) APPEAL FROM SLOBODA ASSOCIATION (1) DECLARATION OF THE UPPER HOUSE OF THE YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT (2) OPEN LETTER TO VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA (3) APPEAL OF SERBIAN INTELLECTUALS (4) APPEAL OF SERBIAN LAW PROFESSORS (5) APPEAL OF SERBIAN PHYSICIANS (6) RESPOND FROM THE UNITED NATIONS (7) SLOBODA TO UNHCHR (8) BELGRADE FORUM APPEAL === SLOBODA: Last Week in Belgrade and Call for New Action Whatever action can be made against the attempted murder at The Hague, it has to be done now! After the Council of Republics, the upper house of the Yugoslav Parliament adopted The Declaration on Release of Slobodan Milosevic to be Cured in Yugoslavia (1), SLOBODA (Freedom) supported by the patriotic parties and organizations called on great peoples' rally "Freedom for Slobo" on November 19, day of the official visit to Belgrade of Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General. Despite the rally was called and prepared within couple of days, around 10.000 people gathered in Belgrade Republic Square. The speakers included Professor Velko Valkanov (Bulgaria), founder and Co-Chairman of the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic, Chairman of the Bulgarian Committee for Human Rights and of the Bulgarian Anti-Fascist Union, long time MP and once presidential candidate of Bulgarian Left, Dr Vojislav Seselj, actual presidential candidate of the re-united patriotic opposition in Serbia, Filaret, the Bishop of Milesheva, Kosta Bulatovic, leader of Kosovo Serbs movement from late 1980s, Dr Bosko Todorovic, writer and retired general, participant of 1943 Sutjeska battle, Dr Ljubodrag Duci Simonovic, famous basketball player and leftist activist, Slavica Djukic Dejanovic, University Professor of Medicine from Kragujevac, Milutin Lujo Danojlic, writer from Belgrade and Nada Lazarevic, writer from Podgorica. After the rally, the gathered people demonstrated in Belgrade streets and finished with new gathering in front of the Federation Palace, surrounded by strong police forces, where Kofi Annan was holding talks with Kostunica, Djindjic, Djukanovic and Covic. Speakers demanded that UN Secretary General receives delegation of the protest. The delegation (Bogoljub Bjelica, Chairman of Sloboda, Professor Velko Valkanov, ICDSM Co-Chairman, Igor Raicevic, Chairman of the Assembly of Sloboda) was later invited to the Palace and met by one of Kostunica's advisers who informed them that Mr. Annan and his associates have no time to see them, but the UN Office in Belgrade would receive their letter. After this unsatisfactory answer, the edge of the protest was redirected against Yugoslav authorities with a demand to fulfill their constitutional obligation and act in concrete terms in order to save life of President Milosevic and secure his return to the country. The protest ended with reading of Open letter to Vojislav Kostunica (2) and with announcement of further protests. The protest actions in Belgrade were supported by the most distinguished Serbian intellectuals (3), law professors (4) and professors of medicine (5), who, besides Sloboda, addressed Kofi Annan with their appeals and requested meetings. All these appeals remained unanswered. On the next day, November 20, the UN Public Inquiries Department from New York, returned to Sloboda, on behalf of Kofi Annan, a general-type answer (6) advising that concerns should either come for consideration to UN bodies from Yugoslav or some-other-country's Permanent Representative to UN or be solved by action of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello (Brazil), based in Geneva. Sloboda has immediately sent its preliminary appeal (7) to the High Commissioner. The Belgrade Forum has been the second (8). The other subjects and organizations from Yugoslavia will follow, trying to wake up sleeping, blinded or banned from action human rights committees, agencies and organizations. Pressure on Belgrade regime will continue. Pressure on main UN bodies - Security Council (and its Permanent Members in the first place), General Assembly and Secretary-General, with High Commissioner for Human Rights added, as most responsible to prevent a crime under UN auspices should also continue. LIFE OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC IS AT STAKE DUE TO RUTHLESS MURDEROUS BEHAVIOR OF CARLA DEL PONTE AND OTHER PROVEN HAGUE SERVANTS OF NATO WAR CRIMINALS. DURING THE NEXT WEEK (WEDNESDAY) THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL WILL FINISH COLLECTION OF THE ORDERED WRITTEN REPORTS OF THE DUTCH MEDICAL SPECIALISTS ON THE HEALTH OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC. DOCTORS OF NO OTHER NATIONALITY HAVE NOT YET BEEN PERMITTED TO SEE HIM. HIS KILLING LIFE CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED. UNDER MEDICATIONS, HE HAS BEEN PUSHED AGAIN TO THE COURT ROOM TO FACE ONE OF THE BEST BLACKMAILED WITNESSES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIAL. ICDSM INTENDS TO SEND AN URGENT MISSION TO THE HAGUE. THEY HAVE TO BE THERE TO TRY TO PREVENT MANIPULATIONS AND TO PREVENT THE DEATH PENALTY BEFORE THE END OF THE TRIAL. ********************************** WE ALL MUST ACT NOW! ********************************** WE CALL THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES, PROGRESSIVE PARTIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING THE TRIBUNAL, UN BODIES AND Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello UN High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR-UNOG 8-14 Avenue de la Paix 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tel. +4122 917 9000 Fax +4122 917 9022 http://www.unhchr.ch/html/contact.htm E-mail:tb-petitions@ohchr.org

********************************** WE CALL THE NATIONAL COMMITTEES, PROGRESSIVE PARTIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO ACT TOWARDS THEIR GOVERNMENTS AND PARLIAMENTS TO STOP THE HAGUE CRIME! WRITERS, SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, POLITICIANS, ALL PERSONALITIES WITH DIGNITY SHOULD RAISE THEIR VOICES! ********************************** APPEALS FROM MEDICAL DOCTORS AND LAWYERS ARE OF PARTICULAR VALUE! ********************************** LET US FREE JUDICIARY AND LAW FROM THE SHAME OF THE CRIMINAL HAGUE INQUISITION PAID WITH BLOODY MONEY. LET US PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF STRUGGLE AGAINST POLITICAL COURTS! ********************************** LET US SAVE THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC AND HOPE OF SERBIAN AND ALL BALKANS NATIONS! ********************************** ********************************** N O T E S - A P P E N D I C E S ********************************** ********************************** (1) DECLARATION OF THE UPPER HOUSE OF THE YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT On the basis of Article 77 Para 1 and Article 78 points 4 and 5 of the Constitution of the FR Yugoslavia, the Federal Parliament, in the session of the Chamber of Republics on November 13, 2002, adopts the following D E C L A R A T I O N ON RELEASE OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC TO BE CURED IN YUGOSLAVIA 1. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government to perform all necessary measures in order enable Slobodan Milosevic to return to the country for medical treatment; 2. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government to submit urgently appropriate guarantees to the Hague Tribunal in order to make possible defense of Slobodan Milosevic from freedom after successfully finished medical treatment; 3. The Chamber demands from the Federal Government, in order to secure the human rights of Slobodan Milosevic, to make all measures on its disposal for the protection of Slobodan Milosevic as one suspected by the Hague Tribunal; 4. This Declaration shall be published in the "Official Gazette of FRY". ********************************** (2) OPEN LETTER TO VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA Mr. President, On April 1, 2001, by your presidential signature, you gave guarantees that Slobodan Milosevic will not appear before any other court, except the court of his own country. On June 28, 2001 he was taken from the prison in Belgrade to the dungeon in The Hague. The next day, you have stated that you didn't know about that. In our country everybody knew, the whole World knew. Everybody, except you. If you really didn't know, then why, when you finally knew, you haven't raised your voice, used your presidential authority, reacted as a patriot? Why haven't you publicly demanded that your predecessor, for many years President of our country and leader of Serbian people, should return to his own country? But if you didn't know, you should have knew that on June 28, St. Vitus Day, the biggest holyday of Serbian people, the greatest leader of Serbian people, on shame of Serbian people, had been taken to be judged by the enemies of the Serbian people. Today, at The Hague, before the political court against the Serbian people, he defends the Serbian people as no man in the history of Serbian people did. A defeated court and invincible Slobodan Milosevic are the reason why they decided that he has to be killed. An outrageous crime is taking place before the eyes of the World. We demand from you, that on behalf of our nation, our people and our history, demand his return to the country, to get medical cure and to conduct his defense as a free man. To continue to prove from freedom what he already proves from prison - that he is a great man and that Serbian people is a honorable people. We demand from you to appear before hundreds of thousands of citizens of this country who stick to Slobodan Milosevic and to tell them why you haven't stick to your word. By the delivery of Slobodan Milosevic to the Hague tribunal, the Constitution of this country has been step on. You are the President of this country and you are the one who uses every opportunity to describe himself as a legalist. We demand from you to stick to the Constitution and to your own legalist principles. We demand from you to know what you have to know, to keep your word, to respect the Constitution of the country you are a head of - we demand from you to return to the country for cure and for defense the man whom we love and whom you should respect. We demand from you to act as a dignified President and as a honorable man. He has always been like that. He is like that now. He would never keep you at the place where this regime sent him. If you don't help him to be cured here and to live, we will believe that it is because you are afraid from him. That way you would participate in the crime. We who stick to him, will fight for him - until victory, until freedom! Belgrade, November 19, 2002 PEOPLE GATHERED IN THE RALLY "FREEDOM FOR SLOBO!" ********************************** (3) APPEAL OF SERBIAN INTELLECTUALS H.E. Mr. Kofi ANNAN Secretary General of the UNITED NATIONS In Belgrade, November 19, 2002 Your excellency, The Organization of United Nations, which you so competently preside, rests on the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which summarizes the entire moral experience of humankind and all basic achievements of civilized life. One of its first few articles formulates the right to life for each person (Article 3) and the right of the accused individual to be considered innocent until his guilt would be proved in a public tribunal in which all guarantees for his defense are fulfilled (Article 11). Convinced that you are firmly committed to the universal realization of these principles, believing that it is one of established rules of civilized life that no seriously ill person would be prosecuted until his health would be restored, we ask you, your excellency, to use your great influence and let Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, former President of Yugoslavia, whose health is seriously impaired and his life in jeopardy, to undergo an adequate treatment in one of Yugoslav health institutions. We ask you also, to receive a delegation of Yugoslav scholars to give you their reasons for this initiative. Sincerely yours Professor Mihailo Markovic, Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Professor Milos Macura, Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Professor Kosta Mihailovic, Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Professor Ivan Maksimovic, Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Professor Cedomir Popov, Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Professor Oskar Kovac, Belgrade University Professor Rados Smiljkovic, Belgrade University Professor Vladimir Stambuk, Belgrade University Professor Milos Aleksic, Belgrade University Professor Ivan Radosavljevic, Belgrade University Professor Aleksandar Pavlovic, Belgrade University of Arts Professor Miroljub Jevtic, Belgrade University Professor Ilija Vukovic, Belgrade University Professor Dragomir Draskovic, Belgrade University Professor Slavenko Terzic, Historical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Dr Darko Nadic, Belgrade University Dr Milan Jovanovic, Belgrade University ********************************** (4) APPEAL OF SERBIAN LAW PROFESSORS FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE Bulevar Revolucije 67, 11000 Belgrade, YUGOSLAVIA In Belgrade, 19 November 2002 To H.E. Mr. Kofi ANNAN Secretary General of the United Nations Your Excellency, Deeply concerned regarding the health of the former Yugoslav President Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, which has deteriorated due to the exhausting and illegal ongoing procedure before the Tribunal at The Hague, as well as due to inhumane conditions of his detention, we, the undersigned lawyers, appeal to you to use your influence and authority so that Mr. Milosevic could be allowed to receive treatment at an appropriate medical facility in Yugoslavia. We would be grateful if your Excellency would meet with a group of Yugoslav lawyers, which would be able to furnish you with additional information on the severe breaches of legal and ethical principles of the ongoing procedure before the Tribunal. With our deepest regards, Smilja Avramov, Professor of International Law at the University of Belgrade, former President of the International Law Association Ljubisa Lazarevic, University Professor Kosta Cavoski, University Professor Mirjana Stefanovski, University Professor Dragutin Soskic, University Professor, former Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade Oliver Antic, University Professor, former Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade Ratko Markovic, University Professor Zoran Stojanovic, University Professor, President of the Council of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade Vladan Joncic, Senior University Lecturer Branko Rakic, Senior University Lecturer ********************************** (5) APPEAL OF SERBIAN PHYSICIANS TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION H.E. Kofi Annan Your Excellency, As Yugoslav University Professors of medicine, of different specializations, we feel an ethical obligation to warn you that the state of health of the former Yugoslav President Mr. Slobodan Milosevic is very serious and if no measure would be undertaken, his life could be at stake. By the specialists' medical examinations of Mr. Milosevic made mid last year in Yugoslavia at the Military Medical Academy, a hypertrophy of the myocardial left coronary chamber (so-called "coronary bridge") was established, as well as suspected angina pectoris. The examinations made in The Netherlands in July this year, confirmed these conclusions and found extreme hypertension. The detention conditions in which Slobodan Milosevic lives, intensity of the process conducted against him, hundreds of thousands of pages submitted to him as evidence, irregular meals, lack of being in fresh air - all that seriously damages his health and puts under the question even his life. We address to you, your Excellency, with a request to use your authority and make possible release of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic for the therapy in Yugoslavia. We also ask you for a reception, on behalf of numerous Yugoslav medical experts, who already sent you their common appeal, in order to inform you in more detail about the health condition of Mr. Milosevic and to present to you further argumentation for this request. Please accept the assurances of our highest consideration. In Belgrade, November 19, 2002 Professor Svetomir Stozinic, MD, PhD, cardiologist, Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Serbian Physicians' Society Professor Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, MD, PhD, neuro-psyhiatrist Professor Vojislav Suvakovic, MD, PhD, infectologist, Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Serbian Physicians' Society ********************************** (6) RESPOND FROM THE UNITED NATIONS On behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, I wish to acknowledge receipt of your email, which has been referred to this office for reply. The Secretary-General regrets that due to the demands of his official duties, he is unable to respond personally. I am sure you will understand that the Secretary-General cannot act alone and that he must have the support of the Member States of the Organization in order to bring any proposal before the General Assembly. Ordinarily, we therefore urge you to contact your official representative to the United Nations, who could present your suggestion to the United Nations so that it might be duly inscribed on the Organizational agenda and voted by the Membership. Under the circumstances, however, we feel that you would fare better by re-directing your concerns to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The email address for that office is tb-petitions@o... We hope this information will be helpful to you. Thanks again for your support of the United Nations and for taking the time to write to us. Regards, UN Public Inquiries New York ********************************** (7) SLOBODA TO UNHCHR Belgrade, November 19th, 2002 H.E. Mr. Sergio de MELLO UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Your Excellency, The life of the long time democratically elected President of the Republic of Serbia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mr. Slobodan Milosevic is at stake. All the professional medical reports confirm that. Detention conditions, rhythm of the process and lack of medical care at ICTY directly contradict to necessary life conditions for a patient suffering from malignant hypertension and ischemical myocardiopathy (angina pectoris). Heart attack, stroke or even sudden death are imminent threat to President Milosevic in his present conditions. That requires urgent action to save a human life. Numerous organizations and individuals from Yugoslavia and other countries, including many lawyers and medical doctors, some of them members of Nobel Prize winning organization International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, are sending their appeals to the ICTY at The Hague and directly to UN Organization, demanding that the life of President Milosevic has to be saved and accordingly, that he has to be allowed to settle his health condition in Yugoslavia under supervision of the medical doctors who took care about his health for years, to get adequate time to prepare for the continuation of the process in which he has to be allowed to participate as a free man, since he stated several times that he has no intention to flee from that battle. The broadest public and majority of the people in Yugoslavia are extremely concerned. Continuation of the process and lack of appropriate decision by ICTY they understand as an intention of the politically motivated structure to liquidate physically President Milosevic after their total failure to prove the fabricated charges against him. Understanding for these popular filings means responsibility for the stability of our part of Europe and the World. Recently, the Council of Republics, the upper chamber of Yugoslav Parliament adopted a declaration demanding return of Slobodan Milosevic to Yugoslavia for medical treatment and his defense from freedom. You are certainly aware that the Federal Constitutional Court of Yugoslavia declared the decrees which were basis for abduction and surrender of President Milosevic to ICTY unconstitutional and illegal. Many lawyers and politicians complain against the illegal and biased character of ICTY, its systematic practice of human rights violation and its violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and UN GA adopted Resolution on the Principles of Medical Ethics and Codex of Behavior of Persons Responsible for the Application of Law in this particular case. Our non-partisan, non-profit organization "Sloboda (Freedom)" - Yugoslav Committee for the Defense of Slobodan Milosevic is considered as main organization to protect human and civil rights of President Milosevic. In that capacity we have addressed to the UN Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan, during his recent official visit to Belgrade, as to the individual most responsible for the protection of universal humanistic principles on which the World Organization is based and we have expressed the unanimous demand of the Yugoslav public and of thousands who gathered on November 19 in Belgrade: Prevent a crime under UN auspices! Save the life of President Milosevic! Set him free to get necessary cure and recovery in his own country and to prepare to further stand for the truth as a free man! Same demands were sent to Mr. Annan by number of most prominent Yugoslav scholars, lawyers, physicians. We are sending now this appeal to you, Mr. Mello, with a feeling that this may be one of the last chances to establish justice and to save a human life. Since there is no body in UN system to control on proper legal grounds the works of the ICTY at The Hague, we believe that the highest moral responsibility that your office bears anyhow, is in this case doubled. We also count that your personal experience from successfully finished UN missions in our region will help you to act properly and immediately in this urgent and dramatic situation. For your better acquaintance with the problem, we attach some additional information and documents. We will also be free to submit to you some more materials in the following days. For your reply or any additional clarification, our office can be contacted by phone No. +381 63 8862 301 or by fax +381 11 630 549 or via E-mail: vlada@sps.org.yu Expressing once again our highest consideration, On behalf of "Sloboda (Freedom)" Association - the Yugoslav Committee for the Defense of Slobodan Milosevic, Bogoljub Bjelica, president ********************************** (8) BELGRADE FORUM APPEAL To Estimates: - Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN - Sergio Vieira de Mello, UNHCHR - UNHCHR Belgrade Office, Towle Richard APPEAL FOR THE PROVISIONAL RELEASE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF MR. SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC Done in Belgrade on November 7th 2002 The health of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav President, has recently deteriorated to such an extent that his life is in danger. We appeal to all people of Europe, The Americas and the whole world to support and join us in our request for his provisional release, which in turn would allow for the proper medical treatment. The state of Mr. Milosevic`s health has bean constantly deteriorating since his imprisonment in Scheweningen. Just before the present break in the proceedings the Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) expressed the view that the state of Mr. Milosevic`s health is alarming. The seven days long break in the proceedings cannot solve the problem. We therefore propose the break in the proceedings until Mr. Milosevic is fully recovered and his immediate provisional release. We recall the UN General Assembly's Resolution No. 3794 of 18 December 1982 which imposes an obligation on medical doctors and other medical staff to provide persons in prison or detention with medical care of the same quality and in accordance with same standards like of those persons who are not detaineed. We also recall Article 6 of the UN General Assembly`s Codex Relating to Behaviour of Persons Responsible for Implementation of Law of 17 December 1979, which imposes an obligation on all courts to take adequate steps for the protection of health of persons under their jurisdiction. It is well known to the Yugoslav and world public that the conditions in Scheweningen detention centre do not meet the requirements of the quoted UN documents and that Mr. Milosevic is not accorded medical care that his state of health requires. It is also well known that the tempo of the trial is merciless and amount of documents delivered to Mr. Milosevic by the prosecution is so overwhelming that their reading necessitates efforts impossible for any human being to meet. All of this, coupled with the lack of resting time, has lead to the aggrevated state of his health. For this reason we call upon the President of the ICTY Mr. Claude Jorda and the Presiding Judge May to order the provisionaol release of Mr. Milosevic and the break in the proceedings until such time Mr. Milosevic is fully recovered. He simply must receive medical treatment in accordance with the international standards, in Yugoslavia, with the engagement of his personal doctors. The Yugoslav authorities have done nothing so far to help the defence of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic or to protect his human rights. We remind the authorities of Yugoslavia and Serbia that they have the constitutional obligation to provide their citizens abroad with all the necessary protection. Other states do protect their citizens and their dignity. We therefore call upon the Yugoslav and Serbian authorities to fullfil their duty of protection in respect of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic and to officially request the UN Security Council, human rights organizations and the ICTY to take steps which will lead to the provisional release of Mr. Milosevic, as well as for the break in the poroceedings until he is fully recovered. We also call upon the FRY and Serbian authorities to give all necessary guarantees required for Mr. Milosevic to receive medical care in Yugoslavia from his personal doctors. WE APPEAL to the UN General Assembly, Security Council and all non-governmental organizations in the UN system, as well as to other NGO`s, to support this humanitarian initiative and thus contribute to the protection of the basic human rights of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, including his right to life. WE CALL UPON all world intellectuals, international lawyers, politicians, public figures, artists, as well as their associations, to join us in our humanitarian request. There was enough of tragedy for the Serbs imprisoned in Scheweningen under the auspices of the UN. To be quiet and to allow yet another to happen due to the lack of care is a luxury we simply cannot afford.

1. OTVORENO PISMO VOJISLAVU KOSTUNICI 2. Reakcije sveta pred beogradski miting 3. Sta pravila tribunala kazu o Slobinom srcu === 1 === OTVORENO PISMO VOJISLAVU KOSTUNICI Gospodine predsednice, 1. aprila 2001. godine Vi ste svojim predsednickim potpisom garantovali da Slobodan Milosevic nece nikada biti na sudu bilo koje zemlje, osim svoje. 28. juna 2001. je iz zatvora u Beogradu odveden u hasku tamnicu. Sutradan, Vi ste izjavili da to niste znali. Znali su svi u zemlji, ceo svet. Svi, osim Vas. Ako zaista niste znali, zasto niste, kada ste saznali, podigli svoj glas, upotrebili svoj predsednicki autoritet, reagovali kao patriota? Zasto se niste javno oglasili i trazili da se Vas prethodnik, dugogodisnji predsednik nase zemlje i lider srpskog naroda, vrati u svoju zemlju? A ako niste znali, trebalo je da znate da je 28. juna, na Vidovdan, najveci praznik srpskog naroda, najveci lider srpskog naroda, na sramotu srpskog naroda, odveden da mu sude neprijatelji srpskog naroda. Danas on u Hagu, na politickom sudu protiv srpskog naroda, zastupa srpski narod kako to nije ni jedan covek u istoriji srpskog naroda. Porazen sud i nepobedivi Slobodan Milosevic razlog su zbog koga je odluceno da on bude ubijen. Pred ocima celog sveta odvija se gnusni zlocin. Trazimo od Vas da u ime nase drzave, naseg naroda i nase istorije trazite da se vrati u zemlju, leci i brani sa slobode. Da sa slobode dokaze ono sto dokazuje iz zatvora - da je on veliki covek, a srpski narod - castan narod. Trazimo od Vas da izadjete pred stotine hiljada gradjana ove zemlje koji su privrzeni Slobodanu Milosevicu i da im kazete zasto niste odrzali rec. Izrucivanjem Slobodana Milosevica haskom sudu pogazen je Ustav nase zemlje. Vi ste Predsednik te zemlje i pri tom covek koji istice u svakoj prilici da je legalista. Trazimo od Vas da se pridrzavate Ustava i svojih legalistickih principa. Trazimo od Vas da znate ono sto ste duzni da znate, da drzite rec koju ste dali, da postujete Ustav zemlje na cijem se celu nalazite - trazimo od Vas da vratite u zemlju da se u njoj leci i iz nje brani, covek koga mi volimo, a Vi duzni da uvazavate. Trazimo od Vas da se ponasate kao dostojanstven Predsednik i castan covek. On je to uvek bio. On je to i sada. On Vas ne bi drzao tamo gde je ova vlast poslala njega. Ako mu ne pomognete da se leci ovde i zivi, verovacemo da to cinite zato sto ga se plasite. Time ucestvujete u zlocinu. A mi sto smo uz njega, boricemo se za njega - do pobede, do slobode! GRADJANI OKUPLJENI NA MITINGU "SLOBODA ZA SLOBU" Beograd, 19. novembar 2002. godine === 2 === Za Slobu! - reakcije sveta pred beogradski miting · Ogroman broj organizacija i pojedinaca iz citavog sveta zasipaju ovih dana Tribunal u Hagu i kancelariju UN u Njujorku protestima i apelima sa jedinstvenim zahtevom: da se spase zivot predsednika Milosevica, da mu se omoguci lecenje i oporavak u Jugoslaviji i odbrana sa slobode.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> · Svoje poruke uputili su Medjunarodni komitet za odbranu Slobodana Milosevica, ciji su kopredsednici profesor Velko Vlkanov i Remzi Klark, predsednik Ruskog drustvenog komiteta za odbranu Slobodana Milosevica, Aleksandar Zinovjev, nacionalni komiteti iz Italije, Britanije, Ukrajine, Nemacke, Francuske, Irske i drugih zemalja. · U Apelu nemackih lekara, medju kojima su i clanovi Organizacije "Lekari protiv nuklearnog rata", koja je dobila Nobelovu nagradu za mir, istice se direktna odgovornost celnika Tribunala za zivot predsednika Milosevica i podvlaci da je njihovo dosadasnje ponasanje u potpunoj suprotnosti sa vazecim dokumentima i rezolucijama UN. Jedino moguce resenje, isticu nemacki lekari je da se prekine situacija koja preti zivotu i zdravlju predsednika Milosevica, odnosno da on bude oslobodjen kako bi dobio neophodno lecenje u Beogradu od strane lekara koji godinama prate njegovo zdravstveno stanje. · Ocekuje se da ovih dana Drzavna duma Ruske Federacije usvoji poseban apel sa istim zahtevom. Predlog je vec u proceduri. · Predsednik najvece partije u Rusiji, Komunisticke partije Ruske Federacije i predsednik Narodno-patriotskog Saveza Rusije Genadij Zjuganov u svom apelu koji su prenele sve svetske agencije izmedju ostalog kaze: "Postoje jasni zakljucci nezavisnih medicinskih strucnjaka o tome da nastavak procesa sa sadasnjim intenzitetom i uskracivanje specijalisticke medicinske pomoci Slobodanu Milosevicu moze dovesti do najgoreg. Uprkos tome, NATO tribunal uporno odbija da postupi po zahtevu lekara. Haske "sudije" i "tuzioci" potpuno svesno zele da izazovu smrt svog politickog zatvorenika. A holandske vlasti nista ne preduzimaju da sprece zlocin. Komunisticka partija Ruske federacije i Narodno-patriotski Savez Rusije najostrije osudjuju neljudsko i suprotno svim humanitarnim normama ponasanje tuzioca Karle del Ponte i sudije Ricarda Meja. Pozivamo predsednika Ruske federacije i Ministarstvo inostranih poslova Rusije da preduzme najenergicnije mere da bi se sprecio obracun sa bivsim sefom prijateljske drzave. Slobodan Milosevic je nevin i princip presumpcije nevinosti mora biti postovan. On mora biti oslobodjen. On mora da dobije medicinsku pomoc u Jugoslaviji od lekara koji su ga godinama lecili i mogucnost da se brani od laznih optuzbi kao slobodan covek. " · Poznati americki pisci i profesori Majkl Parenti, Kristijan Parenti, Loren Kudli i Pegi Karp u svom obracanju predsedniku Saveta bezbednosti UN isticu nehumane uslove u kojima predsednika Milosevica drzi Tribunal koji sponzorisu i finansiraju Sjedinjene Americke Drzave. NJegov tretman je okrutan i neposten, isticu oni i zahtevaju da se ovo pitanje stavi na dnevni red UN i zahteva da se kazneni i nepravedni "sud" obaveze da omoguci lecenje na slobodi i fer tretman predsednika Milosevica. · U poruci ovom nasem mitingu koju smo malocas dobili, sa potpisom Dzejn Keli, predsednice Irskog komiteta za odbranu Slobodana Milosevica, istice se puna solidarnost i poziva na neodlozno oslobodjenje predsednika Milosevica iz laznog suda u Hagu. Irski komitet, kaze se dalje u poruci, je posvecen borbi predsednika Milosevica za istinu, pravdu i mir i nastoji da mobilise politicare i javnost Republike Irske protiv zlocinackog tretmana predsednika Milosevica od strane Haskog tribunala. · U saopstenju za americku javnost koju je potpisao potpredsednik Medjunarodnog akcionog centra iz Njujorka Dzon Katalinoto istice se da je predsednik Milosevic uspeo da sudjenje okrene protiv NATO-a, raskrinkavajuci zlocine SAD i njihovih evropskih saveznika u razbijanju Jugoslavije, bombardovanju civilne infrastrukture i ubijanju hiljada jugoslovenskih civila. Zatim se detaljno opisuje tretman predsednika Milosevica od strane Tribunala i pozivaju americki gradjani da se odazovu na apele medjunarodnoj javnosti koje je uputilo Udruzenje "Sloboda". · Predsednik Svetske unije slobodnih mislilaca i predsednik Nemackog Komiteta za odbranu Slobodana Milosevica Klaus Hartman potpisao je apel upucen Tribunalu u kome se ukazuje na sve oblike povreda Medjunarodnog pakta o gradjanskim i politickim pravima i drugih dokumenata UN u tretmanu predsednika Milosevica i zahteva njegovo lecenje u Jugoslaviji i odbrana sa slobode. · Centralni komitet Saveza komunisticke omladine Ruske federacije izrazava najodlucniji protest protiv nastavljanja sramnog sudjenja Slobodanu Milosevicu u Hagu, koje je vec dozivelo propast, zahvaljujuci blistavoj odbrani Slobodana Milosevica, koja je pokazala svu korumpiranost, niskost i nekompetentnost ljudi, koji sebe u Hagu nazivaju sudijama, a ciji je glavni cilj opravdavanje stvarnih zlocinaca - vojne alijanse NATO i SAD. U svom ocajanju, isticu ruski Komsomolci, Tribunal i njegovi gospodari odlucili su da deluju po principu "nema coveka - nema problema", i da ugroze zivot i zdravlje Slobodana Milosevica. Podsecajuci da je vec nekoliko srpskih zatocenika umrlo u Hagu, oni pozivaju da se spreci novo ubistvo koje se sprema i da se predsednik Milosevic oslobodi. · U apelu Britanske organizacije "Hriscani protiv NATO agresije", koji je potpisao njen predsednik Vilijem Spring, a koji je upucen UN i Haskom tribunalu istice se da postoje svi uslovi da po engleskim zakonima sudiji Meju bude sudjeno zbog zlocina torture. Savet bezbednosti mora biti svestan, podvlaci Vilijem Spring da nije stvorio sud, nego novu inkviziciju, prvi put posle XVI veka. Savet bezbednosti mora intervenisati da se zaustavi ova opaka farsa, koja protivreci svim univerzalnim i evropskim dokumentima o zastiti ljudskih prava. Ono sto se najhitnije mora preduzeti jeste da se predsedniku Milosevicu omoguci da bude na slobodi, kako bi mu se spasao zivot, popravilo zdravlje i omogucili dostojni uslovi za suprotstavljanje gomili laznih optuzbi. · Ruske drustvene organizacije: Pokret "Stop NATO", Komitet za zastitu politickih zatvorenika, Antiglobalisticki otpor i "Radnicka Rusija" u svom obracanju Tribunalu u Hagu isticu najvecu zabrinutost zbog ozbiljnog pogorsanja zdravlja politickog zatvorenika predsednika Jugoslavije Slobodana Milosevica. U situaciji kada Tuzilastvo nije uspelo da izvede ni jedan dokaz protiv predsednika Milosevica, a umesto toga na povrsinu su isplivali zlocini NATO i SAD protiv Jugoslavije, tuzioci i sudije Haskog tribunala pokusavaju da fizicki uklone heroja jugoslovenskog naroda Slobodana Milosevica koji je uputio izazov neokolonijalizmu i nametanju svetske dominacije "globalista". Oni i njihovi gospodari i ovog puta deluju pod geslom "ko nije sa nama - bice unisten". Ne mozemo ostati ravnodusni pred tim cinom ociglednog obracuna i zato zahtevamo da Slobodan Milosevic neodlozno bude oslobodjen. · Potpredsednici Medjunarodnog komiteta Dzered Izrael iz SAD, Fulvio Grimaldi iz Italije, Kristofer Blek iz Kanade i Niko Farkeviser iz Holandije u svom zajednickom obracanju Tribunalu naglasavaju da su predsedniku Milosevicu, koji je predvodio otpor NATO agresiji, i koji je na ilegalan nacin doveden u Tribunal, uskracena najosnovnija ljudska prava. Ovo se jedino moze objasniti izjavom koju je svojevremeno dao Dzejmi Sej, da NATO kontrolise Tribunal. U njihovom obracanju, Tribunal se upozorava na obavezu da odmah otkloni sve zloupotrebe pre nego sto njegovo ponasanje dovede do toga da predsednik Milosevic dozivi srcani napad ili mozdani udar. Oni insistiraju da Tribunal omoguci lekarima iz Jugoslavije ili nekom od poznatih svetskih medicinskih eksperata da proveri zdravstveno stanje Predsednika, kako bi sto pre bila doneta odluka o njegovom pustanju na slobodu. U interesu je istine i citavog sveta da predsedniku Milosevicu zaista bude omoguceno da do kraja raskrinka sve optuzbe protiv srpskog naroda zasnovane na kampanji lazi. To ce moci da ucini jedino kao slobodan covek, posle lecenja, oporavka i odgovarajucih priprema u svojoj zemlji, uz, kao i do sada, najsnazniju podrsku svog naroda i svih progresivnih ljudi u svetu. === 3 === Sta poslovnik Haskog suda kaze o Milosevicevom srcu Slabljenje srcanog misica, koje nastaje usled nedovoljnog snabdevanja srca krvlju, a sto je jedna od stavki u dijagnozi bolesti Slobodana Milosevica, retko se javlja kao primarno oboljenje srca. U vecini slucajeva ono se javlja kao posledica neke druge bolesti. Ukoliko se ne leci, posledice mogu biti fatalne. Autori: Marko R. Petrovic Srce bivseg jugoslovenskog predsednika Slobodana Milosevica pumpa sve manje krvi u njegov organizam i lekari upozoravaju da, ukoliko se odmah ne pocne sa lecenjem, posledice po najcuvenijeg zatvorenika Tribunala Ujedinjenih nacija za ratne zlocine pocinjene u bivsoj Jugoslaviji mogu biti fatalne. Dijagnoza, bar prema onome sto je do sada objavljivano u medijima, ima nekoliko stavki - slabost srcanog misica, uvecanje leve srcane komore, hronicni zamor i visok pritisak - a sve to povecava rizik od infarkta ili mozdanog udara. Kakvo je pravo zdravstveno stanje Milosevica znaju, naravno, samo Milosevic i njegovi lekari. Jedan od onih koji su ga pregledali jeste i pukovnik dr Zdravko Mijailovic, nacelnik Kardiologije na Vojno-medicinskoj akademiji, koji ga je u julu, zajedno sa jos nekoliko stranih lekara, pregledao u Hagu. On, medjutim, ne zeli da prica o tome, navodeci da ga na to obavezuju cak tri zabrane. - Prva proistice iz Hipokratove zakletve, a druga i treca dolaze iz samog Tribunala, ali i od jugoslovenskih vlasti - kaze Mijailovic. Uvecana komora Slabljenje srcanog misica, koje nastaje usled nedovoljnog snabdevanja srca krvlju obogacene kiseonikom, retko se javlja kao primarno oboljenje srca. U vecini slucajeva ono se javlja kao posledica neke druge bolesti. - Najcesce nastaje kao posledica secerne bolesti ili kao posledica arterioskleroze - objasnjava za Blic News doktor Vlastimir Pantovic, specijalista interne medicine i kardiolog u Domu zdravlja Vracar u Beogradu. - Moze da nastane i kao posledica infarkta ili nekog drugog srcanog oboljenja. Osim toga, Milosevicu je pritisak u jednom trenutku iznosio 240/140, sto je ogromno opterecenje za rad srca. U slucajevima kada je krvni pritisak konstantno povecan, ili kada srce duze vreme trpi posledicu nekog drugog oboljenja, ono aktivira sopstveni sistem samoodbrane, povecavajuci svoju masu i snagu do izvesnog trenutka, kako bi ceo organizam snabdevalo dovoljnom kolicinom krvi. Sve, medjutim, ima svoje granice, i u jednom momentu srcani misic od preteranog naprezanja popusta, gubi snagu i srce se povecava. U oslabljenom srcu ostaje sve vise krvi koje ono ne moze da ispumpa u organizam, sto dovodi do zastoja u radu i njegovog daljeg povecavanja. Upravo se to i dogodilo kod Milosevica, cija je leva srcana komora, iz koje se krv, prethodno prociscena i u plucima obogacena kiseonikom, preko aorte salje u krvotok, uvecana. - Uvecana srcana komora ne moze svu krv da ubacuje u krvotok, sto dovodi do zastoja srca i do jos veceg slabljenja srcanog misica. Dolazi do zastoja tecnosti, najpre u plucima, pa i u celom organizmu. To i dovodi do velikih otoka, nemogucnosti kretanja, a svaki, pa i najmanji pokret dovodi do gusenja i otezanog disanja - naglasava doktor Pantovic. Kao posledica svega javlja se hronicni zamor, na koji, osim fizickih tegoba, dodatno uticu i specificne okolnosti u kojima se Milosevic nalazi i izuzetni mentalni napori kojima je izlozen. U takvim okolnostima, covek ne moze imati normalne ni fizicke ni intelektualne funkcije i slabi mu koncentracija. Mirovanje Ukoliko se ne podvrgne lecenju, Milosevicu zbog samog slabljenja srcanog misica preti ozbiljna opasnost od infarkta. Visoki krvni pritisak povecava taj rizik. Posebno veliko opterecenje trpe krvni sudovi, tako da vrlo brzo moze doci do mozdanog infarkta, odnosno do izlivanja krvi u mozak, kao posledice zacepljenja nekog od mozdanih krvnih sudova. - Srce ima tri velika krvna suda koji ga snabdevaju krvlju. Zacepljenje bilo kog od njih dovodi do infarkta srcanog misica, koji moze da dovede ili do poremecaja u radu srca ili do trenutne smrti - kaze doktor Pantovic. Lecenje oslabljenog srcanog misica zahtevalo bi potpuno fizicko ali i psihicko mirovanje, do kompletnog oporavka. Pre toga bi, medjutim, trebalo leciti i bolesti koje su dovele do slabljenja srca, kao sto su, recimo, secerna bolest ili povecani krvni pritisak, koje zahtevaju dosta provedenog vremena na svezem vazduhu, uz umerenu, ali permanentnu fizicku aktivnost, i uz odgovarajucu dijetalnu ishranu. Primenjeno na Milosevicev slucaj, to bi znacilo neodlozno prekidanje sudjenja, kako bi se redukovali mentalni napori i hitno premestanje na bolnicko lecenje van Sheveningena, da bi nestala psihicka presija nastala usled samog boravka u zatvoru. Takvu odluku, medjutim, moze da donese samo sudsko vece, a posle preporuke lekarskog konzilijuma koji bi bio angazovan na osnovu odluke samog veca. Do sada se to nije dogodilo, iako je u vise navrata sudjenje bivsem jugoslovenskom predsedniku prekidano zbog njegovog visokog pritiska i srcanih tegoba. Tuzilastvo sa Karlom del Ponte na celu ostro se protivi ideji o prekidanju sudjenja Milosevicu. Principi Bogoljub Bjelica, covek koga je Milosevic zaduzio da vodi Socijalisticku partiju Srbije u njegovom odsustvu, tvrdi da je zadrzavanje nekadasnjeg celnika SPS u Hagu ,,deo torture nad njim, kako bi se onemogucilo dokazivanje istine". - Cuo sam se sa predsednikom Milosevicem u petak, a nedavno sam ga i posetio. Izgleda dobro, ne zali se, nerado prica o svom zdravlju - kaze Bjelica. U Nacionalnom komitetu za odbranu Milosevica ,,Sloboda", prema Bjelicinim recima, planirali su i da posetu Beogradu generalnog sekretara UN Kofija Anana iskoriste kako bi mu predali zahtev da se Slobodanu Milosevicu omoguci vanzatvorsko lecenje, ,,dok mu se ne sanira zdravstveno stanje, kako bi mogao ravnopravo da vodi borbu za istinu". Bjelica, medjutim, sumnja u svrsishodnost takvog postupka. - Postoji li uopste razlika izmedju inkvizicije i Haskog tribunala - primecuje Bjelica. Nadu u privremeno pustanje njegovog lidera na lecenje, pa cak i u mogucnost da se brani sa slobode, ipak ne gubi. O posledicama tog cina na politicka zbivanja u Srbiji ne razmislja. - Znam samo da bi to ohrabrilo sve postene gradjane u zemlji, pokazalo bi da u medjunarodnoj zajednici nisu pogazeni svi eticki principi i dalo bi impuls pravoj demokratiji - uzbudjeno prica Bjelica. Zdravstveno stanje okrivljenog u svetu uvek predstavlja jedan od znacajnijih faktora u svakom sudskom procesu. Ukoliko lekarski konzilijum utvrdi da je zdravlje okrivljenog toliko ugrozeno, da mu cak preti i smrt, sudjenje se prekida bez obzira na sve, a on se upucuje na lecenje u mesto koje preporuce lekari. S druge strane, uobicajena je i praksa da mu, ukoliko je okrivljeni toliko loseg zdravlja, bude dodeljen i branilac po sluzbenoj duznosti, cak i ako se on tome protivi. Sa liste raspolozivih advokata, sud jednostavno odabere jednog ili vise njih koji bi prihvatili tu duznost. Pravila Specificnost Haskog tribunala je, medjutim, u tome sto do sada nije imao pravila o tome, sto ne znaci da ih nece i uvesti. Tribunal UN, naime, po praksi preuzetoj iz anglosaksonskog prava, moze da menja procesna pravila, cak i u toku samog postupka. - Mislim da ce tesko moci da nametnu branioca Milosevicu, ali Tribunal sam moze da promeni svoj poslovnik i verovatno ce to i da ucini - ocenjuje za Blic News Vojin Dimitrijevic, profesor medjunarodnog prava. Ali cak i u situaciji da sud uvede obaveznu odbranu, pitanje je kako bi Milosevica mogli da nateraju da saradjuje sa nametnutim advokatom. Pred Tribunal bi to samo izbacilo jos jedan problem koji bi, verovatno, ponovo morao da bude resavan izmenom procesnih pravila po kojima sud radi. Prema Dimitrijevicevom misljenju, sud bi mogao da proceni kako advokat moze da uradi neke stvari, a neke ne moze. Branislav Tapuskovic, jedan od dvojice prijatelja suda u procesu protiv Milosevica, medjutim, pocetkom nedelje izjavio je kako u clanu 21. Statuta Tribunala pise da se optuzenom ne moze suditi u odsustvu, sto bi bivsi jugoslovenski predsednik mogao da iskoristi i da odbije da se pojavi u sudnici zajedno sa advokatom koji bi mu bio odredjen. Moguce je, medjutim, i da okrivljeni nastavi sam da se brani, ali i da advokat ima autonomno pravo da ucestvuje u njegovoj odbrani, ali tako da mu ne nanosi stetu. Okrivljeni bi, u suprotnom, od suda mogao da trazi razresenje dodeljenog mu branioca, uz obrazlozenje da ovaj ne radi u njegovu korist. Konacna rec bi, ipak, bila na sudskom vecu koje bi procenjivalo da li branilac radi kako treba ili ne. Konacno, varijanta o kojoj malo ko govori jeste da Milosevic bude upucen na lecenje van zatvora, cak i uz privremeno pustanje na slobodu. O tome su sudu svoje misljenje dali i prijatelji suda Stiven Kej i Branislav Tapuskovic, koji su naveli da bi sudjenje trebalo prekinuti ukoliko se pokaze da Milosevic nije u stanju da ucestvuje u procesu bez nanosenja ozbiljne stete svom zdravlju. Prema njihovom misljenju, trebalo bi razmisliti i o privremenom pustanju bivseg jugoslovenskog predsednika iz pritvora kako bi se lecio van zatvora, ukoliko lekari smatraju da su uslovi pritvora faktor koji doprinosi pogorsanju njegovog zdravlja. Publicitet Politicki analiticar Ognjen Pribicevic, medjutim, smatra da je tako nesto gotovo nemoguce, te da bi, ukoliko bi i bio pusten iz pritvora, Milosevic bio prebacen u neku od holandskih bolnica, a ne na, recimo, VMA u Beogradu. - Cela stvar je tako postavljena, takvo je misljenje u svetu, da Milosevic, zbog tezine optuzbi, ne bi mogao da bude pusten da se brani sa slobode - objasnjava Pribicevic. Ukoliko bi se, ipak, nekim slucajem dogodilo da u narednih desetak dana, kada bi Tribunal prema najavama trebalo da se izjasni o ovome, Milosevic bude pusten na lecenje i vrati se u zemlju, prema Pribicevicevom misljenju to ne bi izazvalo gotovo nikakvu paznju javnosti, niti bi dovelo do bitnih pomeranja na politickoj sceni. - To bi bila glavna vest dva-tri dana i posle ga vise niko ne bi pominjao - misli Pribicevic. Sudsko vece kojim predsedava britanski sudija Ricard Mej nalazi se pred velikim problemom. Ukoliko se Milosevicevo zdravstveno stanje ne popravi, sudjenje ce sve cesce biti prekidano, sto moze dovesti da ono potraje mnogo duze od planirane dve godine. U najgorem slucaju, moze im se dogoditi da Milosevic cak i umre u sudnici, sto bi, naravno, zabelezile i televizijske kamere. Nije potrebno ni pominjati kakav bi to kult stvorilo kod svih njegovih, i dalje brojnih, poklonika. Ako mu odrede branioca po sluzbenoj duznosti, kojeg Milosevic ne zeli i s kojim ne bi zeleo da saradjuje, mogli bi da ugroze regularnost sudjenja, a Milosevic bi ponovo mogao da poentira pricom o politickom sudu stvorenom da sudi samo njemu, a preko njega i srpskom narodu. Cak i ako ga puste na lecenje i da se bar privremeno brani sa slobode, bivsi jugoslovenski predsednik mogao bi da izigrava mucenika kojeg samo zbog teske bolesti na odredjeno vreme pustaju iz kaveza. Kako god da se okrene, izgleda kao da ce, bez obzira na ishod sudjenja, najveci dobitnik biti sam Milosevic kojeg, od pocetka procesa, mnogo vise od presude interesuje publicitet.

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