>=========================== >The Committee for National Solidarity >Tolstojeva 34, 11000 Belgrade, YU > > > BELGRADE, May 9 (AFP) - Over 20 Serb women in northern Kosovo -- >the wives and relatives of hunger-striking prisoners in a UN-run >jail -- began a sympathy strike Tuesday, the National Serb Council >(SNV) said. > The women began their hunger strike in a garage close to the >jail in Kosovska Mitrovica, where the suspected war criminals -- 34 >Serbs, five Roma gypsies and one Macedonian -- are being held, the >SNV told AFP by telephone. > The prisoners, who began their strike on April 10, are >protesting they have been detained by the UN's mission in Kosovo in >some cases as long as 10 months, without trial and sometimes without >charges. > They are demanding provisional release if their cases are not >heard rapidly and impartially. > Leaders of the Serb community in the ethnically divided northern >town, Oliver Ivanovic and Milan Ivanovic and around 100 Serb >supporters visited the 23 women as they began their parallel >starvation campaign. > The women had announced Monday they would join the hunger strike >until the prisoners' demands were accepted, sending a letter to UN >administrator Bernard Kouchner and the UN's Kosovska Mitrovica >administrator, William Nash. > Doctors who visited the striking prisoners Sunday expressed >concern at the "very serious" medical condition of most of the men. > As the prisoners' hunger strike goes into its fifth week, two >strikers have been hospitalised. > > > >Secretary General >Mrs. Jela Jovanovic >Art historian >=========================== > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
