CUBAN EXILE GROUP SAYS MILOSEVIC ARREST SENDS MESSAGE TO CASTRO
By Jim Burns CNS Senior Staff Writer
April 05, 2001 - (CNSNews.com) - The Cuban American National Foundation
Wednesday congratulated the Yugoslavian government for arresting its former
president, Slobodan Milosevic, saying Cuban leader Fidel Castro should
learn from Milosevic's experience.
"Milosevic's arrest sends an important message to tyrants everywhere: You
can no longer commit gross human rights abuses and hide behind the outdated
doctrine of executive privilege," CANF Executive Vice President Dennis Hays
said in a statement.
"There is an emerging international consensus that dictators can and should
be held accountable for their crimes," said Hays in a pointed reference to
Castro.
In the case of Cuba, Hays noted, "It is a forgone conclusion that in a
democratic Cuba, Fidel Castro would be brought before the courts to answer
for his crimes. This is one reason why Castro denies the Cuban people any
free voice in their government."
Hays believes the international community should "bring Castro to account
for his direct involvement in crimes against the citizens of other nations,
such as his admitted culpability in the premeditated murder of four
individuals in the shoot down of the Brothers to the Rescue aircraft."
Four Cuban exiles died on Feb. 24, 1996, when Cuban MIGs fired on planes
belonging to the Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based Cuban exile group.
The brothers contend they were in international airspace over the Florida
Straits.
CANF also congratulated the United States government and the international
community for exerting "positive pressure" on Yugoslavia to undertake
Milosevic's arrest.
"The targeted use of economic sanctions clearly helped bring about this
important development. We call upon the international community to continue
to press Yugoslavia to take the next step, Milosevic's extradition to The
Hague to answer for his many crimes," Hays said.
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