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From: Vladimir Krsljanin
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 5:34 PM
Subject: [CIN] 31 Aug. / 1 Sept. - ICDSM at The Hague
31 AUGUST - MILOSEVIC CASE: TRUTH
AND FREEDOM AGAINST LIES AND SLAVERY
After the trials of Dimitrov and Mandela who heroically defeated the Nazi and
Apartheid political judiciary, the trial which best represents the
global struggle against international oppression in our own time is certainly the one
of Slobodan Milosevic.
On Tuesday, 31 August 2004 at 9 A.M. (CET) Slobodan Milosevic will have a chance to
make a four hour opening speech at the beginning of what is
usually called his defense, and what he himself and all progressive people of Serbia
call the battle for truth. His opening speech will not be followed
by the presentation of his evidence as would be customary in most courtrooms and as
most would expect. Instead, it will be followed by a debate on whether the court
should impose counsel on him, and on whether a once unified proceeding should be
broken up into three separate parts.
Essentially, the court will seek ways in which to silence the voice of Slobodan
Milosevic. The aim is to prevent "the accused" to present evidence on who and why
destroyed Yugoslavia, how terrorist safe-havens were created in Croatia, Bosnia and
Kosovo, who persecuted the Serbian people and bombed Serbia, who and why occupies
large parts of the Balkans and imposes misery and colonial rule to the Balkans nations.
The most cynical aspect of this is the way the Hague non-court tries to impose counsel
on Slobodan Milosevic against his will while claiming to be
worried for his health! After damaging his health and endangering his very life by
kidnapping him, keeping him in prison for more than three years without allowing his
illness to be treated properly, cutting him from contacts with his family, and
exhausting him with an endless series of fake witnesses and millions of pages of
irrelevant disclosure - this is an obscene deception.
President Slobodan Milosevic is fighting for the people. He is supported by the people
of Serbia and by progressive people around the world. He is on
the very front lines of the struggle against injustice and aggression in the Balkans
and around the world.
The Mr. and Ms. Frankensteins (you remember their real names: Albright, David
Scheffer, Michael Scharf.) who devised the Hague court, are now very concerned with
the viability of their ghoulish creation whose teeth were broken by a great and honest
man. They are trying to tell the public and the ICTY judges that only Frankensteins
such as themselves have the right to make the rules, and that the principal rule above
all is that whomever they
have pointed to as a criminal must be convicted (or eliminated), with or without
evidence against him.
This unprecedented campaign of judicial manipulation coincides with a similarly
unprecedented and outrageous campaign by NATO lackeys in Belgrade to withdraw the
indictment against the NATO countries which now sits before the International Court of
Justice. Since the foundation of this one and only true UN court there has never been
so such pressure on the accusing side as in this case of Yugoslavia vs. NATO. In spite
of NATO's enormous power, still the vast majority of the Serbian Parliament has been
against the withdrawal. Why are all of these campaigns and pressures so intense?
Because the real criminals are fully aware of their crimes!
The only legitimate holder of sovereign power including judicial power is the people.
And the people will not allow these crimes to prevail. Nor will the people forgive the
criminals.
The Sloboda/Freedom Association from Belgrade and the International Committee to
Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM), from Sofia to New York to Moscow, together call
upon all honest people to act now to prevent any further criminal manipulations at The
Hague. We invite all supporters of this struggle and of all other progressive
struggles to listen to Slobodan
Milosevic's opening statement on 31 August and to express their solidarity either by
coming to The Hague or by addressing the public in their own
countries.
The ICDSM has sent representatives to The Hague who will address the media in a press
conference on Wednesday, 1 September 2004 after the end of that day's tribunal
proceedings. Speaking on behalf of ICDSM will be Vice-Chairman and Board Chairperson
Klaus Hartmann from Germany and ICDSM Legal Spokesperson Tiphaine Dickson from Quebec.
This year the Russian Duma, the Parliament of Belarus, and the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Union of Russia and Belarus all addressed separate letters to the Parliaments
of NATO and the EU countries, as well as to various international organizations and
the judges of the Hague tribunal demands calling for the release of Slobodan Milosevic.
The same demand was expressed by the World Peace Council, European Peace Forum and by
many other progressive organizations and political parties.
On Vidovdan, 28 June 2004, which was also the third anniversary of the abduction of
President Milosevic, thousands marched in the streets of Belgrade with the same demand.
Some forty renowned international artists and writers signed a petition uniting their
voices in support of the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic.
Over ninety distinguished lawyers and law professors from seventeen countries, most of
them non-members of ICDSM and some of them even political opponents of Slobodan
Milosevic, addressed the UN Security Council and other UN organs with a petition
entitled IMPOSITION OF COUNSEL ON SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC THREATENS THE FUTURE OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE LIFE OF THE DEFENDANT. This appeal, which expressed the true
principles of legal justice, was motivated by a sense of complete outrage and shame in
the face of the daily violation of legal ethics at The Hague. On behalf of the appeal,
former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark and international criminal lawyer Tiphaine
Dickson spoke to the press last week in the UN headquarters in New York.
Slobodan Milosevic stands for all of us. Let us also stand together with Slobodan
Milosevic on 31 August and 1 September 2004.
The International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM) are:
COCHAIRMEN:
Professor Velko Valkanov, President of the
Bulgarian Committee for Human Rights,
Honorary President of the Bulgarian Antifascist Union, former Member of Parliament,
Founder of
ICDSM, Bulgaria
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General, USA
Professor Alexander Zinoviev, philosopher, writer, Russia
AND MEMBERS:
1.Professor Kostas Alyssandrakis, Member of European Parliament,Greece
2. Dimitri Analis, Poet, Athens, Greece/Paris,
France
3.A. M. Archipov, MP, Head of Parliamentary Legislative Commission,Belarus
4.T�lin Arslan, Businesswoman, Saarbr�cken,
Germany
5.S. N. Baburin, doctor of law, Vice-President
of the State Duma,Russia
6.Sebastian Bahlo, Germany
7.Dr. Bogdan Baishanski, Math Dept., Ohio
State University, USA
8.Rolf Becker, Actor, Hamburg, Germany
9.Horst Bethge, Pedagogue, Hamburg, Germany
10.Peter Betscher, Engineer, Darmstadt,
Germany
11.Professor Aldo Bernardini, Rome, Italy,
Head of the ICDSM Task Force for International
Law
12. N.M. Bezborodov, general, Deputy of the
State Duma, Russia
13. Christopher Black, Attorney, Canada,
Vice-Chairman ICDSM, Chairman of the ICDSM
Legal Committee
14. William Blum, author, USA
15. Professor Erich Bucholz, Lawyer, Berlin,
Germany
16. John Catalinotto, International Action
Center, USA
17. V. V. Chikin, Editor-in-chief of the
newspaper "Sovietskaya Rossiya"(Soviet Russia)
18. Mick Collins, Paris, France/USA
19. Michel Collon, journalist, writer,
Belgium
20. Larisa Vasil'evna Cukanova, Ukraine
21. Paul Davidson, London, England
22. Tiphaine Dickson, attorney, Quebec,
Canada, ICDSM lawyer and legal spokesperson
23. Dr. Rajko Dolechek, DSc., Czech Republic
24. Blagovesta Doncheva, Bulgaria
25. N. I. Doroshchenko, writer, Secretary of
the Board of the Writers'Union of Russia
26. Sergei Dovgan', President Peasants'
Party, Member of Parliament, Kiev,Ukraine,
Vice-Chairman ICDSM
27. E. G. Drapeko, actress, Deputy of the
State Duma, Russia
28. V. A. Dzhanibekov, cosmonaut, twice Hero
of the Soviet Union, Member of the Russian
Academy of Natural Sciences, Russia
29. Irina Efanova, Ukraine
30. Gregory Elich, writer, USA
31. Helmuth Fellner, Member of the Workers
Chamber, Vienna, Austria
32. Vojtech Filip, MP, Czech Republic
33. Sara Flounders, International Action
Center, USA
34. Lenora Forestal, USA
35. Nikos Fotiadis, Vice-President, Peace
Committee of Greece
36. Dr Dieter Frielinghaus, President of the Association for Civil Rights and Human
Dignity, Br�ssow, Germany
37. V. N. Ganichev, writer, President of the
Writers' Union of Russia
38. Stefan Gajtandzijev, Sofia, Bulgaria,
Chairman of ICDSM-Bulgaria
39. General Jean Marie Gaulois, France
40. Thanassis Georgiou, Greece
41. Peter Gingold, Antifascist, Member of
Auschwitz-Committee,Frankfurt/Main, Germany
42. S. A. Glotov, doctor of law, Director of the Institute
for Human Rights, Russia
43. Stan Goff, U.S. Army Special Forces, Ret., writer, USA
44. N�stor Miguel Gorojovsky, Argentina, Coordinator of
ICDSM for Latin America
45. Olla Ef Grigor'eva, Ukraine
46. Philip Greenspan, USA
47. Fulvio Grimaldi, Journalist and Film-Maker, Rome,
Italy, Vice-Chairman ICDSM
48. Dr Wolf-Dieter Gudopp, Philosopher, Frankfurt/Main,
Germany
49. Aydemir G�ler, President of Party for Socialist Power,
Turkey
50. Klaus Hartmann, Vice-Chairman of the World Union of Freethinkers,Coordinator of
ICDSM in Germany,
Vice-Chairman ICDSM, Chairman of the Boardof ICDSM
51. Ralph Hartmann, Former Ambassador, Publicist, Germany
52. Casper Hilvers, The Netherlands
53. Jan Hrobar, journalist, writer, Czech Republic, Coordinator
of ICDSM for the Czech Republic
54. N. N. Izvekov, Member of the Scientific Council of
the Russian Academy of Sciences (for the history of
international relations and foreign policy of Russia)
55. Tika Jankovic, California, USA
56. John Jay, England
57. Ian Johnson, Bolton, UK, Coordinator of
CDSM-Britain
58. Dr. Vojin Joksimovic, California, USA
59.Nebojsa Joveljic, New Zealand
60. Dr. John Kahoun, MD, New York, NY, USA
61. Georgios Kakulidis, poet, Greece
62. Dimitris Kaltsonis, MP, Greece
63. Liana Kaneli, Member of Parliament, Attorney,
Greece, Vice-Chairwoman ICDSM
64. Oleg Kapashnikov, Ukraine
65. Peggy Karp, Berkeley, CA, USA
66. June Kelly, Dublin, Ireland, Coordinator of
ICDSM-Ireland
67. Raymond Kent, Professor Emeritus, History Dept.,
University of California at Berkeley, USA
68. Sergei Kiyashko, Member of Parliament, Ukraine
69. Wil van der Klift, Chief-Editor of Manifest, Netherlands
70. V. M. Klikov, sculptor, President of the International Fund
for Slavonic Literacy and Culture, Russia
71. Lorenz Knorr, Publicist, Germany
72. Tatjana Kojic, Yugoslav-Austrian Solidarity-Movement,
Vienna, Austria
73. N. I. Kondratenko, Memer of the Council of Federation,
Russia
74. Hermann Kopp, Editor ("Marxistische Bl�tter"),
D�sseldorf, Germany
75. Stratis Korakas, Member European Parliament,
Greece
76. Akim Kornilov, Ukraine
77. Dr. Erika Kosse, Germany
78. Sergei I. Kostyan, MP, Deputy-head of Parliament
Foreign Relations Commission, Chairman, Belarus
Slavonic Committee, Coordinator of ICDSM for Belarus
79. Vladimir Krsljanin, Sloboda (Freedom Association), Yugoslavia,Secretary of ICDSM
80. Professor Mihail N. Kuznecov, Attorney, Moscow,
Russia, Vice-Chairman ICDSM
81. Professor Stefan Leder, Poland
82. Ren� Lefort, France, Coordinator of French CDSM
83. Barry Lituchy, historian, New York, USA
84. M. P. Lobanov, writer, Russia
85. J. M. Loshchits, writer, Russia
86. Godfred Louis Jensen, architect, Denmark
87. Dr Uta Mader, Physician, Cologone, Germany
88. Professor John Peter Maher, USA
89. Walter Malzkorn, Trade Unionist, Cologne,
Germany
90. Professor Paul De Marco, Canada
91. Professor Norman Markowitz, USA
92. Professor Nina Stepanovna Markovskaya,
Ukraine
93. Kosa Martjak, USA
94. Dr Andrea Martocchia, Italy
95. Robert Medernach, Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg
96. Professor Hanfried M�ller, Theologian, Berlin,
Germany
97. M. I. Nozhkin, poet, People's Artist of Russia
98. Boris Oliynik, Poet, Member of Parliament, Ukraine
99. G. V. Osipov, Member of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Director of the Institute for Socio-political
Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
100. Mary Paich, USA
101. Dr Michael Parenti, writer, USA, Chairperson of ICDSM-US
102. Dr. Stanislav Patejdl, Czech Peace Society
103. Harold Pinter, Playwright, England
104. Paolo Pioppi, Ramsey Clark Tribunal in Italy,
Fondazione Pasti
105.Dr. Pavel Polachek, Czech Republic
106. A. A. Prokhanov, Editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Zavtra" (Tomorrow), Russia
107. Milos Raickovic, composer, USA
108. Jelena Rankovic, Yugoslav-Austrian
Solidarity-Movement, Vienna, Austria
109. Klaus von Raussendorff, editor, Secretary of German
CDSM,Bonn, Germany
110. Dr. Lisl Rizy, Trade Unionist, Editor, Vienna, Austria
111. Elena Vasil'evna Romashchenko, Ukraine
112. Dr. V. N. Romashchenko, Ukraine
113. Professor Rui Namorado Rosa, Portugal
114. Rick Rozoff, USA
115. Alfred P. Rubin, Emeritus Distinguished Professor
of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law &
Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA
116. V. S. Safronchuk, ambassador, Deputy Secretary
General of the United Nations 1987-1992, Russia
117. Georgii Vasil'evich Shchekin, Ukraine
118. Hansjoerg Schneider, lawyer, Bremen, Germany
119. Arnold Sch�lzel, Editor in Chief ("junge Welt"),
Berlin, Germany
120. Cathrin Schuetz, political scientist, journalist, investigator
for the legal associates of President Milosevic, Germany
121. Valentina D. Shtraus, Attorney, Russia
122. Professor Bhim Singh, Leader of National
Panthers' Party, India, Coordinator of ICDSM
for India
123. Ol'ga Soloveva, Ukraine
124. Eckart Spoo, Editor ("Ossietzky"), Hannover,
Germany
125. William J. Spring , Chairman of the Christians
Against NATO Aggression (CANA), England
126.Jole Stanishich, Writer, Russia/Yugoslavia
127. Phil Stein, USA
128. Nico Steijnen, Attorney, Netherlands,
Lawyer for Pres. Milosevic in Dutch Courts
129. V. N. Strakhov, Member of the Russian
Academy of Sciences,Director of the Geophysical
Institute "O. J. Shmit", Russia
130. George Szamuely, Journalist, USA
131. Karen Talbot (1934-2003), USA
132. Nadja Tesich, writer, USA
133. Vyacheslav Tetekin, writer, Russia, secretary
of ICDSM-Russia
134. Professor Andr� Tremblay, Montreal, Canada
135. Kaspar Tr�mpy, precision mechanic, Switzerland,
136. V. I. Varenikov, general, Hero of the Soviet Union,
Russia
137. Jacques Verges, Attorney, Paris, France
138. Enrico Vigna, Association "SOS Yugoslavia",
Torino, Italy
139. Dr. Mimi Vitkova, Bulgaria
140. Miroslav Vogl, Czech Republic
141. Alida M. Weber, nee Jatich, Chicago,
Illinois, USA
142. T.V. Weber, Chicago, Illinois, USA
143.Laura von Wimmersperg, Coordinator of the
Peace Movement(Friedenskoordination), Berlin,
Germany
144. N. D. Yakovleva, President of the Patriotic
Alliance of Women,Russia
145. Jim Yarker, Toronto, Canada
146. Professor Ch. S. Yatsenko, Academician, Russia
147. Vladimir M. Yatsenko, MP, Ukraine
148. Milo Yelesiyevich, author & translator,
New York, NY, USA
149. Zahari Zahariev, Bulgaria
150. L. V. Zaitseva, People's Artist of Russia
151. O. N. Zarudnaya, Vice-President of the Union of
Slavonic Journalists, Russia
152.M. A. Zemskov, Editor-in-chief of the "Patriot"
magazine,Russia
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IMPORTANT NOTICE (1):
The International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
ICDSM PRESS CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2004
Please, be advised that the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
(ICDSM) will address the media on Wednesday, September 1st, 2004 at 14.00 hours at the
Hotel "Golden Tulip" - BEL AIR which is located close to the Tribunal behind the
Congress Centre. ICDSM lawyer and legal spokesperson, Maitre Tiphaine Dickson of
Quebec/Canada and Mr. Klaus Hartmann of Germany, Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the
Board of ICDSM, will comment on latest developments in the Milosevic process such as
the issues of the imposition of counsel and severance
of the indictments.
To arrange an interview with Maitre Dickson
or Mr. Hartmann, please contact:
+381-63-8862301
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IMPORTANT NOTICE (2):
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ALL WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BE AT THE HAGUE ON 31 August AND 1 September 2004
CAN WATCH THE HISTORIC OPENING SPEECH OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC VIA INTERNET.
Everything you have to do is to go to the tribunal's web site:
www.un.org/icty
and to choose the proper link on the main page
(video or audio, English, French or Serbian
channel - in all cases you need the freeware
called Real Player, that can be also downloaded
from the Internet).
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THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC AND THE
INTERNATIONAL LAW ARE IN PERIL.
JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS' PETITION:
http://www.icdsm.org/Lawappeal.htm
JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS' APPEAL
FOR MILOSEVIC:
http://www.icdsm.org/more/artists.htm
SUPPORT THE ICDSM:
http://www.icdsm.org
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO DEFEND SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
www.icdsm.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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In the struggle US/NATO vs. People which is going on at The Hague, US/NATO is
represented by 1300 employees fed every year with 100.000 $ per person.
People is represented by Slobodan Milosevic alone, armed only with truth and with your
support!
NOW is the last moment for full mobilization of all our political,intellectual and
financial potentials to prevent the worse and to decisively help People and Slobodan
Milosevic to win the battle for truth.
ICDSM has to set up an effective information center at The Hague to prevent criminal
injustices and to promote, in closest interaction with President
Milosevic and with the small team of his assistants, his struggle for truth, to bring
his numerous important witnesses before the press and to show the mass people's
support.
SO - ACT NOW - DON'T LET THE TRUTH
BE SILENCED!
Vladimir Krsljanin,
Secretary of ICDSM,
Foreign Relations Assistant
to President Milosevic
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Please send us your donations and engage in organizing fundraising.
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You can find detailed instructions at:
http://www.icdsm.org/battle.htm
(please also follow the links therein) or
you can make transfers to ICDSM accounts
in Europe:
Peter Betscher
Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Darmstadt, Germany
IBAN: DE 21 5085 0150 0102 1441 63
SWIFT-BIC: HELADEF1DAS
or
Vereinigung f�r Internationale Solidarit�t
(VIS)4000 Basel, Switzerland
PC 40-493646-5
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THE ILLEGAL HAGUE PROCESS MUST END.
Statement by the President of the
World Peace Council Orlando Fundora (Cuba)
http://www.icdsm.org/more/fundora.htm
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VIDOVDAN PEOPLE'S RALLY IN BELGRADE ORGANIZED BY SLOBODA to mark the third anniversary
of kidnapping of President Milosevic
http://www.icdsm.org/more/galery2806.htm
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SLOBODA urgently needs your donation.
Please find the detailed 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.pasti.org/milodif.htm (ICDSM Italy)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan
antiNATO center)
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