>From: "Mrs. Jela Jovanovic, Secretary General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>=========================== >>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 >>=========================== >> > > > > --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
