Campaign Against Homophobia
Belgrade, March 26, 1999
Press Release
Bombs Against the Opponents of the Regime in Serbia
Campaign Against Homophobia (realized by European Youth Association of Serbia,
Gay Lobby Arcadia and Humanitarian Law Fund) is disgusted at attacks of NATO
which are taking place during the last few days. By so doing and thinking, NATO
has created a situation which only empowers Milosevic's communist-fascist regime
and directly supports further continuation of his terror against both the Kosovo
Albanians and every genuine, authentic and autochtonous opposition in the
Republic of Serbia.
The coordinators of the Campaign Against Homophobia are directly endangered by
these attacks -- both by the NATO bombs and by the revenge of local population,
as well as of the police, who consider us to be the American "agents" which in
the Republic of Serbia means people who fight for democratization of the
country. Because of the NATO attacks every activity toward the democratization
of the country had to come to halt. Which is to say that bombs falling in
Federal Republic in Yugoslavia are not directed against the regime, but on the
contrary -- paradoxically -- against its opponents.
Our activities, due to the NATO attacks, are entirely stopped. While bombing is
in process it is impossible to fight against the regime of Milosevic and his
wife or to advocate human rights of sexual minorities, or any other human
rights.
We resolutely condemn the Serbian regime, the one indeed responsible for the
current situation which refuses to stop the war by signing the accord. We as
well condemn NATO which with its attacks directly undermines our activities
toward the democratization of the Republic of Serbia and endangers our lives.
Until further notice, the representatives of Campaign Against Homophobia
Coordination Committee from European Youth Association of Serbia and Gay Lobby
Arcadia are forced to put a halt on any activity and leave the territory
attacked by NATO. The project is to be continued after the suspension of the
state of war emergency.
We hope that you will, as always, support our activities on improvement of human
rights of sexual minorities in the Republic of Serbia, as well as on
comprehensive democratization of the country which is impossible without the
departure of the Serbian regime that has brought us to this state where we have
to fight for our sheer survival and that disables our regular work on monitoring
homophobia and reacting to it.
Until further notice, the Coordination Committee of the Project could be reached
at its old phone numbers and e-mail addresses: - -- (381-11) 105-277,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dusan Maljkovic, Vice Chief Executive Coordinator) - -- (381-13)
515-077, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dejan Nebrigic, Campaign's Chief Executive
Coordinator)
Campaign Against Homophobia, as always, supports every activity directed toward
peaceful resolution of the conflict and democratization of the Republic of
Serbia and Kosovo, but resolutely condemns every act of violence and
anti-democratic activity -- whether it be committed by Serbian regime or NATO.
For Campaign Against Homophobia Coordination Committee, Dejan Nebrigic, Chief
Executive Coordinator
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