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RUSSIAN SOCIAL
COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
Moscow, May 24,
2002 OPEN
LETTER To the President of the Russian Federation
Mr. Vladimir Putin and to the President of USA Mr. George W.
Bush
Respected gentlemen
Presidents, The 'trial' of the ex-President of Yugoslavia Mr. Slobodan Milosevic has gone on for several months at The Hague 'International Tribunal for former Yugoslavia'. That 'Tribunal' was proposed with a positive aim - to punish persons responsible for war crimes under conditions in which the judicial system of the former Yugoslavia had been destroyed. Today, however, it has become clear that the original concept is unsustainable, since the Tribunal turned into a biased, politicized instrument for the persecution of the Serbian people and their leaders. In the World community, there are more and more statements that the 'Tribunal' is illegitimate, created in violation of the UN Charter. The 'trial' proceedings clearly demonstrate that the 'Tribunal' has no evidence of the criminal guilt of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic and other leaders of Yugoslavia. This can also be seen in the questioning and cross-examination of prosecution witnesses, who are also unable to present any evidence that Mr. Milosevic is guilty. What is going on at The Hague discredits the very idea of international judicial bodies. With a goal of restoring justice we call upon you to issue a joint statement expressing the necessity of abolishing the 'International Tribunal for former Yugoslavia', transferring Tribunal cases to the courts of the respective countries of the former Yugoslavia and releasing all political prisoners, including Mr. Slobodan Milosevic.
Chairman of the Committee
Alexander Zinov'ev
Co-Chairman of the Committee,
Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Gen. Nikolai Bezborodov To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website) http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals) http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan Milosevic) http://www.jutarnje.co.yu/ ('morning news' the only Serbian newspaper advocating liberation) |
