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RUSSIAN PUBLIC COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC Moscow, 18 September 2003 S T A T E M E N T
The
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague
has made a decision to provide the former President of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, the political prisoner Slobodan Milosevic, with only three months to
prepare his defense. It is an outrageous, scandalous decision. It is a direct
violation of the international law, which presumes the equality of sides in a
court process.
As widely known, the ICTY prosecutors have been collecting the evidence
for more than four years. In that work hundreds of the ICTY employees took part.
And now it is decided that President Milosevic has to prepare his defense in
only three months. He has to collect evidence and to communicate with his
witnesses while being in a prison cell. That is complete absurdity.
The particular cynicism of the ICTY behavior is seen in the fact that
Slobodan Milosevic still doesn’t receive a qualified medical aid, despite the
fact that his health condition raises the most serious concern.
All of this is taking place
parallel to practically complete isolation of President Milosevic from his
political allies in Yugoslavia and from his family. As known, the persecution of
the members of Mr. Milosevic`s
family under false excuses has deprived his wife and son of the
possibility to visit him at the Hague prison.
We strongly condemn the
ongoing attempt of political slaughter of the Serbian leader and the persecution
of his family members.
We demand the adjournment of
the trial for two years, so that President Milosevic can prepare his defense in
an appropriate way. We insist on his release from detention for the recuperation of his health and for more effective preparation of defense.
Chairman of the Committee Alexander Zinoviev
The members of the Russian Public Committee for the
Defense of Slobodan Milosevic are:
1. A. A. Zinovyev, philosopher, writer, professor of the Moscow State University 2. S. N. Baburin, doctor of
law, President of the Russian All-peoples’ Union 3. N. M. Bezborodov, general,
Deputy of the State Duma 4. V. I. Varenikov, general,
Hero of the Soviet Union 5. V. N. Ganichev, writer,
President of the Writers’ Union of Russia 6. S. A. Glotov, doctor of law,
Director of the Institute for Human Rights 7. V. A. Dzhanibekov,
cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Member of the Russian Academy of
Natural Sciences 8. N. I. Doroshchenko, writer,
Secretary of the Board of the Writers’ Union of Russia 9. E. G. Drapeko, actress,
Deputy of the State Duma 10. L. V. Zaitseva, People’s Artist of
Russia 11. O. N. Zarudnaya, Vice-President of the
Union of Slavonic Journalists 12. M. A. Zemskov, Editor-in-chief of the
“Patriot” magazine 13. 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) 14. V. M. Klikov, sculptor, President of the
International Fund for Slavonic Literacy and Culture 15. N. I. Kondratenko, Memer of the Council
of Federation 16. M. P. Lobanov,
writer 17. J. M. Loshchits,
writer 18. M. I. Nozhkin, poet, People’s Artist of
Russia 19. G. V. Osipov, Member of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute for Socio-political Research of
the Russian Academy of Sciences 20. A. A. Prokhanov, Editor-in-chief of the
newspaper “Zavtra” (Tomorrow) 21. V. S. Safronchuk, ambassador, Deputy
Secretary General of the United Nations 1987-1992 22. V. N. Strakhov, Member of
the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Geophysical Institute „O. J.
Shmit” 23. V. V. Chikin, Editor-in-chief of the
newspaper “Sovietskaya Rossiya” (Soviet Russia) 24. N. D. Yakovleva, President of the
Patriotic Alliance of Women
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:
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