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MEDICAL TEAM SAYS MILOSEVIC NEEDS AT LEAST SIX WEEKS REST
www.slobodan-milosevic.org - November 13, 2005
Written by: Andy Wilcoxson
An international medical team has called for an immediate halt to the
activities of Slobodan Milosevic. The doctors, who examined him on
November 4th at the UN Detention unit in The Hague, say that Milosevic
needs "a minimum of six weeks'' rest.
The medical team, comprised of Dr. Florence Leclercq, a French
cardiologist; Dr. Margarita Shumilina, a Serbian vascular specialist;
and Dr. Vukasin Andric, a Russian ear specialist, said that
Milosevic's health condition was "unstable" and that complications
could arise if he does not get sufficient rest.
President Milosevic's legal associate, Zdenko Tomanovic, told the
media on Sunday that Milosevic has been suffering from worsening pains
in his neck, ears and head.
The Judges are expected to receive the medical report on Tuesday. If
they accept the doctors' advice, the trial should not resume until
January of next year. However, the tribunal may attempt to continue
the trial in absentia, in which case another witness boycott will
ensue.
The tribunal has imposed two British "defense lawyers" on Milosevic
against his will, Mr. Steven Kay QC and Ms. Gillian Higgins. Milosevic
does not recognize or speak to either of these lawyers, nor do his
defense witnesses.
This would not be the first time that the tribunal has attempted to
continue the trial in absentia. Earlier this year, defense witness
Kosta Bulatovic was convicted of contempt because he refused to
testify in the absesnse of Milosevic.
Article 21.4 (D) of the the Hague Tribunal's statute, as well as
Article 14.3 (D) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights guarantees every accused person the right "to be tried in his
presence, and to defend himself in person."
Unfortunately, the incident with Kosta Bulatovic has already proven
that principles such as the law, and the rights of an accused, are
irrelevant as far as the Hague Tribunal is concerned.
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