THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVICS
DEATH
www.slobodan-milosevic.org
March 11, 2006
Written by: Andy
Wilcoxson
On several occasions prior to his death Milosevic, who suffered
from high blood pressure and a heart condition, complained of severe headaches,
intense pressure behind his eyes and ears, and ringing in his ears.
In
late November 2005 doctors from the Bakulev Medical Center in Moscow traveled to
The Hague and examined him. They determined that his condition could be treated,
but only if they could administer treatment at their facility in
Moscow.
On December 12, 2005 Milosevic asked the tribunal to allow him to
receive medical treatment at the Bakulev Medical Center in Moscow.
The
tribunal denied his request. They told him that the request was not made
properly, and would not be considered unless they received guarantees that he
would return to complete his trial.
On January 18, 2006 the Russian
Government gave guarantees that Milosevic would be returned to The Hague to
complete his trial if he were allowed to be given medical treatment in
Moscow.
In spite of the guarantees of the Russian Government, and in
spite of Milosevics own guarantee that he would return, on February 23, 2006
the trial chamber handed down a ruling denying Milosevics request to receive
medical treatment in Moscow.
On February 24, 2006 Milosevic announced
that he would appeal the tribunals decision.
Unfortunately, he did not
live long enough to bring the issue before the appeals chamber. On March 11,
2006, Slobodan Milosevic was found dead in his cell at the UN Detention Unit in
The Hague.
Responsibility for President Milosevics death can most likely
be attributed to Mr. Patrick Robinson, Mr. O-Gon Kwon, and Mr. Iain Bonomy. If
they had they not prevented him from receiving the medical treatment he needed,
then he would probably still be alive.
It was a generally known fact that
Milosevic could die without proper medical treatment. In the February 24th trial
report I warned that Denying Milosevic the medical treatment he needs could
kill him.
Reacting to the tribunals decision in a February 24th
interview to the Moscow-based Ekho Moskvy Radio, Milosevics brother Borislav
said, I do not know whether or not they will poison him but I do not rule this
out altogether. I do not rule out that he might be even secretly liquidated. As
far as his medical treatment is concerned, their moves do not give any grounds
to believe that he is being treated in a fair and humane way. Their decision is
negative. Incidentally, as I see the reasons behind the decision, I believe that
it is not just inhumane, it simply violates human rights. At issue is an ailing
man, a man aged 65. Despite the immaculate validity of the various components of
this appeal, of this request, they turned it down.
Kwon, Bonomy, and
Robinson knew that denying Milosevic medical treatment could cost him his life.
Armed with that knowledge, they made a conscious decision that denied him the
opportunity to receive the medical treatment he needed -- and now hes
dead.
