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Well, I'm just glad the BBC doesn't engage in propaganda and isn't state-run. On 19 Dec 01, at 10:18, Miroslav Antic wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1719000/1719039.stm > > Wednesday, 19 December, 2001, 10:12 GMT > Court throws out case against Nato > > > One plaintiff (left) lost a son in the bombing > > The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out a case brought against > Nato over the bombing of Belgrade's main TV station during the Kosovo > conflict. > Six Yugoslav nationals had brought the case on behalf of the station's > employees, saying the attack, which killed 16 people, was in breach of > Europe's human rights charter. > > Nato said Serbian state TV was a "ministry of lies" > > > They argued that the air strikes were illegal under the charter, which > governs the right to life and freedom of expression, and asked for > compensation. > > But the court declared the case inadmissible. > > The lawyers for the 17 defendants - the European members of Nato - had > argued that the human rights court did not have the right to judge > because the bombing took place in a country which is not a signatory to > the European Convention of Human Rights. > > Christopher Greenwood, a British government lawyer arguing for the > defendants, also stressed that the two Nato members that played a > central role in the Kosovo campaign - the United States and Canada - > were not named in the suit. > > Propaganda war > > On the night of 23 April 1999, Nato aircraft attacked the government-run > studios of Radio Television Serbia (RTS) in Belgrade, in which those > killed, most of them production workers, had been ordered to report for > work. > > The attack was part of Nato's air campaign to force the Yugoslav > Government of former President Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw its forces > from Kosovo. > > At the time, Nato defended the air strike by saying the TV station was a > legitimate target because of its role in what Nato called Belgrade's > campaign of propaganda. > > The BBC's Alix Kroeger > reports from Belgrade > > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
