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2002-11-12
The Hague Is Quiet. Milosevic Is Exhausted
Another delay in the
trial
According to information from Reuters, the
Milosevic trial has been delayed once again. Presiding Judge of the
Hague Tribunal Richard May had no choice but to approve of the
verdict of the doctors who examined former President of Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic. The doctors came to conclusion that Milosevic is
suffering from exhaustion.
At present, President Milosevic
is simply unable to participate in the Hague trial. This has been
the second time over the period of one month when the trial was
delayed due to the poor health of the defendant. In addition,
Milosevic has high blood pressure. The doctors promise to make a
final conclusion about former Yugoslavia president’s health in the
nearest future.
PRAVDA.Ru has recently published a statement
from the secretary of the International Committee To Defend Slobodan
Milosevic Jared Israel and from Vladimir Krsljanin, a spokesperson
for the Freedom Foundation, Yugoslavia. It following was
particularly said in the address:
“Despite warnings from
Yugoslav cardiologists and our committees, this was the first time
The Hague permitted even non-specialists to examine President
Milosevic. And despite their doctors' recommendation of "careful
health monitoring in the future…. a reduction in the workload of
this trial and… further treatment by a cardiologist," The Hague has,
illegally, done the opposite:
“His "trial" day used to end
at 2 PM. Now it ends at 5 PM. He is subjected to a long, tiring,
absurd and humiliating security procedure going to and from the
"court" room. He gets back to jail so late that he must choose: a
short walk for some fresh air, or dinner.
“His cell is in an
old Nazi prison. The windows are hermetically sealed. The air is so
dirty his wife reports her shoes are covered with white dust after a
two-hour visit.
“He is given poor quality, greasy foods
instead of the vegetable-centered diet required for a heart patient.
“Under international humanitarian law it is illegal to deny
a prisoner necessary medical treatment. Given the requirements
stated in the doctors' report, it is clear that this worsening of
Milosevic's living conditions is an attempt to give him a stroke or
heart attack and thus "solve" the problem that he is defeating
NATO.”
The things that are currently taking place during
this so-called “trial” are far from incidental. Milosevic and his
followers will continue to fight it all until the end. So what
happens next?
Sergey Yugov
PRAVDA.Ru
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