STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ==================================================== ALBANIAN REBEL ABUSES OF SERB CIVILIANS IN MACEDONIA ==================================================== MATEJCE, Macedonia, June 8, 2001 (Free Serbia) Members of the Albanian rebel army known as the National Liberation Army (NLA) physically abused eight ethnic Serb civilians in the Macedonian village of Matejce last week, Human Rights Watch charged today. Altogether, at least 21 ethnic Serb men, many of them elderly, were detained by the Albanian rebel group. HRW also reported that NLA held two groups of Serbs, 21 people in total, in a mosque located in the same village. "These villagers were clearly not combatants," said Holly Cartner, executive director of the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch. "The NLA has a responsibility to respect international law, just as much as the Macedonian government does." Krunislav Filipovic (60), an ethnic Serb, was among the men who were taken from his home by NLA fighters May 24th. All four were fathers of Macedonian policemen, which may well be the reason for their abduction. At the village mosque, NLA fighters used their fists and gun butts to beat the four men. On several occasions, they even sharpened knives in front of the men, threatening to slit their throats. The Serbs spent four days in captivity and were released in the village of Otlja, where they were told to walk towards Macedonian government positions, while NLA soldiers fired above their heads, reports HRW. ======== THE NEWS ======== News edited by Milka Zrnic AIM, Belgrade, June 8, 2001 23:30 http://www.aim.ac.yu/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
