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From: wasd <jpowell4(a)virtu.sar.usf.edu>
"NATO has just blown up the building that housed Pink TV, a completely
non-political TV station that showed mostly music videos and concerts.
It also housed one of the most modern recording studios in Yugoslavia.
There were also filming studios, a couple of radio stations and some offices
in this building.
NATO's reason for attacking this "target" according to CNN: "They were
broadcasting anti-NATO programs and organising concerts to take place on
bridges that are specified targets."
anti-NATO program resultat = blown apart by yankee fascists
- to think that there are those among us asserting the greatness of yankee
fascists.
From: jpowell4(a)virtu.sar.usf.edu
A STATEMENT OF CONCERNED SERBIAN CITIZENS
As long time proponents of and activists for a democratic and
anti-nationalist Serbia, who have chosen to remain in Yugoslavia during
this moment of crisis and who want to see our country reintegrated into
the community of world nations, we state the following:
1. We strongly condemn the NATO bombings which have hugely
exacerbated violence in Kosovo and have caused the displacement of
people outside and throughout Yugoslavia. We strongly condemn the
ethnic cleansing of the Albanian population perpetrated by any
Yugoslav forces. We strongly condemn the Kosovo Liberation Army's
(KLA) violence targeted against the Serbs, moderate Albanians and
other ethnic communities in Kosovo. The humanitarian catastrophe in
Kosovo - death, grief and extreme suffering for hundreds of thousands of
Albanians, Serbs and members of other ethnic communities - has to be
ended now. All refugees from Yugoslavia must immediately and
unconditionally be allowed to return to their homes, their security and
human rights guaranteed, and aid for reconstruction provided.
Perpetrators of crimes against humanity whoever they are must be
brought to justice.
2. The fighting between Serbian forces and KLA has to be stopped
immediately in order to start a new round of negotiations. All sides must
put aside their maximalist demands. There are (as in other numerous
similar conflicts such as Northern Ireland) no quick and easy solutions.
We all must be prepared for a long and painstaking process of
negotiation and normalization.
3. The bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO causes destruction and
growing numbers of civilian victims (at least several hundred, maybe a
thousand, by now). The final outcome will be the destruction of the
economic and cultural foundations of Yugoslav society. It must be
stopped immediately.
4. The UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, the founding document of
NATO, as well as the constitutions of countries such as Germany, Italy,
Portugal, have been violated by this aggression. As individuals who have
devoted their lives to the defense of basic democratic values, who
believe in universal legal norms we are deeply concerned that NATO's
violation of these norms will incapacitate all those struggling for
the rule
of law and human rights in this country and elsewhere in the world.
5. NATO's bombings have further destabilized the southern Balkans. If
continued this conflict can escalate beyond Balkan borders and, if
turned into land military operations, thousands of NATO and Yugoslav
soldiers, as well as Albanian and Serbian civilians, will die in a
futile war
as in Vietnam. Political negotiations toward a peaceful settlement
should be reopened immediately.
6. The existing regime has only been reinforced by NATO's attacks in
Yugoslavia by way of the natural reaction of people to rally around the
flag in times of foreign aggression. We continue our opposition to the
present anti-democratic and authoritarian regime, but we also
emphatically oppose NATO's aggression. The democratic forces in
Serbia have been weakened and the democratic reformist Government
of Montenegro threatened by NATO's attacks and by the regime's
subsequent proclamation of the state of war and now find themselves
between NATO's hammer and regime's anvil.
7. In dealing with the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia the leaders of
the world community have in the past made numerous fatal errors. New
errors are leading to an aggravation of the conflict and are removing us
from the search for peaceful solutions.
We appeal to all: President Milosevic, the representatives of the Kosovo
Albanians, NATO, EU and US leaders to stop all violence and military
activities immediately and engage in the search for a political solution.
Belgrade, April 16, 1999
1. Stojan Cerovic, "Vreme" columnist and journalist
2. Jovan Cirilov, Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF)
selector and
former director of the Yugoslav Drama Theater; Theater History Center
Director
3. Sima Cirkovic, Member Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Professor,
Belgrade University, Dept. of History
4. Mijat Damnjanovic, Former Professor, Belgrade University, Faculty
of Political
Sciences, Center for Public Administration and Local Government (PALGO)
Director
5. Vojin Dimitrijevic, Former head of the Department of International
Law, Belgrade
Law School; The Belgrade Center for Human Rights Director; UN Human Rights
Committee former Vice Chairman
6. Dasa Duhacek, Director Women Studies Center, Board Member of
Alternative
Academic Educational Network (AAEN)
7. Milutin Garasanin, Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and
Arts; Vice
President of The Association for Research of South-Eastern Europe (UNESCO)
8. Zagorka Golubovic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of
Sociology;
Chair Social Sciences Department of AAEN
9. Dejan Janca, Professor, Novi Sad University, Law School
10. Ivan Jankovic, Belgrade lawyer, human rights activist, Board
President of
Center for Anti-War Action
11. Predrag Koraksic, Belgrade caricaturist
12. Mladen Lazic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of
Sociology, AAEN
Board member
13. Sonja Licht, President, Fund for an Open Society Executive Board
14. Ljubomir Madzar, Professor Belgrade University, Faculty of
Economy, Member
Group-17
15. Veran Matic, Editor in Chief, Belgrade Radio B92, President
Alternative
Network of Electronic Media (ANEM)
16. Jelica Minic, Secretary General, European Movement in Serbia
17. Andrej Mitrovic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of History
18. Radmila Nakarada, Senior Reserach Fellow, Belgrade Institute for
European
Studies
19. Milan Nikolic, Director, Center for Policy Studies
20. Vida Ognjenovic, Theater director, playwrite
21. Borka Pavicevic, Director, Center for Cultural Decontamination
22. Jelena Santic, Anti-war 487 group, human rights activist
23. Nikola Tasic, Associate member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and
Arts, Member European Academy
24. Ljubinka Trgovcevic, Senior Research Fellow, Belgrade University,
Department
of History
25. Srbijanka Turajlic, Professor, Belgrade University, Faculty of
Electrical
Engineering, Board President AAEN
26. Ivan Vejvoda, Fund for an Open Society Executive Director,
27. Branko Vucicevic, translator