Il 28 maggio scorso, in concomitanza con il vertice NATO a Pratica
di Mare e relative manifestazioni di protesta in vari paesi, si e'
tenuta a Belgrado una grande manifestazione contro la NATO guidata
dal principale partito di opposizione, il Partito Socialista della
Serbia.
Di questa manifestazione non ha parlato nessun organo di stampa
italiano; su alcuni giornali della sinistra italiana, invece, sono
apparsi nei giorni successivi gli echi della polemica interna al
cosiddetto "movimento dei movimenti", che mentre organizza grandi
proteste per il vertice FAO rimane sostanzialmente distratto
e disinteressato rispetto al vertice della piu' grande struttura
imperialista mondiale, la piu' minacciosa e pericolosa per la pace.
Nel frattempo, la leadership liberista e filooccidentale di Serbia
e Montenegro compie tutti gli sforzi possibili per legare il paese
alla NATO attraverso la "Partnership for Peace".
(a cura di I. Slavo)

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Subject: Demonstration in Belgrade: SERBS WARN BUSH AND BLAIR!
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 18:55:30 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>


SERBS WARN BUSH AND BLAIR

DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRONT OF U.S. AND
U.K. EMBASSIES IN BELGRADE

BELGRADE, MAY 28

During the NATO-Russia summit in Rome, Belgrade
had shown that it is still capital of European
resistance. Several thousand of left, right-wing
and non-partisan patriots have demonstrated today
in front of British and US embassies in Belgrade.
They demanded end of the NATO political farce at
The Hague and release of Serbian leader Slobodan
Milosevic. Embassies' representatives received a
letter for their governments from the organizer of
the demonstration - Citizen Association FREEDOM.
Written by Belgrade law professors, letter focuses
on numerous misuses of law and violations of
international documents on protection of human
rights, including the "Tribunal"'s own Rules in
the "trial" of Slobodan Milosevic and demands his
release.

Once again, US/NATO aggression in Europe has been
condemned. Following line of President Milosevic,
demonstrators called for people's unity and
broadening on protest actions against the present
corrupted and undemocratic regime in Belgrade,
which serves only to foreign interests and has
completely lost popular support. "Our only goal is
freedom" - said one of the speakers, chairman of
the Association of Veterans of Wars since 1990
Ratko Zecevic. Former famous basketball player for
the Yugoslav national team and now known activist
Ljubodrag Simonovic Duci blamed capitalist
arrogance and aggression for global oppression and
stated that 'their stupid and ignorant Hague
machinery is ashamed and in panic after clever and
courageous appearance of President Milosevic, who
expresses much higher civilizational level'.
Messages from Russia have also been read and
President Milosevic was called not only Serbian
leader, but also a leader of a free world.

Demonstrations have been supported by Socialist
Party of Serbia, Serbian Radical Party, Yugoslav
Left, New Communist Party of Yugoslavia and
numerous organizations from Serbia, Montenegro,
Republic of Srpska, Macedonia as well as by
organizations of expelled persons from Kosovo,
Bosnia and Croatia.

Culmination of the wave of protests in Serbia is
expected on June 28, on St. Vitus Day and
anniversary of abduction of President Milosevic.
Almost all opposition parties have scheduled its
mass rallies on that day in Belgrade, which is
expected to be a 'day of truth' for the present
regime and future of Serbia.

To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of
equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to
defend Slobodan Milosevic)
http://www.jutarnje.co.yu/ ('morning news' the only
Serbian newspaper advocating liberation)

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From: Anti Imperialist Camp

Serbs warn Bush and Blair
by SPS, Yugoslavia
Demonstrations in front of US and UK Embassies in Belgrade

During the NATO-Russia summit in Rome, Belgrade had
shown that it is still capital of European resistance.
Several thousand of left, right-wing and non-partisan
patriots have demonstrated today in front of British
and US embassies in Belgrade. They demanded end of
the NATO political farce at The Hague and release of
Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Embassies'
representatives received a letter for their governments from
the organizer of the demonstration - Citizen Association
FREEDOM. Written by Belgrade law professors, letter
focuses on numerous misuses of law and violations of
international documents on protection of human rights,
including the "Tribunal"'s own Rules in the "trial" of
Slobodan Milosevic and demands his release.

entire article:
http://antiimperialista.com.westserver.net/view.shtml?category=all&id=10226=
18397&keyword=+

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http://www.sps.org.yu/aktuelno/2002/05/28-02.html

SRBIJU POROBLJAVAJU - RODOLJUBIMA SUDE!

slobodan Slobodan - slobodna Srbija!



DEMONSTRACIJE PRED AMERICKOM I BRITANSKOM AMBASADOM U
BEOGRADU



BEOGRAD, 28. juna 2002.

Nekoliko hiljada demonstranata okupilo se
danas ispred ambasada Velike Britanije i SAD u
Beogradu, protestujuci protiv politickog i pravnog
nasilja tzv. tribunala u Hagu i zahtevajuci slobodu
za Slobodana Milosevica i prekid rada ovog kaznenog
instrumenta NATO. Izrazen je i snazan protest protiv
kriminalne klike na vlasti u Beogradu i njihovih
stranih pokrovitelja i pozvano na jedinstvo i otpor
naroda, kako bi rezim bio prinudjen da ode sa vlasti
i raspise prevremene izbore.

Predstavnicima obe ambasade uruceno je
pismo za njihove vlade u kojem se ukazuje na sve
zloupotrebe prava, nasilje i torturu koje primenjuje
haski kazamat i zahteva obustavljanje ove prakse i
oslobodjenje Slobodana Milosevica.

Demonstracije je organizovalo Udruzenje
SLOBODA, a na njih su pozvane sve patriotske partije,
organizacije i pojedinci. Izmedju ostalih odazvali su
se SPS, SRS, JUL, NKPJ, Patriotski savez Jugoslavije,
Udruzenja boraca iz svih ratova, organizacije Srba iz
Bosne i Hercegovine, Hrvatske, Makedonije, kao i vise
organizacija i pojedinaca iz Crne Gore i sa Kosmeta.

Zbog poziva na jedinstvo naroda u borbi
za slobodu, na skupu nisu govorili stranacki prvaci i
profesionalni politicari, vec istaknuti javni radnici
i predstavnici drustvenih organizacija. Ispred
britanske ambasade gradjanima su se obratili Ljuba
Popovic, prof. Boro Cetkovic iz Crne Gore i Dragisa
Miletic iz Makedonije, a ispred americke crnogorski
narodni tribun Kiro Radovic, poznati sportski veteran
i angazovani drustveni radnik Dr Ljubodrag Duci
Simonovic i predstavnik udruzenja boraca ratova od
1990. Ratko Zecevic.

Govornici su istakli da je haska NATO
masinerija zasnovana na novcu i moci ponizena i
posramljena nepokolebljivim i umnim istupanjima
predsednika Milosevica. Jos vise je potucen nenarodni
rezim, protiv koga je vecina gradjana, kojima su
probudjeni nada i samopouzdanje. U situaciji kada je
ceo svet izlozen brutalnoj agresiji i diktaturi,
lider srpskog naroda Slobodan Milosevic sve vise
postaje lider slobodoljubivog covecanstva. Protesti u
Srbiji ce se nastaviti, a ocekuje se da na Vidovdan i
godisnjicu sramne otmice predsednika Milosevica, svi
gradjani izadju na ulice da svom narodu i drzavi
povrate slobodu i dostojanstvo.

Protest je organizovan pred britanskom
ambasadom, jer ova zemlja i njene tajne sluzbe igraju
glavnu ulogu u haskoj inkviziciji - od pisanja
"optuznice", do kontrole procesa, preko glavnog
sudije, odgovornog tuzioca i jednog od "amicus
curiae". SAD su naravno i dalje najodgovornije za
tragediju na Balkanu i njeno nastavljanje - u Hagu i
preko rezima u Beogradu kojim upravlja americka
ambasada.

Sledi tekst pisma urucenog ambasadama SAD i Velike
Britanije:



Gospodo,

U postupku koji se protiv Slobodana Milosevica
vodi pred nelegalnim, suprotno Povelji UN
uspostavljenim Ha¹kim tribunalom, sve vi¹e se
razotkriva prava priroda ove instititucije,
zastra¹ujuce maligne izrasline na civilizaciskom
tkivu koje je covecanstvo vekovima stvaralo i
ozbiljne uvrede za pravo i pravdu kojima su
generacije i generacije stremile i mukotrpno ih
izgradjivale.

Doveden u corsokak i osramocen sve ociglednijom
besmisleno¹cu optuzbi protiv Slobodana Milo¹evica,
potpunom nesposobno¹cu Tuzila¹tva i lakrdijom u koju
se pretvorio ?dokazni postupak?? u kome do sada ni
jedno jedino svedocenje nije imalo gotovo nikakvu
pravnu i dokaznu vrednost i zbog koga svaki, cak i
najnezainteresovaniji posmatrac ne moze da ne dozivi
osecanje posramljenosti, Ha¹ki tribunal, olicen u
pretresnom vecu kojim predsedava sve nervozniji
sudija Ricard Mej, sve vi¹e odustaje i od onog u
pocetku ?sudjenja? prisutnog privida drzanja do forme
i sve ozbiljnije i drasticnije gazi prava Slobodana
Milo¹evica koja mu garantuje medjunarodno pravo i
koja propisuju cak i Statut i Pravila o postupku i
dokazivanju ovog nelegalnog suda.

Pored iscrpljujuceg ritma sudjenja i iznurivanja
bezvrednim dokazima, uz ogranicavanje
najelementarnijih prava i potreba, poput adekvatnog
odmora, ¹etnje na svezem vazduhu, redovne i
blagovremene ishrane itd., ¹to sve poprima karakter
torture (zabranjene clanom 7 Medjunarodnog pakta o
gradjanskim i politickim pravima i nizom drugih
medjunarodnih dokumenata), pored ogranicavanja
vremena za ispitivanje svedoka i intervencija
predsedavajuceg Veca svaki put kada bi svedoci upali
u pote¹koce zbog nelogicnosti i kontradiktornosti
njihovih laznih iskaza, cime se (suprotno clanu 14
Medjunarodnog pakta o gradjanskim i politickim
pravima) vredja nacelo kotradiktornosti i pravo na
odbranu, pored prihvatanja i neodstranjivanja
svedoka koji nemaju nikakvih neposrednih saznanja o
temama o kojima svedoce (gotovo svi svedoci su takvi,
a da je pri tom samo jedno svedocenje zbog
posrednosti eliminisano), pored naru¹avanja
prezumpcije nevinosti (predvidjene clanom 14
Medjunarodnog pakta o gradjanskim i politickim
pravima) dokazivanjem jednih navodnih krivicnih dela
drugim, od suda neutvrdjenim krivicnim delima (npr.
?ekspert? statisticar Patrik Bol je ?statistickim
metodama? dokazivao da su kretanja albanskog
stanovni¹tva sa Kosova i Metohije prouzrokovana
terorom i ubistvima od strane vojske i policije, a da
ta ubistva ne samo da ni u kakvom sudskom postupku
nisu utvrdjena, vec su njihovo ?postojanje? i
?mesta? na kojima su se ?odigrala? zapravo samo
?pretpostavljeni? kori¹cenjem ?statistickih? metoda?
- pri tom, prema pre¹iroko postavljenom sistemu
komandne odogovornosti koji se primenjuje pred
Tribunalom, sva ta imaginarna dela i njihove navodne
posledice automatski padaju na teret tada¹njeg
Predsednika Republike), pored veoma kasnog
dostavljanja dokumenata i obelodanjivanja identiteta
svedoka i sadrzaja njihovih iskaza i pored naglih
promena redosleda svedocenja, cime se ogranicava
pravo na odbranu (predvidjeno clanom 14 Medjunarodnog
pakta o gradanskim i politickim pravima), Ha¹ki
tribunal u poslednje vreme dostavlja Slobodanu
Milo¹evicu veoma obimne i slozene dokumente vazne za
sudjenje, pa i za njegovu odbranu, samo na engleskom
jeziku bez prevoda na srpski, cime se vredja njegovo
pravo predvidjeno clanom 14 Medjunarodnog pakta o
gradjanskim i politickim pravima, kao i clanovima 21
Statuta Ha¹kog tribunala i 66 Pravila o postupku i
dokazivanju ovog nelegalnog suda. Tako je citavih 38
registara sa materijalima vezanim za ekshumacije
le¹eva, sa veoma slozenom i strucnom terminologijom,
dostavljeno Slobodanu Milo¹evicu samo na engleskom
jeziku, pri cemu su fotografije sadrzane u tim
registrima date ?okrivljenom? u vidu fotokopija, u
crno-beloj tehnici i stoga nejasnih, a ne u boji
kakvi su inace originali kojima raspolazu Tuzila¹tvo
i Sud. Na osnovu dokumentacije iz tih registara
sacinjen je nalaz ve¹taka dr Erika Bakara, koji je
svedocio pred Sudom i koga je Slobodan Milo¹evic
morao da ispituje bez mogucnosti adekvatne
pripreme za odbranu.

Ovaj poslednji slucaj kr¹enja prava Slobodana
Milo¹evica predstavlja vi¹e nego ozbiljno upozorenje
da ovaj nelegalni postupak pred nelegalnim sudom
prerasta u otvoreno nasilje nad ?okrivljenim?,
nasilje koje ce po svemu sudeci biti sve vece, jer
vreme i tok ?postupka? sve vi¹e i vi¹e razotkrivaju
laznost i iskonstruisanost svih optuzbi protiv
Slobodana Milo¹evica.

Imajuci sve napred navedeno u vidu, a posebno
poslednja kr¹enja prava Slobodana Milo¹evica,
pozivamo svu pravdoljubivu javnost i sve faktore
odlucivanja u Jugoslaviji i svetu da se suprotstave
nasilju nad Slobodanom Milo¹evicem i da se zaloze
za ostvarenje onoga ¹to pravo i pravda nalazu, a to
je:

SLOBODA ZA SLOBODANA MILO©EVICA

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NATO, top Yugoslav officials hold secret meeting in Serbia
Mon May 13, 2:40 PM ET
By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - A NATO delegation and top
Yugoslav officials discussed this Balkan country's
chances of becoming a member of a military cooperation
program at a secret meeting last week, a senior
government official said Monday.
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic confirmed
the meeting, saying it "was very productive ... as it
built confidence between NATO and our country."
It was the first in a series of talks meant to bring
Yugoslavia closer to membership in NATO's Partnership
for Peace Program. The program allows countries to
participate in many NATO activities and aims to forge
stronger military cooperation between its
participants.
Media were barred from the event at the Yugoslav army
hunting lodge in Morovic, 100 kilometers (60 miles)
northwest of the capital, Belgrade.
A NATO spokeswoman, speaking on condition of
anonymity, confirmed that the meeting took place last
week, but said it was informal and not high-level.
Yugoslavia took the first step in applying for the
NATO program in April, three years after the military
alliance fought Yugoslavia in a 78-day air war to stop
former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic from
cracking down on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
NATO and the United Nations have run the southern
Yugoslav province in the three years since Milosevic's
forces were ousted.
Milosevic was ousted in a popular uprising and was
later arrested and extradited to the U.N. war crimes
tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. He is now facing
war crimes and genocide charges stemming from the
conflicts in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo.
Once they assumed power in October 2000, Yugoslavia's
new leaders started sending signals that the country
was ready to improve relations with the alliance.


Talks on Yugoslavia's admission to Partnership for Peace
held last week

BELGRADE, May 13 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister
Goran Svilanovic confirmed Monday that talks were held
last week on Yugoslavia's admission to the Partnership
for Peace program and its integration in a wide security
system involving all countries in the region.
The talks held last Thursday and Friday were very good,
Svilanovic told Radio B92, expressing hope that they would
be pursued in the future in order to gradually build up
confidence between Yugoslav Army and NATO officers.
The talks were held on May 9 and 10 in Morovic, near the
Yugoslav-Croatian border, behind closed doors, and were
organized by the Yugoslav Atlantic Council.
Svilanovic confirmed that the talks focused on the conditions
NATO has laid for Yugoslavia's admission to the Partnership
for Peace - cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal and
civilian and democratic control of the Yugoslav Army.
The talks were attended by Svilanovic, Deputy Chief of Staff
General Branko Krga and security advisors of Yugoslav President
Vojislav Kostunica and of Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic,
among others.

Romania urges Yugoslavia's admission to Partnership for Peace

BUCHAREST, May 13 (Tanjug) - Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana
said he would urge for the admission of Yugoslavia and Bosnia-
Herzegovina to the Partnership for Peace program and NATO as soon
as possible at the NATO Council meeting Tuesday in Reykjavik.
Geoana gave a press conference in Bucharest after signing in Bulgaria
with his Bulgarian counterpart Solomon Pasi a joint declaration
reaffirming the two countries' commitment to continue bilateral
cooperation aimed at integration in NATO.
The declaration underlines that Romania and Bulgaria are accepted
as de facto NATO members in the international anti-terrorism
coalition. It also underlines that southeastern Europe now has a
key role in the new international situation, which gives hope to
Romania and Bulgaria that they will be invited to join NATO at
its forthcoming summit next November in Prague.
Romania and Bulgaria are candidates for NATO membership along with
Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

YUGOSLAVIA IN PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE BY JUNE 2003, SVILANOVIC

BELGRADE,June 4 (Beta) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic
has said Yugoslavia could be admitted to the Partnership for peace
by June of 2003, adding that the country is on the way to meeting
conditions for Council of Europe membership.
In an interview, Svilanovic told BETA he was sure the Council of
Europe
would admit Yugoslavia and stressed that he had been serious when he
recently promised to resign if that did not happen by the end of the
year. "I hope the U.S. will begin unblocking frozen Yugoslav funds
in the next several weeks," he said, adding that U.S. President George
W. Bush's recent decree "has created confusion" but "is behind us."
Commenting on reports that Belgrade would be asked to apologize to the
former Yugoslav republics for the war that broke out in the earlier
1990s,
Svilanovic said: "The Serbian nation's politicians have a duty to do
so, but the current government will have a hard time with this because
the events were very recent."