SLOBODA/FREEDOM
Association
YUGOSLAV
COMMITTEE FOR THE LIBERATION OF
SLOBODAN
MILOSEVIC
Belgrade, Rajiceva 16, tel./fax +381 11 639 152
URGENT!
ICTY/US/NATO Criminal Attack on Truth, Freedom, Judiciary, Human Rights and Free Democratic Will of the Serbian People
President
Milosevic Cut from All Contacts with the Outside World; War Criminal Wesley
Clark to Testify in Secrecy; Total US Takeover of ICTY; According to the
Polls, the Opposition Will Win the Serbian Elections; Demonstrations at The
Hague and ICDSM Press Conferences in The Hague and New York
PROTEST
IMMEDIATELY!
ADDRESS
ICTY, UN, GOVERNMENTS!
Today, recently US-imposed “Deputy Registrar” of ICTY David Tolbert, who effectively runs the Registry in presence of alive Hans Holthuis (The Netherlands), the Registrar, have made an illegal decision to ban all phone contacts and visits of President Milosevic with any person, except “his immediate family” and “recognized legal representatives (if any)”. A similar decision was made today in the case of Dr Vojislav Seselj. Alleged reason: Serbian elections!
http://www.un.org/icty/milosevic/trialc/decision-e/031211.htm
Sloboda
has already challenged illegal grounds for such restrictions in its letter to
Tolbert’s imminent boss, also recently appointed ICTY President Theodor
Meron (USA). In spite he was obliged, Meron never responded to the Sloboda
motion.
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/engleski/request.html
This
is happening when polls and media reports show clear advantage of the
opposition forces in the pre-election campaign in Serbia. Major event of this
campaign was, of course, the fact that the left-patriotic ticket of the
Socialist Party of Serbia is led by President Milosevic. His address to the
Head Committee of SPS produced and is still producing a major impact on the
people. So the reaction of the ICTY, the major weapon of the occupation of
Serbia is an expected expression of fear.
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/engleski/SMelections.htm
Anyhow,
this illegal and outrageous sign of desperation of war criminals’ puppets at
The Hague, must not be tolerated!
This
is happening just two days before “the testimony” of the convicted (by the
Belgrade District Court) war criminal general Wesley Clark. The conditions
(full secrecy and possibility that US government redacts the transcript!) for
his testimony imposed by US Government is a completely open admission that
ICTY has no independence and that it is run neither by its “judges” nor by
the UN Security Council, but by the US Government.
http://www.un.org/icty/pressreal/2003/p802-e.htm
http://www.un.org/icty/pressreal/2003/PA149-e.htm
(note
that the ICTY is putting President Milosevic into total isolation, advertising
(!) at the same time, phone number of the General Clark’s PR representative!
The number is: +
44 7974 982591)
What
do they have to hide? The dirtiest part of the contemporary American history
– the role of Clinton/Albright/Clark clique in building Al Qaeda, KLA and
World terrorism; worst, cruelest and merciless war crimes in Yugoslavia.
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO310B.html
Wesley
Clark has to start his two-days “testimony” on Monday, 15 December 2003 at
9 a.m. in the ICTY at The Hague.
Since
8 a.m. a demonstrations will be held in front of the Tribunal.
Same
morning, at 9 a.m. an ICDSM press conference will take part in the nearby Bel
Air hotel. ICDSM attorney, Ms. Tiphaine Dickson (Quebec/Canada) will appear.
Read a call for these events below.
A
press conference is also expected to take place on 16 December in New York or
Washington.
Let
us not allow that ideals of the Peoples of the World, which founded UN
organization be insulted by war criminals who use ICTY as a cover!
React
immediately and address your appeals to ICTY, UN, your governments and the
public!
Take
part in the planed protest actions and organize your own!
Vladimir
Krsljanin,
on
behalf of Sloboda and ICDSM
Address
of the Tribunal:
International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia
Churchillplein 1
2517JW The Hague
Netherlands
Fax: +31 70 512 8637
The
other useful contacts one can find at:
http://www.icdsm.org/addresses.htm
Appendices
1.
ICTY: Decision to ban all phone contacts and visits to President
Milosevic
2.
ICTY: Press Release on phone contacts and visits ban
3.
ICTY: Press Release on conditions of Wesley Clark’s testimony
4.
ICTY: Press Advisory on Wesley Clark’s testimony
5.
ICDSM: Demonstrations and the Press Conference at The Hague
1.
ICTY: Decision to ban all phone contacts and visits to President
Milosevic
Case
No. IT-02-54
Prosecutor
v. Slobodan Milosevic
DECISION
THE
DEPUTY REGISTRAR,
CONSIDERING
Resolution
827 of 25 May 1993 ("Resolution 827"), the Security Council acting
under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations decided to " […]
establish an international tribunal for the sole purpose of prosecuting
persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law
committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia […]"
to "[…]
contribute to the restoration of peace and to this end to adopt the Statute of
the International Tribunal" ("Tribunal");
CONSIDERING
the
Statute of the Tribunal adopted by the aforesaid Security Council Resolution
on 25 May 1993, as subsequently amended;
CONSIDERING
the
"Rules Governing the Detention of Persons Awaiting Trial or Appeal before
the Tribunal or otherwise Detained on the Authority of the Tribunal"
("Rules of Detention") as adopted by the Tribunal on 5 May 1994, as
subsequently amended;
CONSIDERING
Rule
2 of the Rules of Detention which provides that the United Nations "shall
retain the ultimate responsibility and liability for all aspects of detention
pursuant to these Rules of Detention" and that all detainees shall be
"subject to the sole jurisdiction of the Tribunal at all times that they
are so detained, even though physically absent from the detention unit, until
final release or transfer to another institution";
CONSIDERING
that
whilst the Rules of Detention ensure the continued application and protection
of individual rights of persons in detention, the application of its
provisions relating to communication and visits also require that the
interests of the administration of justice and the purposes of the Tribunal’s
Statute be considered;
CONSIDERING
THEREFORE
that the Rules of Detention envisage that a balanced weighing of a detainee’s
individual rights with that of the institutional duties and obligations of the
Tribunal may be called for in certain situations where conflicting interests
become apparent;
RECALLING
that by Resolution 827, the Security Council expressed "its grave alarm
of continuing reports of widespread and flagrant violations of international
humanitarian law occurring within the territory of the former Yugoslavia and
especially in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including reports of
mass killings, massive, organized, and systematic detention and rape of women,
and the continuance of the practice of ‘ethnic
cleansing’,
including for the acquisition and holding of territory" and determined
"to put and end to such crimes and to take effective measures to bring to
justice the persons who are responsible for them";
RECALLING
ALSO that by Resolution 827, the Security Council determined that the
establishment of the Tribunal and the prosecution of persons responsible for
serious violations of international humanitarian law would contribute to the
restoration and maintenance of peace in the former Yugoslavia;
NOTING
that Article 29 of the Statute of the Tribunal require States to
"co-operate with the International Tribunal in the investigation and
prosecution of persons accused of committing violations of international
humanitarian law";
NOTING that
Mr. Slobodan Milosevic (the "Accused") is presently being tried at
the Tribunal for acts allegedly committed while he held high political office
in the former Yugoslavia;
NOTING that
the Accused is a candidate in Serbian parliamentary elections scheduled to be
held on 28 December 2003;
NOTING
PARTICULARLY
that the Commanding Officer of the United Nations Detention Unit
("Detention Unit") has received reports that the Accused has
recently made statements to his political party and supporters, using
communication facilities provided by the Detention Unit and with the intention
of having these statements subsequently being reported in the media1;
CONSIDERING
that Rule 63(B) of the Rules of Detention provides that "[t]he Registrar
may refuse to allow a person to visit a detainee if he has reason to believe
that the purpose of the visit is to obtain information which may be
subsequently reported to the media" in accordance with the proper
administration of justice and that it follows from this Rule and the principle
on which it is founded, that communication between a detainee and others may
be prohibited if there are reasons to believe that such communications would
lead to a detainee’s
statements appearing in the media, particularly if the effect of such
statements is to undermine the Tribunal’s
mandate to assist in the restoration and maintenance of peace in the former
Yugoslavia;
CONSIDERING
that the Accused has, as noted above, previously either directly contacted the
media or has used his privilege to communicate with others who have in turn
provided messages through the media in contradiction of the Rules of
Detention, which have resulted in a widespread media attention and coverage of
the fact that an indictee for genocide, crimes against humanity and war-crimes
such as the Accused is facilitating, with ease, the ongoing Serbian
parliamentary elections campaign;
CONSIDERING
that
the facilities provided by the Detention Unit are intended for the well- being
of the Accused and not for purposes that frustrate the Tribunal’s
function to assist in establishing peace and security in the former Yugoslavia
and that the fact that a detainee at the Detention Unit has communicated with
the aid of facilities provided by the Detention Unit to participate in an
ongoing Serbian parliamentary elections campaign is such an occasion that is
likely to frustrate the Tribunal’s
mandate;
CONSIDERING
that in balancing between the rights and entitlements to communication and
visits of the Accused with that of the Tribunal to effectively perform its
mandate and functions, the particular circumstances of the detainee
necessitates the imposition of measures which are imperative for the avoidance
of potentially deleterious media coverage resulting from unrestricted
communication entitlements and visits for the time being;
DECIDES
pursuant to Rules 60 and 63 of the Rules of Detention, for a period of thirty
(30) days following this Decision, which decision shall then be reviewed, to:
(i)
Prohibit communication, via telephone between the Accused with any person(s)
(particularly with the media), such prohibition shall not apply to telephone
communication with his immediate family, legal counsel (where applicable),
diplomatic or consular representatives on condition that this facility shall
not be used in any manner to contact the media;
(ii)
All authorised telephone conversations, except for communications with
recognised legal representatives (if any) and diplomatic or consular
representatives, shall be monitored, in accordance with current Detention Unit
practices;
(iii)
Prohibit all visits between the Accused with any person(s) (particularly with
the media), such prohibition shall not apply to visits with his immediate
family, legal counsel (where applicable), diplomatic or consular
representatives;
(iv)
All authorised visits shall be supervised by the Commanding Officer of the
Detention Unit or an official he designates.
(v)
The aforesaid restrictions will not apply to written communications wherein
the current practices shall be maintained and the Detention Unit’s
regulations concerning the import and export of mail shall be adhered to.
David
Tolbert
Deputy Registrar
Dated
this eleventh day of December 2003
At The Hague
The Netherlands
1.
The Commanding Officer of the Detention Unit confirmed that a speech made by
Mr. Slobodan Milošević from his cell at the Detention Unit was broadcast
on 3 Dec 2003 and subsequently reported in the newspapers.
2.
ICTY: Press Release on phone contacts and visits ban
Press
Release . Communiqué de presse
(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document)
|
REGISTRY |
|
GREFFE |
The
Hague, 12 December 2003
JL/P.I.S./810e
REGISTRY
IMPOSES COMMUNICATION RESTRICTIONS ON DETAINEES WITH REGARD TO POLITICAL
CAMPAIGNING IN THE MEDIA FROM THE TRIBUNAL’S
DETENTION UNIT
On
11 December 2003, the Deputy Registrar of the Tribunal, David Tolbert, issued
two Decisions concerning the rights of detainees in the Tribunal’s
Detention Unit to use communications privileges for the purpose of political
campaigning in the media. The Decisions were specifically taken with a view to
two Accused, Slobodan Milosevic and Vojislav Seselj. Both Accused were
notified today, 12 December 2003.
Before
issuing the Decisions, the Deputy Registrar took into account, among other
things, the following:
·
Rule
2 of the Rules of Detention, which provides that the United Nations "shall
retain the ultimate responsibility and liability for all aspects of detention";
·
that
the Accused are candidates in the Serbian parliamentary elections scheduled to
be held on 28 December 2003;
·
that
the Commanding Officer of the United Nations Detention Unit has received
reports that the Accused had recently made statements to their political
parties and supporters, using communication facilities provided by the
Detention Unit and with the intention of having these statements subsequently
being reported in the media;
·
that
Rule 63(B) of the Rules of Detention provides that "[t]he Registrar
may refuse to allow a person to visit a detainee if he has reason to believe
that the purpose of the visit is to obtain information which may be
subsequently reported to the media" in accordance with the proper
administration of justice and that it follows from this Rule and the principle
on which it is founded, that communication between a detainee and others may
be prohibited if there are reasons to believe that such communications would
lead to a detainee’s
statements appearing in the media, particularly if the effect of such
statements is to undermine the Tribunal’s
mandate to assist in the restoration and maintenance of peace in the former
Yugoslavia;
·
that
the facilities provided by the Detention Unit are intended for the well-being
of the Accused and not for purposes that frustrate the Tribunal’s
function to assist in establishing peace and security in the former Yugoslavia
and that the fact that a detainee at the Detention Unit has communicated with
the aid of facilities provided by the Detention Unit to participate in an
ongoing Serbian parliamentary election campaign is such an occasion that is
likely to frustrate the Tribunal’s
mandate;
The
Deputy Registrar decided, pursuant to Rules 60 and 63 of the Rules of
Detention, for a period of 30 days following the Decisions, to:
*****
See full texts of the Decisions by the Deputy Registrar (Milosevic Case / Seselj Case)
3.
ICTY: Press Release on conditions of Wesley Clark’s testimony
Press
Release . Communiqué de presse
(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document)
|
TRIAL
CHAMBER |
|
CHAMBRE
DE 1ÉRE INSTANCE |
The
Hague, 19 November 2003
JL/P.I.S./802-e
GENERAL
WESLEY CLARK TO TESTIFY IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL ON 15 AND 16 DECEMBER 2003
NO PUBLIC ACCESS ON THOSE DATES
RECORDING
OF TESTIMONY TO BE MADE PUBLIC AFTER 48 HOURS
On
17 November 2003, Trial Chamber III issued an Order for General Wesley Clark
to testify in the Milosevic trial on 15 December 2003 and to be available to
complete his testimony the following day.
The
Trial Chamber also made public an earlier confidential Decision, dated 30
October 2003, setting out the conditions under which General Clark is to give
his testimony. In this Decision, the Trial Chamber granted the addition of
General Clark to the Prosecution’s
witness list, as well as extensive protective measures imposed by the
Government of the United States of America (US Government) under Rule 70 of
the Tribunal’s
Rules of Procedure and Evidence (RPE).
Background:
The
US Government has agreed to allow General Clark to testify in the Milosevic
trial pursuant to Rule 70 of the RPE and as such, it is entitled to seek
certain protective measures with respect to his testimony. These protective
measures were requested through the Office of the Prosecutor.
The
Trial Chamber is bound by an Appeals Chamber Decision (Prosecutor v.
Milosevic, "Decision on the Interpretation and Application of Rule
70" of 23 October, 2002) which grants the information provider (US
Government) a right to impose certain conditions upon the testimony of a
witness provided by it under Rule 70 of the RPE.
The
protective measures requested by the US Government are sought to protect its
national interests and the Trial Chamber has granted these protective measures
on this basis.
On
30 October 2003 The Trial Chamber ordered as follows:
1.
"General
Wesley Clark ("the witness") may be added to the Prosecution witness
list;
An
advisory alerting journalists to the media arrangements that will be in place
for them to view recordings of General Clark’s
testimony after 16 December 2003 will be issued in due course.
*****
4.
ICTY: Press Advisory on Wesley Clark’s testimony
Press
Advisory . Avis pour information
(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document)
The
Hague, 11 December 2003
CVO/P.I.S./PA149
MEDIA
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TESTIMONY OF GENERAL WESLEY CLARK
No
Public Access to Milosevic Trial on 15 and 16 December During Testimony of
General Wesley Clark
Please
be reminded that following an Order from Trial Chamber III issued on 17
November 2003 (see Press Release 802e) there will be no public access to
Courtroom I in the Milosevic trial on 15 and 16 December 2003 for the
testimony of General Wesley Clark. The broadcast of the testimony of
General Clark will be delayed and shown on Friday 19 December 2003 starting at
9.00 a.m.
However
as other proceedings will be ongoing the following rules will apply:
The
usual security procedures will apply:
All
individuals entering the building are subject to security checks of their
person and belongings. No one will be permitted access to the building without
complying fully with the requirements of the Tribunal's security officers. All
members of the press have to present their press card and photographic
identification.
Public
Broadcast of the Testimony of General Clark on Friday 19 December 2003
Please
be advised that on Friday 19 December 2003 at 9 a.m. the testimony given by
General Wesley Clark on 15 and 16 December 2003 will be publicly broadcast.
Please note that the testimony will be broadcast with the normal courtroom
breaks (after every 1 ½
hours there will be a 10 minute break).
Media
coming to the Tribunal can view the broadcast from inside the ICTY
building:
Media
wishing to record the proceedings from inside the ICTY building can do
this by:
Outside
the ICTY building:
Media
unable to come to the Tribunal will be able to:
E.B.U.
Eurovision:
Contact: Piotr Azia
Tel: +41.22.717.28.46 or 50
E-mail: azia@eurovision.net
Radio representatives can contact E.B.U. Radio News for assistance.
Transcripts
of General Clark’s
testimony will also be made available on ICTY website.
Contact
Details for General Clark’s
Public Relations Staff
Media
wishing to contact General Clark’s
public relations staff over the 15 and 16 December 2003 can reach them on the
following number: + 44 7974 982591.
For
further information please do not hesitate to call the Press Office:
+31
(70) 512-5343 or 512-5356
*****
5.
ICDSM: Demonstrations and the Press Conference at The Hague
Yugoslavia
Tribunal under complete control of the U.S.
War criminal Gen. Wesley Clark as prosecution witness!
Emergency Call for Protest!!!!!!
On Dec. 15 Wesley Clark will appear before the tribunal in The Hague
(ICTY) as a prosecution witness in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic!
For his role inside NATO, which under his command beginning on March 24,
1999, waged a 78-day bombing campaign, the current U.S. presidential
candidate was once tried and convicted in Belgrade for war crimes.
Now he presents himself as a "witness for the prosecution," which
appears quite striking when one considers how and to what extent the USA
dominates the tribunal. They finally carried it out!
More clearly than ever before now the direct influence of the U.S.
regime comes to the surface. It is the U.S. that literally dictated to
the tribunal the terms under which Wesley Clark will testify. Following
the direct conditions from Washington no public and no media will be
allowed inside. The only people who will observe the proceedings will be
two representatives of the U.S. government. And not only this: the U.S.
government has the authority to decide which parts of the testimony will
remain secret. The other parts will be presented to the U.S. government,
which will then have a time period of 48 hours to censor also this
part!!!
There are thus many reasons to protest before The Hague Tribunal on Dec.
15:
Protest! Protest against the dictatorship of imperialism! Protest against
the attack on international law! Protest against the attempt to punish
the Yugoslav people for resistance against neo-colonialism! Protest
against the appearance of Wesley Clark – the butcher of children and main
executor of the criminal destruction of Serbia and Yugoslavia!
As the trial is scheduled to begin Dec. 15 at 9 a.m., the New Communist
Party of the Netherlands in cooperation with the Dutch ICDSM and
representatives of Serbian diaspora has organized a demonstration from 8 a.m.
in front of
the tribunal building. Join the demonstration!
At the end there will be at 9 a.m. a press conference of the
International Committee for the Defense of Slobodan Molosevic (ICDSM) in
the Hotel Bel Air next to the tribunal. The Canadian lawyer for ICDSM, Ms.
Tiphaine
Dickson, will give a press statement and answer the media's questions.
All media representatives are welcome to hear the truth!
www.icdsm.org
www.sloboda.org.yu