ACT IMMEDIATELY:

PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC ILL, HAGUE SILENT!

Last information from The Hague says that the health condition of President Milosevic is so much worsened that he was forced to cancel this weekend’s family visit, unable to move from his cell to the room for visits.

The trial has been interrupted for the seventh time due to his illness.

Three specialists from the most renown Yugoslav medical institution – Military Medical Academy (VMA), Dr Vucinic, Dr Lepic and Dr Brdareski, visited President in January. The Office of ICTY in Belgrade kept their report for more than a month and never transmitted it to The Hague. This Office is responsible that nothing has been done on the basis of serious conclusions and recommendations from the Belgrade doctors’ report.

For ten days already, in spite of numerous fax (see bellow) and phone interventions from SLOBODA in Belgrade, there is NO answer from The Hague to the request that Belgrade doctors’ team visits President Milosevic again.

Your reaction is needed in terms of hours. Address ICTY and UNHCHR (see addresses bellow), your governments, humanitarian organizations. Appear with public statements.

STOP THE CRIME!

PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC NEEDS URGENT VISIT AND TREATMENT BY BELGRADE DOCTORS AND RELEASE FROM DETENTION FOR RECOVERY AT HOME!

On behalf of SLOBODA/Freedom Association

Vladimir Krsljanin

Foreign Relations Assistant to President Milosevic

THE ADDRESSES:

Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

OHCHR-UNOG

8-14 Avenue de la Paix

1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

Tel. +4122 917 9000

Fax +4122 917 9022

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/contact.htm

E-mail: tb-petitions@ohchr.org

OUR LETTERS :

Mr. Hans Holthuis, Registrar

Cc: Mr Theodor Meron, President

Mr Richard May, Judge

ICTY

The Hague, The Netherlands

Belgrade, March 12th, 2003

          U R G E N T

        Re: Health of President Milosevic and urgent necessity for a new visit of VMA Belgrade medical team.

                   Dear Mr. Holthuis,

                    Considering the prolonged urgent health situation of President Milosevic which, according to all medical experts involved, in his present life and work conditions threatens his life, we have learned with extreme bitterness that the ICTY Office in Belgrade avoided for a month to transmit to you the Report of the medical team of the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade, who visited President Milosevic in January this year. Accordingly, the recommendations of the team have not been fulfilled.

                   The health of President Milosevic is still and constantly deteriorating. It is obvious that there are no results up to now in stopping this process. This situation has to be changed. Therefore, we request that a new visit of the same VMA experts’ medical team takes place as soon as possible.

                   Counting on your urgent consideration of our proposal, we repeat our contacts: telephone +381 63 8862 301 or fax at +381 11 630 549.

 On behalf of Freedom Association

Yours sincerely,

Bogoljub Bjelica, president

Mr. Hans Holthuis, Registrar

Cc: Mr Theodor Meron, President

Mr Richard May, Judge

ICTY

The Hague, The Netherlands

Belgrade, March 18th, 2003      

          M O S T   U R G E N T

        Re: Worsening of President Milosevic’s health and urgent necessity for a visit of VMA medical team (our fax of March 12, 2003)

                   Dear Mr. Holthuis,

                   The information that we have just received about new deterioration of the health of President Milosevic makes extremelly urgent your reply and approval of our March 12 request for a new visit of the medical experts’ team of the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade.

                   Having in mind as well all the appeals from our country and abroad expressing concern about the life and health of President Milosevic, we request your reply without further delay.                 

                   Our contacts remain: telephone +381 63 8862 301 or fax at +381 11 630 549.

On behalf of Freedom Association

Yours sincerely,

Bogoljub Bjelica, president

Mr Theodor Meron, President

Mr Richard May, Judge

Mr. Hans Holthuis, Registrar

ICTY

The Hague, The Netherlands

Belgrade, March 20th, 2003      

          M O S T   U R G E N T

      Re: DRAMATIC WORSENING OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC’S HEALTH   (our faxes of March 12 and 18, 2003)

                   Dear sirs,

                    Our information about the present health condition of President Milosevic lead us to a conclusion that urgent specialist medical check-up can not be delayed.

                   We can not understand your silence about our twice repeated request for urgent visit of the medical experts’ team of the Military Medical Academy (VMA) in Belgrade.

                   Where are the commitments and obligations to protect the human rights and where is the simple human moral?          

                   Our contacts remain: telephone +381 63 8862 301 or fax at +381 11 630 549.

 On behalf of Freedom Association

 Bogoljub Bjelica, president