Flora Brovina released

Serbia
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PEN International

1 November 2000

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(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN has received confirmation that the poet, doctor and rights activist, Flora Brovina, was released at 3:30 p.m. (Belgrade time) on 1 November 2000. She was reportedly driven from Pozarevac Prison in an International Committee of the Red Cross vehicle towards Kosovo to be reunited with her family. Her release is said […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN has received confirmation that the poet, doctor and rights activist, Flora Brovina, was released at 3:30 p.m. (Belgrade time) on 1 November 2000. She was
reportedly driven from Pozarevac Prison in an International Committee of the Red Cross vehicle towards Kosovo to be reunited with her family. Her release is said to have been the result of direct intervention by President Kostunica.

PEN is currently awaiting further details and will provide an update to this alert shortly.

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