(WiPC/IFEX) – Flora Brovina, a Kosovar Albanian pediatrician and poet who was arrested in Pristina in April 1999 and subsequently sent to a prison in Serbia in June, was due to stand trial in the city of Nis on 11 November. However, the trial has been postponed for two weeks and will now be held […]
(WiPC/IFEX) – Flora Brovina, a Kosovar Albanian pediatrician and poet who
was arrested in Pristina in April 1999 and subsequently sent to a prison in
Serbia in June, was due to stand trial in the city of Nis on 11 November.
However, the trial has been postponed for two weeks and will now be held on
25 November. International PEN shares other international organisations’
concerns that the trial against Brovina may fall foul of international
standards of fairness.
**Updates IFEX alerts of 9 November, 30 August, 23 June and 30 April 1999**
According to a British Broadcasting Company (BBC) World Service Report dated
11 November, Brovina’s trial was postponed by two weeks on request of the
prosecution. The BBC states that human rights monitors observing the trial
consider the charges of terrorism and assisting the KLA to be purely
political. It further quotes Brovina’s lawyer’s belief that the trial’s
postponement is an attempt to divert international interest in the case. The
United States State Department has also expressed concern about her case.
Recommended Action
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are purely political
divert international interest in the case
Appeals To
His Excellency Slobodan Milosevic
President of Yugoslavia
Savezna Skupstina
11000 Belgrade
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Fax: + 381 11 636 775
E-mail: slobodan.milosevic@gov.yu
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