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ALBANIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE

 

RELEASE ALBANIANS WHO ARE KEPT IN SERBIAN PRISONS

11/10/2000

 

 

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KOMITETI SHQIPTAR I HELSINKIT

ALBANIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE

RR. Sami Frashëri, Pall. 20/1, Hyrja B, Ap. 21, Tirana - ALBANIA
Tel-Fax: ++ 355 42 336 71/40891 e-mail: helsinki@ngo.org.al

RELEASE ALBANIANS WHO ARE KEPT IN SERBIAN PRISONS

11/10/2000
The broad international opinion has welcomed the last changes in Serbia which led to Milosevic's removal from the position of the President of Yugoslavia. Milosevic is the root of many upsetting events within the Former Federation of Yugoslavia. He is the representative of the typical Serbian chauvinism which has been the source of severe crisis especially in the Balkans.

However the changes in Belgrade will be appreciated if the brutal repressive system which Milosevic and his group has left behind will be denounced and strongly combated. Righteously enough, concrete steps are required in this direction. One of the factors which show the readiness of the new leadership to open a new page and put Yugoslavia on the pathway to democracy is the respect of human rights. One of the first requirements in this field is the release of the political prisoners. Among them there are thousands of Albanians sentenced in the framework of the repressive campaign which has been enforced for years now in Kosova.

The AHC supports their request for their immediate release. We greet the initiatives which have been undertaken by several official and social circles within Yugoslavia and abroad. The AHC greets especially the open and common letter of International Helsinki Federation and the Serbian Helsinki Committee which has been sent to the new Yugoslavian president Mr. Kostunica where among other requests was the release of the Albanian prisoners who are victims of the Serbian regime. The American organization of the human rights "Human Rights Watch" has strongly supported this initiative as well.

The AHC addresses the appeal to the international community so that they make this request among the first ones to the Yugoslavian leadership. A quick reaction to the release of the Albanian prisoners is expected from the community of all human rights organizations in Europe.

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