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Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic Dear friends, Thank you! Jared Israel, ICDSM, USA Subscribe to the ICDSM
email list at http://emperor.vwh.net/icdsm/maillist.htm Send the link to this text to a friend! Or, if you are receiving this article via e-mail, please forward the text to your friends. =========================== To Mr. Claude Jorda In concern for the life and health of Slobodan Milosevic Dear Sirs, Reports from news agencies show that the trial in the "case Milosevic" has repeatedly been halted due to the health situation of Mr. Milosevic. According to these reports, the court brought up the question of whether the trial can be completed. According to our information, the state of health of Mr. Slobodan Milosevic led to a detailed medical examination last summer. The reports and suggestions that resulted from that examination were discussed in Trial Chamber III on July 25 and August 26, 2002. (1) It is most disturbing that the measures proposed by physicians have not been applied or have been applied only in part. Instead, the recommended time for rest was greatly shortened, the trial has increased to full-day procedures - in contradiction to the advice of the physicians. The ongoing deterioration of Mr. Milosevic' state of health seems to be a direct consequence of the violation of the measures suggested by the physicians. Further, it is not only incomprehensible, but outrageous, that Mr. Milosevic is not under constant medical observation and check-ups and does not get adequate medical treatment. This way of dealing with a person whose life is - with all consequences - in your responsibility, can only be called irresponsible and leads to the question of motives. It is in total contradiction to various documents and resolutions of the United Nations concerning the treatment of imprisoned persons. Those regulations should be fully recognized by representatives of UN institutions. (2) In the ongoing situation for which the ICTY is fully responsible, the only possible solution is to free Mr. Milosevic from that health-and life-threatening situation and to release him in order that he may receive the necessary medical treatment in Belgrade from physicians who have treated him for several years. Sincerely, Matthias Jochheim, Frankfurt am Main Dr. med. Uta Mader, Koeln Prof. Dr. med. habil. Ilse Eisen-Hagemann,
Berlin Dr. phil. Hans-Peter Brenner, Bonn Prof. Dr. med. habil. Ingeborg
Rapoport, Berlin Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Dr. hc. mult.
Samuel Mitja Rapoport, Berlin Dr. med. Christa Anders, Berlin Dr. med. Ernst Bellmer, Erzhausen Dr. med. Iris Jonkanski, Brinckheim (France)
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instructions, go to Thank you! ICDSM ***************** 1) On 15 July 2002 ICTY 'Judge' Richard May summarized the findings of the *non-specialist* physicians who were, finally, permitted to examine Slobodan Milosevic. Note that the ICDSM and others, including Yugoslav physicians, had many times requested that *cardiologists* be permitted to examine the former Yugoslav President, but this urgent request had been denied without explanation. Here are 'Judge' May's own words during the session of the so-called trail on the 25th:
As the German physicians note above, subsequent to this statement, the ICTY has done exactly the opposite. 2) What can be the motivation of The Hague 'tribunal' in doing exactly the opposite of what their own doctors have recommended regarding Mr. Milosevic's health? It does not take a brain surgeon to figure out this one. Originally, the "trial" was to be broadcast on TV worldwide, but when the 'tribunal' realized that Milosevic was winning (he had the unfair advantage of truth) the broadcasting was drastically curtailed in February and then virtually stopped. His statements and arguments are seldom if ever quoted in the press. Thus, there has been an obvious effort to silence him. Now this health crisis, caused by practices that contradict 'Judge" May's July 25th report of the findings of doctors who examined Mr. Milosevic. (1) Claiming she wishes to resolve the lethal crisis provoked by increasing the work load and decreasing the rest of a man at risk of heart attack - to 'resolve' this induced crisis, 'tribunal' prosecutor Carla del Ponte has introduced a motion to force unwanted counsel, chosen by the 'tribunal,' on Mr. Milosevic. And this is justified because - look at the danger to his health! So: Silence him; replace him with a lawyer; and/or, kill him. --- Jared Israel for the ICDSM
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