[Kcc-news] PRESS-RELEASE: Petition to Release Kosovar Political Prisoners from Serbia

[Mentor Cana]

PETITION FOR THE RELEASE OF ALBANIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS HELD IN SERBIA

                   ASSOCIATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
                   http://www.khao.org/appkosova.htm
            http://www.khao.org/appkosova-petitionsign.htm
                            OCTOBER 22, 1999

We the undersigned demand that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia-Montenegro) immediately release the thousands of persons being
illegally detained in Serb prisons.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, estimates that
over 5,000 Albanians, illegally taken by Serb forces from Kosova as the
war ended, are being held in Serb prisons in degrading and inhumane
conditions, they have been physically abused, they have been denied
access to family and lawyers, and  there is little chance to their
receiving a fair, public trial. These details are supported by
Humanitarian Law Center in Belgrade, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty
International.

    I support the release of the of the Kosovar Political Prisoners.

Please take the time to SIGN the petition online at:
           http://www.khao.org/appkosova-petitionsign.htm

to support the release of the illegally detained Kosovars currently
being tortured and killed in Serb prisons.

Sincerely,

Naida Dukaj
kosova at jps.net
(714) 478-3587