[Fwd: Vesna Pesic in danger]]

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The Civic Alliance of Serbia
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Terazije 3/VIII, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Tel/fax: +381 11 3341-696, 3341-478, e-mail: gss@merkur.bits.net




Belgrade, August 17 1999
Dear Friends,
 
Ms. VESNA PESIC, world known Serbian activist for human
rights and former President of the Civic Alliance of Serbia, might be indicted
for violating The Constitution. If indicted and sentenced, she might face
10 to 20 years of imprisonment.
 
Serbian state TV is broadcasting this news/threat every
hour: "On the August 17th, Pancevo district attorney, asked local police
from Vrsac to bring him detailed evidence on the subject in order to indict
Ms. Vesna Pesic for inviting people to violently break constitutional order
in Serbia and FRY."
 
Several days ago at the rally in Vrsac, organized by the
Alliance For Change, Serbian largest opposition democratic group, Ms. Pesic
said: "If they (authorities) are not ready and willing to give up their
power in a peaceful and democratic manner, it just might happen that "Romanian"
model will have to work."
This statement provoked severe propaganda attacks from
the state controlled media against the Alliance For Change, Ms. Pesic being
particularly targeted.
Earlier this morning Belgrade police have beaten up and
arrested Mr. Bogoljub Arsenijevic Maki, painter, organizer one of the rallies
in Valjevo, several weeks ago. Later during the day, at the session of
the Federal Parliament, Mr. Ljubisa Ristic, M.P. and President of JUL,
(Mrs. Milosevic ultra leftist ruling party) stated: "This is not a political
fight anymore, this is fight for life or death." As a result, only few
hours later, state TV started broadcasting the news/threat about Ms. Vesna
Pesic faces possible criminal charges.
Fearing for her life and safety we urge you to help Ms.
Vesna Pesic.
Just as a reminder, Ms. Vesna Pesic is the founder of
the Center for Antiwar Action, leading NGO dealing with human rights in
Serbia.
 
She is the founding member of Helsinki Committee for Serbia
(1985) and of the European Movement in Serbia (1990).
Until recently, she was the President of the Civic Alliance
of Serbia, the leading democratic and antiwar political party in Serbia.
She received the Democracy Award of the National Endowment
for Democracy (1993), Andrej Sakharov Freedom Price - Annual Award
for
1997 (Norwegian Sakharov Freedom Fund), W. Averell Harriman Democracy
Award (National Democratic Institute, 1997) and nominated for the
Nobel Peace Price, 1998.