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Subject: [C-I] Fw: CPC release on
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Subject: CPC release on the Milosevic Extradition
July 2, 2001
For Immediate Release
Canadian Communist Leader Denounces Illegal Extradition of
Milosevic
Miguel
Figueroa, leader of the Communist Party of Canada, has strongly condemned the
unlawful extradition of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to face
“war crime” charges before the International Tribunal at The Hague.
“The illegal abduction of Milosevic violated not only the Constitution of the
Federal Republic, the decisions of its Parliament, and the ruling of its
Constitutional Court; it has also been condemned by the current Yugoslav
President Kostunica himself,” Mr. Figueroa said.
“This act, taken under immense and unprecedented economic and political
pressure from the U.S. government, constitutes a shameful denial of elementary
democratic rights and due process. It also reveals the true character of the
International War Crimes Tribunal as an instrument of political vengeance and
the imposition of a winners’ ‘justice,” the Communist leader added.
“The trial of Milosevic will be nothing more than a ‘show trial’ to further
demonize and punish all Yugoslavs who resisted NATO aggression, and who
continue to oppose the trampling of their sovereignty and the imposition of a
‘New World Order’ as dictated from Washington.”
“Why is it that this nominally U.N. ‘court’ continues to target those who
resist U.S. imperialism and aggression, while real war criminals like Arial
Sharon -- who was directly responsible for 1982 massacre of thousands of
Palestinian refugees in Sabra and Chatilla camps -- and Henry Kissinger -- who
as National Security Adviser to the U.S. government oversaw the slaughter of
thousands of innocent civilians in Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor and Chile --
have never been brought to account for their ‘crimes against humanity’?”
“It is certain that President Milosevic will never receive a fair trial at The
Hague tribunal, which is under the financial and political control of the NATO
countries and private corporations. The pending ‘trial’ of Milosevic, by all
counts illegal and illegitimate, can only worsen the situation in Yugoslavia
and dangerously destabilize the Balkan region as a whole.”
Mr. Figueroa demanded that the Hague Tribunal immediately release President
Milosevic, and that no other Yugoslav nationals be sent to The Hague. Instead,
he called for the establishment of a truly impartial committee of investigation
into all allegations of murder and genocide in the Balkans.
The CPC leader also called on the Yugoslav and Serbian authorities to end the
arbitrary kidnapping, arrest, harassment and persecution of former Yugoslav
leaders, soldiers, and working people and for the immediate release of the 250
members of the Socialist Party of Serbia and United Left who have been arrested
on trumped up political charges.
“Instead of applauding this vengeful and illegal abduction, Canada should
demand that all war criminals responsible for the Balkan calamity be brought to
justice, including the NATO leaders themselves who launched a flagrant and
murderous aggression against the people of Yugoslavia, and who continue those
crimes today in Macedonia, using Albanian mercenaries and other proxy forces.”
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For more information,
contact Miguel Figueroa at 416-469-2446.
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