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"Latifi, who has extensive
contacts with international diplomats and others
engaged in the crisis,..."
Well, I believe THAT, anyway...
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International War And Peace Reporting
Sunday, June 10, 2000
IWPR Editor Detained in Macedonia
(Special Alert, 9-Jun-01)
At approximately 9:00 AM on Saturday, June 9, IWPR
assistant editor in Macedonia Veton Latifi was
arrested at a police checkpoint on the road towards
Kumanovo at the outskirts of Skopje, the Macedonian
capital.
Latifi, 26, a regular contributor to IWPR's Balkan
Crisis Report who also works for the Albanian
programme of the Macedonian state television, was
travelling in a shared taxi with four other passengers
and was the only one taken to the police station,
after a review of identity cards.
"It is an order," Latifi was told by one of the
officers as he was taken in a special windowless van
to the police station.
During his detention, Latifi's mobile telephone,
computer disks, press cards, and other material
related to his work as a journalist were seized. He
was not allowed to make any telephone calls. Police
regularly pointed guns at him, and several times he
was threatened verbally. "Definitely he will die
[sic]," a member of the police special forces said.
After nearly two hours, he was released without
explanation. Some of his computer disks were retained.
This is the second time Latifi, who has extensive
contacts with international diplomats and others
engaged in the crisis, has had trouble with the
Macedonian authorities since the crisis erupted in the
country. A month ago, police arrested his father in
Kumanovo and detained him for one night without
charges.
The incident occurs in the context of increasing
fighting between Macedonian forces and the National
Liberation Army.
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting condemns this
effort to intimidate a working journalist.
RELATED LINKS
United States Instititute of Peace
Albanian-language Media
Blue Sky Radio, Kosovo
Central Europe Online - Balkans Today
Exile Images
Greek Helsinki Monitor
Human Rights Watch
Intl Crisis Group
KosovoPress
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Orthodox Church, Kosovo
OSCE
Serbian Information Ministry
UNMIK
US State Dept
World Press Review
Yahoo! News/Kosovo
YU-Media
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IWPR gratefully acknowledges support from:
Department for International Development UK (DFID)
The European Union
Ford Foundation
Freedom Forum
Open Society Institute
Press Now
Swedish International Development and Cooperation
Agency (SIDA)
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