RELEASE THE KOSOVAR POLITICAL PRISONERS FROM SERBIA NOW!

         Sign the petition at:          http://www.khao.org/appkosova-petitionsign.htm
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Although so far nearly 300 prisoners have been released, 1,700 more continue to languish in Serb jails at the start of a long and uncertain winter. The sentencing of Dr. Flora Brovina to twelve years for "supporting terrorist activities" was greatly discouraging to all those who are working to obtain the release of the prisoners. In addition, the abduction of the Albanian human rights lawyer at the Humanitarian Law Center in Belgrade, Teki Bokshi, by "rogue" police was of grave concern, indicating a tolerance of lawlessness and lack of security within Serbia.

In Prishtina, a large human rights conference held by the OSCE brought some discussion of the prisoner issue, but once again, little promise of concrete action by international organizations such as the U.N., OSCE, and European Union.  Only the United States government issued a condemnation of the Brovina trial and sentencing.

Until international pressure is wide-spread and all international organizations take responsibility for the fate of these prisoners will there be any marked progress.

A new distribution list has been formed to keep those interested, updated on the developments relating to the Kosovar Political Prisoners.  Our goal for this newsletter is to create and maintain a core group of informed advocates on the issue of the Albanian prisoners in Serbia.

Read further below for more information on the discussion list and to find out how to subscribe to the list for weekly newsletters.  We welcome your contribution of information, strategies, and/or opinions.

Sincerely,
a-pal@alb-net.com

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A-PAL Distribution Information:

Name:  A-PAL (Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List -- Prisoner Pals)

Topic:  Updates, Reports, and Detailed Information on the 5,000+ Kosovar prisoners in Serbia

Purpose:  To acquire a cohesive group of advocates on behalf of the prisoners
                 for letter-writing campaigns, petitions, and lobbying.

Description:

The Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List is structured to keep humanitarians, government elected officials and concerned citizens of the world informed on the developments relating to the Kosovar Political Prisoners.

Detailed information on judges, trials, sentencing, conditions and other topics, as well as programs to bring relief to the suffering prisoners, will be gathered and sent thru the list to maintain the level of information to those informed people.

The Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List will distribute a newsletter once per week, highlighting most relevant information and summarizing the week's developments on the issue.

You may unsubscribe from the Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List at any time.

The weekly postings will be stored on the Association of Political Prisoner website [www.khao.org/appkosova.htm].  Additional data and detailed reports on the issue of the prisoners may be accessed from the website as well.
 
To post to this list, send your email to:

  a-pal@alb-net.com
 
General information about the mailing list is at:

  http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/a-pal
 
To subscribe to additional discussion/mailing lists relating to Albanian issues,
point your browser to the following address: http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo
 
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            Thank you for your interest and support.
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