Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 18:04:37 +0000
From: S. Mesarovic
To: editor@sunday-times.co.uk
Subject: Protests in Belgrade
Sir,
The opressive regime of Slobodan Milosevic has commited a massive
election fraud. Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting on
the streets of Belgrade for the tenth day now.
Your collegues, Serbian journalists have been ruthlessly silenced by the
regime. Five independent radio stations have been forcefully closed and
the transmissions of the last independent radio station - B92, have been
jammed for the last three days. The last independent newspaper, Nasa
Borba is under threat, too.
Yet, yesterday's and today's Times brings no news about these events.
This shameful silence, interrupted only occasionally to satisfy the
form, is in effect a support for Milosevic.
I cannot help noticing that the media in United States have responded
faster and more responsibly to these events. They are adamant in their
demands that Milosevic must not receive support from the West in any
form. What are Serbian and other people supposed to learn from this?
That the hope for the oppressed is in America. Europe is closer
geographically, but unfortunately, Europe doesn't care.
Sincerely,
Sinisa Mesarovic
Cambridge University
Engineering Department
Cambridge, CB2 1PZ
