YUGOSLAVIA: U.N. REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO BERNARD KOUCHNER ADDRESSES RALLY IN PRISTINA CALLING FOR RELEASE OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST FLORA BROVINA HELD BY SERBS

Record ID: 649223

  • Title: YUGOSLAVIA: U.N. REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO BERNARD KOUCHNER ADDRESSES RALLY IN PRISTINA CALLING FOR RELEASE OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST FLORA BROVINA HELD BY SERBS
  • Date: 20th April 2000
  • Summary: PRISTINA, KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA (APRIL 20, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF DEMONSTRATORS STANDING AT THE CITY'S THEATRE WITH PLACARDS 0.04 2. CU'S: PLACARD WITH WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST FLORA BROVINA'S PHOTOGRAPH (2 SHOTS) 0.15 3. WS: MORE OF PEOPLE HOLDING PLACARDS ON STEPS OF THEATRE 0.20 4. SCU: CHILD HOLDING PHOTOGRAPH OF FLORA BV 0.25 5. WIDE OF GROUP 0.30 6. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) FLORA BROVINA'S SON, URANIK, SAYING: "Well we were looking forward to the second appeal, which is May 16, but as we know every time you put a calculation, logics into a calculation with the Serbian regime you end up wrong, because she shouldn't have been there in the first place." 0.47 7. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATION (5 SHOTS) 1.17 8. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) UNITED NATIONS KOSOVO ADMINISTRATOR, BERNARD KOUCHNER: "I want to say that all the international community know that Flora Brovina is absolutely innocent of any crime, the only 'crime' of Flora Brovina was to love the people and help the people and to fight for human rights. I strongly believe that with the international pressure she will be released as soon as possible." 1.51 9. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATION (5 SHOTS) 2.18 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: PRISTINA, KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA
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  • Country: Yugoslavia
  • Reuters ID: LVA280ZEOHQVMPB4V0IFDYJI5EEX
  • Story Text: United Nations representative for Kosovo Bernard
    Kouchner has addressed a crowd of hundreds of ethnic Albanians
    in the capital Pristina to lend his support to the wrongful
    imprisonment of their compatriots by Serbs.

    Kouchner, who attended the demonstration in Pristina
    on Thursday (April 19), called upon the Serbs to free Albanian
    women's rights activist Flora Brovina, who was arrested by
    Serb forces one year ago.

    Brovina's son, Uranik, said they were having trouble
    dealing with the Serbian authorities, who should never have
    detained his mother.

    Kouchner said that there was no legitimate reason why
    Brovina should have been arrested.

    About 1,500 Kosovo Albanians are still jailed in Serbia
    since they were arrested during NATO'S bombings last year.

    On Thursday, about 500 demonstrators took to the streets
    of the Kosovan capital to highlight the plight of those still
    being held.They carried photos and banners as they marched in
    silence.
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