Magazine Charged with Ethnic Hatred in FRY

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Magazine Charged with Ethnic Hatred in FRY



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Criminal complaint filed against Student for incitement of ethnic hate

22 January 1999

The Humanitarian Law Center has filed a criminal complaint with the
Belgrade Public Prosecutor's Office against a journalist of the
academic magazine Student for violation of Article 134 of the FR
Yugoslavia Criminal Code, which prohibits incitement of national,
racial and religious intolerance or hate.

The author of an article headlined "Picture Post-card from Athens" in
the 89th issue of the magazine, identified by the initials V.K.,
wrote:
 
Once upon a time, as soon as you entered Greece, you didn't have to
worry about where you kept your wallet or your passport. You could
leave your luggage in the middle of the road for hours and no one
would touch it. The reason was a long-standing law which punished the
pettiest theft with the loss of a hand. Things are different
nowadays.  You might feel a hand rifling your bag as you ride on the
metro. As a rule, that hand belongs to an Albanian, with his familiar
square-shaped head, low brow and vacuous expression. Greeks will warn
you discretely; they too are afraid of them and don't like them.
They'll tell you that they (Albanians) target houses in the suburbs
and strip them bare in a matter of hours, leaving only the plumbing.

The HLC has asked the Belgrade Public Prosecutor to prosecute in
accordance with Articles 18 and 45 of the Federal Criminal Procedure
Code, especially since Yugoslavia has signed and ratified the UN
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which states that any advocacy
of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to
discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law, and
therefore has an obligation to prevent and punish such acts.

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