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Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 22:56:07 +0100 (CET) From: Maurice Wessling <maurice@xs4all.nl> To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net Subject: Attack on Studio B transmitter: ANEM press release [orig to <gilc-plan@gilc.org>] ANEM press release Attack on Studio B transmitter BELGRADE, March 6, 2000 - The Association of Independent Electronic Media protests in the strongest terms at this morning's violent theft of equipment from Studio B Television and Radio B2 92 transmission equipment from the Torlak in Belgrade. Two security guards at the transmitter were violently assaulted by five men in police uniforms. The uniformed men arrived at the site in a police jeep at about 3.00 am today and approached the containers which house transmission equipment for several Belgrade radio and television stations. The men asked the security guards to use a telephone inside the container and, after being allowed to enter, assaulted the two guards and stole essential items of transmission equipment. Both guards suffered head injuries from being struck with guns and were treated at the Belgrade Emergency Centre. The container also housed transmission equipment belonging to Belgrade's BK Television, but none of this was stolen. ANEM demands that the appropriate state agencies find those who committed this crime and punish them to the full extent of the law. Even if the police jeep and uniforms were stolen, the greatest responsibility for this crime lies with the state officials who have created a lynch-mob atmosphere in which anything goes in their struggle against the objective news coverage provided by the independent media. ANEM warns that if these criminals are not brought to justice immediately, Serbia will be embarking on a period of blatant terrorism, in which the threats of Deputy Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Seselj will be carried out. ANEM also regards the responsibility for such escalation of repression would lie with the state bodies whose actions, inactions and statements have created this atmosphere of latent civil war in Serbia. ANEM will do all in its power to ensure that broadcasts of Radio B292 will be resumed from Torlak as soon as possible. --- mediawatch@freeb92.net is a moderated list for distribution of information on the media situation in Yugoslavia. This will usually consist of a weekly update from ANEM which will most often be sent on Mondays. Further information on the media in Yugoslavia is available at: www.freeb92.net To unsubscribe from this list write to <Majordomo@freeb92.net> with the following command in the BODY of your message: unsubscribe mediawatch (If you have problems unsubscribing send email to: owner-mediawatch@freeb92.net) _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold