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Miroslav Filipovic
At the crest of the current wave of repression against independent journalists, Miroslav Filipovic, the Kraljevo correspondent of Danas and AFP and an associate of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the Nis Military Court on July 26. On this page you can follow reactions and the latest news on the case.

>CHRONOLOGY

FILIPOVIC FREE

Miroslav Filipovic, the Serbian journalist imprisoned for human rights reporting, was released today after an appeal court overturned his conviction for espionage and spreading false information. ...

 

AILING FILIPOVIC RETURNED TO PRISON

LONDON, 21.09.2000 - Miroslav Filipovic, the Serbian journalist imprisoned for human rights reporting in Yugoslavia, has been removed from hospital and returned to military prison in Nis. ...

 

MARTIN BELL TO HEAD FRIENDS OF FILIPOVIC COMMITTEE

LONDON, 24.08.2000 – Martin Bell, MP, former BBC war correspondent and independent Member of Parliament (UK), is to lead an international “Friends of Filipovic Committee” to support activities on behalf of Miroslav Filipovic, the Serbian journalist jailed for seven years on charges of “espionage” for reporting on war crimes by Yugoslav forces in Kosovo. ...

 

 

>REACTIONS

 

VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: MIROSLAV FILIPOVIC, PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE

LONDON, 21.08.2000 - Miroslav Filipovic, journalist for the independent newspaper Danas, correspondent for the London-based Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), and Kraljevo correspondent for Agence France Presse (AFP), was imprisoned on 26 July 2000 for seven years on charges of “espionage” and of “spreading false information”. Amnesty International believes that he is a prisoner of conscience and is calling for his immediate and unconditional release. ...

 

SERBIA: WHISTLE BLOWER JOURNALIST UNWELL

LONDON, 17.08.2000 - Miroslav Filipovic, a Serbian journalist who recently blew the whistle on Serbian atrocities in Kosovo, is suffering from deteriorating health as he launches his court appeal today against his conviction for espionage and spreading false information. ...

 

FILIPOVIC CASE: Case information, Filipovic's articles, Press releases
(Source: IWPR)

 

CHRONOLOGY OF THE FILIPOVIC CASE (Source: Free B92)

 


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