RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 218, Part II, 9 November 2000
TENSIONS AT SERBIAN PRISONS EASING. Serbian officials said on
8 November that discussions with inmates who have taken
control of three Serbian prisons have improved the situation
there, Reuters reported. Sead Spahovic, one of three heads of
the Serbian Justice Ministry, said the violence of the first
days of the riots has subsided (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 8
November 2000), although there are reports of hunger strikes
and disobedience at two other correctional facilities. He
said prisoners are being "cooperative and fair. They are
acting in a sensible fashion." One group of prisoners said
some of their demands have been met. The Belgrade daily "Glas
Javnosti" suggested on 9 November that the riots were planned
from outside the prisons by leaders of Yugoslavia's secret
services. PB
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