RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 219, Part II, 10 November 2000
SERBIAN OFFICIALS AGREE TO INMATES' DEMANDS. Serbian
authorities released 14 Serbs and one ethnic Albanian from
the Pozarevac prison on 10 November as the prison revolt in
the republic loses momentum, AP reported. In exchange for the
release, prisoners agreed to put down their weapons and allow
guards back into the facility. Prisoner spokesman Darko
Pavlovic said "we believe that we shall have a new amnesty
legislation by the end of January." Serbian prisoners were
angry that Kosovar Albanians were to be granted an amnesty
that excluded them. Serbia's Justice Ministry said it will
include some Serbians in the amnesty. The previous day,
Kosovar human rights activist Flora Brovina secured the
release of an ethnic Albanian teenager from Belgrade's
central prison. Arrested in Kosova last year, Xhavit
Podvorica was never charged with a crime. Brovina herself was
set free by President Kostunica last week (see "RFE/RL
Newsline," 2 November 2000). PB
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