OPENING A DIALOGUE ON THE RECENT PAST 'WITHIN' THE
SERBIAN SOCIETY
SANDŽAK: CONSEQUENCES OF
REPRESSIVE STATE POLICY
Panel Discussion
Belgrade, 2 November 2007
Sonja Biserko |
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We think that it is very
important to discuss the situation in Sandzak at this moment of time, for Sandzak seems
one of the potentially most vulnerable spots, |
in view of a
continuing, deep political and social crisis in Serbia. This is primarily due to the fact
that Sandžak made part of Bosnia-related war progam. Such a thesis is confirmed by the
state terror campaign in and its stranglehold on Sandzak in the early 90's, and
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Facing the Past
HYPNOTIZED STATE
By Bojan al Pinto-Brkic
01/17/2006, Source: Helsinki Charter No 89-90
Theologians are keeping something from us. There is an irrational trait
to state power that could hardly fit into the teaching that all power is from God
(agnostics would say that all power is irrational). And to prove it, you don't even have
to leave your armchair. In mid-December all media carried the news that following the
report of the ICTY chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte to the UN Security Council, including
her negative assessment of cooperation with Belgrade since six accused of war crimes,
Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic among them, are still at large, a government minister
was heard to say: "All is now in our hands." No matter whether there is a dosage
of complacency in this... More
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FACING THE PAST - ARCHIVE
CAN THE BALKANS (EVER) Be
RECONCILED?
Challenges, Approaches, Projects,
New Designs
04/08/2003
The uncertainty of the Balkan's future casts doubt on the process of
normalization and eventually reconciliation. Most of the Balkans countries are still
dominated by nationalist policies which are, ipso facto, xenophobic and intolerant. Such
ethnic entities or states have not yet manifested an ability to elevate themselves to the
level of modern nation states that guarantee equality and rights to their minorities. This
is why the present activities of the international community and its institutions such as
the United Nations, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and NATO are of crucial...
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