A-Infos (en) Kosova Protests countinue March 13

["Shawn Ewald" <shawn@wilshire.net>]

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Dear Friends,
        Following is an invitation from the students in Kosova to the
international community to come to Pristina to be present during their
next large peaceful protest March 13. International presence can help
give nonviolent protection to these courageous students and can help
educate ourselves about the situation there. Please spread the word
and encourage any media contacts you have to go. We at Peaceworkers
plan to be present and in conjunction with the students therem, will
organize a program for a week or so imediately following the protest
for international people who would like to learn more about the
situation there. There are families in Pristina who are offering
hospitality to international observers who can come. There may be some
financial support for travel for students who would like to go. Thanks
for any other support you can give the Kosova student nonviolent
movement. Let us know if you would like to join us or if you would
like further information. Peace to you, David Hartsough

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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:32:04 +0100
From: Students Independent Union of the University of Prishtina
<upsup@albanian.com>
Reply-To: upsup@albanian.com
Organization: Students Independent Union of the University of
Prishtina To: SIUUP Recitiens <upsup@albanian.com> Subject: Protests
countinue

UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA
STUDENTS INDEPENDENT UNION

Tel&Fax: ++381 38 33 843
e-mail: upsup@albanian.com

Prishtina, February 13, 1998


Dear Madam / Sir,

We are pleased to inform You that the Students Independent Union of
the Albanian University of Prishtina, again on 13 March 1998 is going
to organize peaceful, nonviolent, students' protests with the
intention to release with no conditions premises and university
room-space for delivering instructions in the Albanian language, as
they have been occupied by Serbian regime since 1991. As you already
know, Students Independent Union on 1 and 29 October 1997, and also on
30 December 1997, organized peaceful students' protests and without
any provocation by students, Serbian police attacked with no prior
warning in the most brutal way to disperse the quiet protests during
which the participators were arrested and injured. As You may know, in
1991, about 1,000 Albanian professors and assistants and 200
administrative workers, adding to them more than 27,000 Albanian
students, were expelled by Serbian police forces from their university
buildings, after 21 years of successful work of the University, only
due to the fact that they were Albanians and studied in their mother
tongue - Albanian. However, the students and teachers, aided by the
Albanian population, have resisted this occupation and violence by
continuing their classes in extremely difficult conditions in private
houses. This is the seventh academic year that the University of
Prishtina has worked outside is official buildings. Therefore, the
protests have the intention to have the official buildings released,
as they are the property of the University. The peaceful protests will
be organized and kept under full control by the Students Union, which
is a non-political organization and the sole students organization at
the University of Prishtina. The Students Union has made the required
preparations for the protests. It will not allow involving of some
political force or tendency in the protests with any requests that are
outside of our own ones. The Students Union is determined to avoid the
use of force, causing of conflict or any physical excess. Accordingly,
we ask You, dear Sir, to send some representatives of Yours to observe
our peaceful protests, so that they may inform You appropriately about
our noble intention, to protect and to realize peacefully our
fundamental human and national rights for studying freely in our
mother tongue, that is guaranteed by international covenants. We shall
do our utmost to take care of your representatives in these
conditions. We feel free to ask You to forward this information to the
ones You find it convenient to make their contribution to this action
of ours. Your observation on our peaceful protests would contribute
much to avoid any escalation for the situation otherwise tense in
Kosova. Extending my great thanks to You in advance for Your
understanding, I remain.

Sincerely Yours,
President
Bujar Dugolli

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