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9th April 2012, 05:52
Serbia jails Kosovar trade unionist on his way to a European union conference
Sorry to interrupt your holiday weekend, but this is urgent.
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It's a long holiday weekend for many of us, a chance to celebrate the holidays with our families and friends.
I hesitate to write to you, to interrupt the festivities, but this is urgent.
A week ago, the leader of the metal workers union of Kosovo, Hasan Abazi, was travelling to a meeting of European trade unionists in Zagreb, but on his way was arrested by the Serbian government.
He was held for 50 hours without even the chance to talk to a lawyer.
Now, he's being held in solitary confinement.
Serbia has committed itself to allow free movement of Kosovars through its territory. That's part of what it needs to do to become a full member of the European Union.
The International Metalworkers' Federation has issued an urgent appeal for his release.
Amnesty International has condemned the arrest. [**]
Please take a moment to send off a message of protest to the Serbian authorities:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1338&src=lsmm
Then, please publicize this to your friends, workmates and fellow union members by email, Twitter, Facebook, and word-of-mouth.
If we can flood the inboxes of Serbian government ministers this weekend with our protest messages, they might be compelled to re-think this outrageous arrest and to let Hasan go. They don't want to risk Serbian membership in the EU -- a point we mention in the message to them.
Thank you -- and a very happy Easter and Passover to all of you.
Eric Lee
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Sorry to interrupt your holiday weekend, but this is urgent.
Is this email not displaying correctly?
View it in your browser. (http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f3995b46c18cb039818f29a32&id=6c57275387&e=4e93ef2fad)
It's a long holiday weekend for many of us, a chance to celebrate the holidays with our families and friends.
I hesitate to write to you, to interrupt the festivities, but this is urgent.
A week ago, the leader of the metal workers union of Kosovo, Hasan Abazi, was travelling to a meeting of European trade unionists in Zagreb, but on his way was arrested by the Serbian government.
He was held for 50 hours without even the chance to talk to a lawyer.
Now, he's being held in solitary confinement.
Serbia has committed itself to allow free movement of Kosovars through its territory. That's part of what it needs to do to become a full member of the European Union.
The International Metalworkers' Federation has issued an urgent appeal for his release.
Amnesty International has condemned the arrest. [**]
Please take a moment to send off a message of protest to the Serbian authorities:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=1338&src=lsmm
Then, please publicize this to your friends, workmates and fellow union members by email, Twitter, Facebook, and word-of-mouth.
If we can flood the inboxes of Serbian government ministers this weekend with our protest messages, they might be compelled to re-think this outrageous arrest and to let Hasan go. They don't want to risk Serbian membership in the EU -- a point we mention in the message to them.
Thank you -- and a very happy Easter and Passover to all of you.
Eric Lee
---
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