During the Kosovo crisis, the NATO and its leading politicians repeatedly revealed the criminal actions committed by the Yugoslavian army by leaflets and radio broadcasts, threatening the soldiers with devastating attacks and international war crimes court trials, unless they escape. These calls urged the soldiers to disobey the orders of the Yugoslav government and to offer resistance.
Due to this, we think that it is a moral obligation for the NATO countries to guarantee an adequate protection for all Yugoslavians who - following their conscience - escaped abroad, in order to avoid participation in the criminal actions. Now, from these objectors and deserters (ethnic Hungarians from Vojvodina, but ethnic Serbs as well) political asylum is being refused. They are not allowed to take jobs, and are forced to live in miserable conditions in refugee camps (Debrecen, Békéscsaba). Their political asylum applications are disregarded for months, and they fear of deportation back into Yugoslavia. This procedure is a shame for Hungary!
We call the Hungarian government and the Hungarian immigration authorities
to assure safety and protection for these objectors and deserters (many
of whom are ethnic Hungarians from Vojvodina), if only because of the principles
of correctness and humanism. It is the duty of the Hungarian authorities
to take into account all the antecedents, the fact that these soldiers
had made a service to all peace-loving people, and, in the near future,
they cannot return in their homeland, because they can face long-term imprisonment
for their actions inspired by their beliefs, or their political or moral
convictions.
1999. December
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See further related information: Safe House reports: http://extra.hu/prigovor/
Further supports are welcome
Farkas Henrik farkashe@c3.hu
Tófalvi Péter tpierre@matavnet.hu
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Supporters until 3 December 1999 /in Hungarian/
Ádám András
Balogh Sándor /USA, az AMOSZ –Amerikai Magyaarok Országos
Szövetsége- elnök/
Bata Gábor
Bródy János
Bulányi György piarista tanár
Csapody Tamás
Deli Gyula
Deliné Szita Anna
Erdély Dániel
Fábri Péter
Farkas Henrik
Farkas István
Hatvany Béla Csaba /USA/
Helcz Tibor /USA, a Volt Magyar Politikai Foglyok Világszövetségének
elnöke/
Horváth Zsolt
Jancsó Miklós
Juhász Géza
Johnson Patricia /Csehország/
Keeler Wally /Kanada/
Klasse, Per Johan /Németország//
Lanaikey Avinty /Csehország/
Lengyel Alfonz /USA, a MAOSZ –Magyar Amerikaiak Országos Szövetsége
- elnöke/
Merza József
Nagy Lajos /Belgium/
Raffai Zoltán /Svéfország/
Rátkai János
Sík Toma
Simonyi Gyula
Somlyó Zsuzsa /a Raoul Wallenberg Egyesület örökös
elnökségi tagja/
Steiner Miklós
Szalai István
Szebeni Olivér /baptista lelkész/
Tanító Béla / Finnországi Magyarok
Egyesülete (FME) alelnöke, az emberi jogok követe Finnországban/
Tihanyi Gyula
Tófalvi Péter
Tóth Kálmán /USA/
Varga Ferenc /Ausztrália/
Vicsek Lilla
Vida István
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