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23. 04. 2018.
UNS i Strukovni sindikat RTS-a: Devetnaest godina od ratnog zločina nad radnicima RTS-a
Udruženje novinara Srbije (UNS) i Strukovni sindikat Radio-televizije Srbije podsećaju da se 23. aprila u 02.06 sati navršilo 19 godina od ubistva 16 medijskih radnika u NATO bombardovanju RTS-a. Bombardovanjem RTS-a 1999. godine ustanovljena je praksa upotrebe vojne sile protiv medija u međunarodnim sukobima, uprkos tome što su oni civilni objekti i ne smeju biti vojni cilj.
Za ovaj ratni zločin do sada je jedino odgovarao tadašnji direktor RTS-a Dragoljub Milanović, koji je izdržao kaznu zatvora od deset godina jer nije preduzeo mere da se zaposleni RTS-a zaštite i evakuišu nakon pretnji da će zgrada biti bombardovana.
UNS i Strukovni sindikat RTS-a ističu da su sve značajne međunarodne organizacije za zaštitu ljudskih prava osudile ubijanje civila u RTS-u, a da Amnesti internešenel nameran napad na zgradu RTS-a kao civilni objekat i ubijanje 16 medijskih radnika smatra ratnim zločinom.
UNS i Strukovni sindikat RTS-a podsećaju da je Evropska federacija novinara (EFJ) na Skupštini u Beogradu 2011. godine pozvala svoje članice da se pridruže obeležavanju 23. aprila, Dana sećanja na 16 medijskih radnika ubijenih u NATO bombardovanju RTS-a.
UNS i Strukovni sindikat RTS-a podržavaju i cene dosadašnji rad Komisije za istraživanje ubistava novinara i očekuje da će ona imati ključnu ulogu u rasvetljavanju svih okolnosti ubistva 16 medijskih radnika.
UNS i Strukovni sindikat RTS-a podržali su inicijativu Komisije da se od Komiteta za zaštitu novinara (CPJ) iz Njujorka zatraži da na svoju listu ubijenih novinara i medijskih radnika uvrsti i 16 radnika RTS-a.
Kako je za UNS potvrdio predsednik Komisije Veran Matić, CPJ Komisiji još uvek nije odgovorio na ovaj zahtev.
UNS i Strukovni sindikat RTS-a će nastaviti da traže da se imena naših kolega uvrste na listu ubijenih medijskih radnika.
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Journalists’ Association of Serbia and RTS’ Professional Union: 19th Anniversary of War Crime against RTS Employees to be Commemorated on Monday
The Journalists’ Association of Serbia (Udruženje novinara Srbije – UNS) and the Professional Union of Radio-television of Serbia would like to remind that as of the 23rd of April at 02:06AM, 19 years have passed from the murder of 16 media workers during the NATO bombing of the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
By bombing the RTS in 1999, the practice of using military force against media in the international conflicts was established, despite the fact that these are civilian buildings and cannot be considered military targets.
The only person that was held responsible thus far for the aforementioned war crime was the former RTS director Dragoljub Milanovic, who served a 10-year prison sentence to which he was convicted because he failed to take the necessary measures to protect and evacuate the RTS employees after the threats of bombing the building were made.
UNS and RTS’ Professional Union would like to emphasize the fact that all the relevant international human rights organizations have condemned the killing of civilians within the RTS premises, while Amnesty International considers this deliberate attack on the RTS building, as a civilian facility, and the murder of 16 media employees a war crime.
UNS and RTS’ Professional Union remind that, at its assembly held in 2011 in Belgrade, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) invited its members to join in commemorating the 23rd of April - the Day of Remembrance of 16 media workers killed during the NATO bombing of RTS.
UNS and RTS’ Professional Union support and appreciate the work of the Commission for the Investigation of Murders of Journalists performed thus far and expect from it to play a key role in shedding light on all the circumstances related to the killing of 16 media workers.
UNS and RTS’ Professional Union supported the initiative of the aforementioned Commission calling upon the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to include the 16 RTS journalists and media workers in its list.
President of the Commission for the Investigation of Murders of Journalists Veran Matic said that the Commission never got the answer from CPJ.
UNS RTS’ Professional Union will continue to insist on inclusion of the names of our colleagues in the list of killed media workers.
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