Serbia, Challenge from the Streets

Call Number
350-1-1:466/4

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:466/4
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #466 / No. 4
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000466
Date of production
1993
Date
1993
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
8 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Gaby Rado and Brent Sadler report from Belgrade. The first report discusses the possibility of a police crackdown on demonstrators and the position of the Serbian government and media. Statements by Vuk Draskovic, leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement: "Milosevic started the war [in Bosnia] in order to keep his communist dictatorship alive in Yugoslavia, and is now ready to start another civil war for the sake of staying in power." The report gives a brief account of the coalition formed by Serbian opposition parties. Miodrag Perisic, leader of the Democratic Party, states that young and old generations are joining together against Milosevic. The report shows Dragan Tomic, Speaker of the Serbian Parliament, giving the first reaction from the Serbian Socialist Party calling the demonstrators "fascists." The second report discusses the possible crackdown as police buses are arriving in the center of Belgrade. Sadler says the Serbian government declared the protests illegal. Vuk Draskovic, leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, exclaims that his hopes are that policemen will not be sent out to hurt unarmed civilians. Demonstrations in Kragujevac are mentioned with Radoje Prica, Serbian Opposition Candidate, calling upon the West to help the opposition's democratic movement. A unidentified union leader states that people fear retaliation from the factory bosses and city officials if they decide to go out to the streets. Footage includes people demonstrating amidst heavy snow fall, Milosevic and his wife casting their votes, and busloads of policemen being transported into the center of Belgrade.

Context

Associated Names
CNN (Producer)