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Prokuplje District Public Prosecutor’s OfficeBelgrade, 19 November 2002Acting District Public ProsecutorMr. Višeslav VukumirovićMr. Vukumirović,Regarding your request that the Humanitarian Law Centre forwards to youthe information on Bogujevci Lirrie and other witnesses of Albanian nationalityin order to have them examined before the Prokuplje District Court inthe trial of Saša Cvjetan and Dejan Demirović, who are charged with thecommission of a war crime against the civilian population, I give you thefollowing information.The HLC and I, as the Executive Director, cannot give you the addressesof possible witnesses without their permission. Fathers of the killed andwounded children from the Bogujevci family, who live in Kosovo, obligedme to keep their addresses in secrecy until they make a different decision.Other Albanian witnesses of the event that took place on 28 March 1999are not prepared to appear before the Prokuplje District Court either. Theybelieve that this trial is a farce and that the trial panel is unwilling and incompetentto apply laws and bring justice for the defendant, as well as forthe victims.I completely agree with them. You have convinced them with your inertnessthat you do not represent the victims. It is obvious that you do not dareask questions the defendant or the witnesses. They lie because they knowthat a trial without witnesses leads to the acquittal of the defendants.The solution in the case of defendants Cvjetan and Demirović, as well as inall possible trials, is that the Serbian Supreme Court delegates all cases ofwar crimes, crimes against humanity, or any other international crimes toanother court. In that case, the trial of Cvjetan and Demirović would startfrom the beginning. Then, Albanian victims and witnesses would be readyto give their statements. Because of the personal security it would be possibleto organise their examination in the Priština District Court the same84