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Foreign journalists, unionists detained at Belgrade |
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April 15, 2000
BELGRADE, APR 14 (AP) - A group of foreign journalists and representatives from a Spanish trade union remained detained Friday at Belgrade's international airport after authorities denied them entrance into the country, the independent Beta news agency reported.
The journalists - including four Japanese, one Canadian and one German reporter - landed Thursday at the capital's Surcin airport, hoping to cover a Serbian opposition rally scheduled for Friday afternoon in Belgrade.
Immediately upon landing, customs police withheld their passports and several hours later they were led from the terminal to the VIP lounge and restaurant where they stayed behind closed doors all night.
According to Beta, police told the foreigners that they would have to leave Yugoslavia on Friday. All reportedly had valid Yugoslav visas.
The three Spanish union representatives were to attend an independent union meeting in Belgrade. Their hosts, Belgrade's Nezavisnost, or Independence, union called the detention of their guests a "primitive act of revenge" by the regime of President Slobodan Milosevic.
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