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SERBIA: KIKINDA: ANTI-MILOSEVIC PROTEST

(12 Jul 1999) Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat In Yugoslavia, opponents of President Slobodan Milosevic are seeking to build momentum in their campaign to force him to step down. About five-thousand anti-government activists rallied on Sunday in the northern Yugoslav town of Kikinda. The rally was mostly peaceful, although there was some scuffling after a few Milosevic supporters were pelted with tomatoes when they tried to shout pro-government slogans. No injuries were reported. Sunday's rally, near the Hungarian border in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, was organized by the Alliance of Vojvodina Democratic Parties and the Alliance for Change. SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) "Milosevic's government is going down either the hard way or the easy way." SUPERCAPTION: Anti-Milosevic protester Opposition to Milosevic has been characterized by weakness and divisions, but his detractors hope to capitalize on the anger of many Serbs over his policies toward Kosovo. Serbs endured a 78-day-bombing campaign that ended with Milosevic pulling his troops out of the restive province and NATO peacekeepers taking over. SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat) "NATO couldn't harm us because everything was taken already from Yugoslavia." SUPERCAPTION: Mile Ifajoe, Anti-Milosevic protester The state-run media have stepped up criticism of some opposition leaders, calling them traitors and stooges of NATO. Some, including Zoran Djindjic of the Democratic Party, have been put under formal investigation by military courts for avoiding military service. The party on Sunday accused a military court of sentencing one of its activists to prison for two years for draft dodging to discourage him from taking part in anti-government protests. SOUNDBITE: (English) "We think that we are now strong enough to say no. There's a lot of people that think as I do and I hope that this time we'll win". SUPERCAPTION: Voxpop, Anti-Milosevic protester SOUNDBITE: (English) "I am a citizen of Yugoslavia and I think that the people of Yugoslavia deserve a high level of democracy". SUPERCAPTION: Voxpop, Anti-Milosevic protester Anti-Milosovic campaigners hope scenes like this will be come a daily occurrence. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...