Mr. Aleksandar Dimitrov
Minister of Foreign Affairs
ul. Dame Gruev br. 6
1000 Skopje 
Republic of Macedonia

Dear Minister

I am a lecturer at Aalborg University in Denmark. I am sending you
this letter as I am deeply concerned by the lack of development in the
case of the death of Sabri Asani from Aracinovo. On the night of 17/18
January 2000 the Macedonian police arrested Sabri Asani together with
two other men. They were taken to Skopje; Sabri Asani was reportedly
dead on arrival.

Sabri Asani died in the custody of police officers. The full autopsy
report has still not been made available to his family despite their
requests. A video tape and a still photograph of Sabri AsaniÕs body
taken shortly before his funeral indicate that he met a violent death
while in the hands of the Macedonian police.

I therefore ask Your Excellency to make the autopsy report public and
to carry out a public and impartial investigation into the death of
Sabri Asani.

Moreover, I urge Your Excellency to ensure that those reponsible for
the death of Sabri Asani are brought to justice. This principle should
apply wherever such people happen to be, whereever the crime was
committed, whatever the nationality of the perpetrators or victims and
no matter how much time has elapsed since the crime was committed.

Finally, I would like to express my best wishes for the current peace
agreement in Macedonia; in particular I hope that it will soon be
signed by all parties involved. This will contribute significantly to
the reconciliation process.

Yours sincerely