Gazimestan – 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, 1988

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Credit: Art Zamur

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The gathering at Gazimestan, marking the six-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, was likely one of the largest public assemblies in Yugoslavia’s history. It is estimated that more than one million people attended. On June 28, 1989, Slobodan Milošević, then a rising political figure, arrived at Gazimestan by helicopter.

The behavior of his security detail immediately revealed the nature of his political authority. No cameraman or photojournalist was allowed to approach him. When my colleague Imre Sabo (Imre Szabó) found himself too close, one of the bodyguards simply lifted him and threw him into a nearby ditch.

This incident made it clear that politicians like Slobodan Milošević showed no tolerance toward anyone—least of all toward independent journalists.