Doctor Sentenced in Terrorism Case

A Kosovo pediatrician revered among ethnic Albanians for her human rights work during a crackdown by Yugoslav authorities was sentenced in a Serbian court to 12 years in prison for abetting terrorism. Dr. Flore Brovina, 50, was convicted and sentenced in Nis on charges of conspiring against the government to commit terrorism during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing campaign last spring against Yugoslavia. Brovina, who founded a women’s rights organization in Kosovo and provided desperately needed health care to women and children in the province during the conflict, has denied the accusations. “I devoted my entire life to children,” she told the private Beta news agency after the sentencing. Her attorneys called the sentence “unjust” and said they would appeal. In Washington, the State Department asked Yugoslavia to reconsider the conviction.