Amnesty International Report 2007

it would be interesting what those amnesty-guys are reporting about Kosmet... churches being targeted by mortar shells, american G.I.s being beaten up at albanian gas stations, not to speak of several other incidents in the last 12 months...

would be interesting to see, what they say about the civil (albanian) society in KiM...

Jovan,

I know that you would like to present ALL BLACK in Kosova. But jovan, it is not that black as you think: cinsidering not solved status yet, unemployment, low incomes etc. there is no troubles as could in reality be! If we consider only Belgrade, we would realize that criminality is for several times higher tha in Kosova (Belgrade anf Kosova has s close number of citizens.

the difference is, predictor, that in Belgrade they do not shoot mortars at churches ( or mosques in that case ), and in Belgrade no foreign official has to fear to be beaten up by the mob ( although more than ten percent of its territory is occupied by foreign troops! )

if you really want to belittle what is going on in Kosmet, I can only shake my head...

Jovan, regarding Amnesty Internationals coverage of crimes against non-Albanians in Kosovo, you can find that information yourself. Just do a search.

Here are some examples:
.....Impunity for war crimes (see also Section 5, below) involving rape or other forms of gender-based violence continues. There have been no prosecutions in the Kosovo courts in cases involving either Serbian or ethnic Albanian perpetrators despite measures taken by women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others to record testimonies and support the victims of such violence.

In July 1999, an investigation was opened by the Gjilan/Gnjilanë police into allegations by a Serb woman, N.N., that on 16 June 1999 she was allegedly abducted by four men wearing uniform bearing the insignia of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and taken to a house where she was tied to a radiator, and repeatedly questioned about the whereabouts of Arkan (Željko Ražnatović) and asked to identify photographs of individual Serbian police officers. When she failed to reply, she was beaten with a baton on her hands and head. She was later punched in her stomach, her spine, her hands and her legs.

N.N. was allegedly subsequently transferred to another room where she saw her friend crying as another man forced her into oral sex. She was then grabbed, her T-shirt torn, a pillow was placed over her head and she was raped. Reportedly several other men raped her, and then continued to interrogate her, beating her and raping her "again and again". She was finally released after four days, with threats that she would be killed if she went to the police. She reported the crime to the police, but despite a medical certificate testifying to her injuries and her identification of some of the alleged perpetrators, the case was never sent for prosecution.(24).........


......Impunity continued for the majority of perpetrators of ethnically motivated attacks. Most attacks involved the stoning of buses carrying Serb passengers by Albanian youths. In some cases, grenades or other explosive devices were thrown at buses or houses, and Orthodox churches were looted and vandalized.

Three predominantly Serbian municipalities declared a "state of emergency" on 2 June following attacks they considered ethnically motivated, and announced a boycott of the UNMIK police and the Kosovo Police Service (KPS). Additional international police were deployed and ethnic Albanian KPS officers withdrawn.

• On 1 June, a Serbian youth was shot dead on the road between Zvečan/Zveçan and Zitkovac/Zhitkoc.

• On 20 June, a 68-year-old Serbian man who had returned the previous year to Klinë/a was reportedly shot dead in his own house.

• In June, two Romani families reportedly left the village of Zhiti/Zitinje after an incident in which an ethnic Albanian was later arrested.....


Also read their report; "Collateral Damage" or Unlawful Killings?, on the NATO campaign against Serbia: http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/kosovo/docs/nato_all.pdf

I am not interested in what a CIA funded so called human rights organisation says or reports. Where was Amnesty when Gitmo was established? Siting in the corner saying nothing in case the masters get angry and stop throwing it bones. However, if a country does not support the US, well then there is plenty to raise on the world arena with Amnesty’s reports being quoted left right and centre.

Go to Palestine and see what misery is all about and publish the truth if you dare.

Jovan, regarding Amnesty Internationals coverage of crimes against non-Albanians in Kosovo, you can find that information yourself. Just do a search.

Here are some examples:
.....Impunity for war crimes (see also Section 5, below) involving rape or other forms of gender-based violence continues. There have been no prosecutions in the Kosovo courts in cases involving either Serbian or ethnic Albanian perpetrators despite measures taken by women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others to record testimonies and support the victims of such violence.

In July 1999, an investigation was opened by the Gjilan/Gnjilanë police into allegations by a Serb woman, N.N., that on 16 June 1999 she was allegedly abducted by four men wearing uniform bearing the insignia of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and taken to a house where she was tied to a radiator, and repeatedly questioned about the whereabouts of Arkan (Željko Ražnatović) and asked to identify photographs of individual Serbian police officers. When she failed to reply, she was beaten with a baton on her hands and head. She was later punched in her stomach, her spine, her hands and her legs.

N.N. was allegedly subsequently transferred to another room where she saw her friend crying as another man forced her into oral sex. She was then grabbed, her T-shirt torn, a pillow was placed over her head and she was raped. Reportedly several other men raped her, and then continued to interrogate her, beating her and raping her "again and again". She was finally released after four days, with threats that she would be killed if she went to the police. She reported the crime to the police, but despite a medical certificate testifying to her injuries and her identification of some of the alleged perpetrators, the case was never sent for prosecution.(24).........


......Impunity continued for the majority of perpetrators of ethnically motivated attacks. Most attacks involved the stoning of buses carrying Serb passengers by Albanian youths. In some cases, grenades or other explosive devices were thrown at buses or houses, and Orthodox churches were looted and vandalized.

Three predominantly Serbian municipalities declared a "state of emergency" on 2 June following attacks they considered ethnically motivated, and announced a boycott of the UNMIK police and the Kosovo Police Service (KPS). Additional international police were deployed and ethnic Albanian KPS officers withdrawn.

• On 1 June, a Serbian youth was shot dead on the road between Zvečan/Zveçan and Zitkovac/Zhitkoc.

• On 20 June, a 68-year-old Serbian man who had returned the previous year to Klinë/a was reportedly shot dead in his own house.

• In June, two Romani families reportedly left the village of Zhiti/Zitinje after an incident in which an ethnic Albanian was later arrested.....


Also read their report; "Collateral Damage" or Unlawful Killings?, on the NATO campaign against Serbia: http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/kosovo/docs/nato_all.pdf

it would be interesting what those amnesty-guys are reporting about Kosmet... churches being targeted by mortar shells, american G.I.s being beaten up at albanian gas stations, not to speak of several other incidents in the last 12 months...

would be interesting to see, what they say about the civil (albanian) society in KiM...

Jovan,

I know that you would like to present ALL BLACK in Kosova. But jovan, it is not that black as you think: cinsidering not solved status yet, unemployment, low incomes etc. there is no troubles as could in reality be! If we consider only Belgrade, we would realize that criminality is for several times higher tha in Kosova (Belgrade anf Kosova has s close number of citizens.

the difference is, predictor, that in Belgrade they do not shoot mortars at churches ( or mosques in that case ), and in Belgrade no foreign official has to fear to be beaten up by the mob ( although more than ten percent of its territory is occupied by foreign troops! )

if you really want to belittle what is going on in Kosmet, I can only shake my head...

I am not interested in what a CIA funded so called human rights organisation says or reports. Where was Amnesty when Gitmo was established? Siting in the corner saying nothing in case the masters get angry and stop throwing it bones. However, if a country does not support the US, well then there is plenty to raise on the world arena with Amnesty’s reports being quoted left right and centre.

Go to Palestine and see what misery is all about and publish the truth if you dare.