Belgrade Media Report 29 July
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Williamson: Not enough evidence on human organ trafficking (RTS/Tanjug/Radio Serbia/Beta)
• Vukcevic: Williamson’s report satisfaction for victims (Beta)
• Vekaric: Williamson’s report step towards justice (Tanjug)
• Djuric: Satisfied when effective verdicts are passed (Tanjug)
• Drecun: Williamson’s report partial, we expected more (Radio Serbia)
• Del Ponte: Pity that no evidence was found (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Support to idea of introducing three entities in B&H (Novosti)
• OSCE Mission in B&H: Citizens of Brcko District opt for entity citizenship (Oslobodjenje)
• Moore new head of OSCE Mission in B&H (Fena)
• Nimetz: I do not have a new proposal (Voice of the People)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Senior Kosovo figures face prosecution for crimes against humanity (The Guardian)
• Belgrade Urges Kosovo Serb Politician’s ‘Immediate’ Release (BIRN)
• Serbia Should Align Foreign Policy With EU More, Mogherini Says (Bloomberg)
• Serbia Purges Chiefs of Public Companies (BIRN)
• Serbian government presents laws to speed up privatization (Reuters)
• Serbian Parliament passes labour reforms (World Socialist Website)
• Montenegro ‘Interested’ in South Stream Pipeline – EconMin (novinte.com)
Drecun: Williamson’s report is partial, we expected more (International Radio Serbia)
President of the parliamentary board for Kosmet Milovan Drecun has stated that the report of prosecutor Clint Williamson about the trade in human organs in the Province is partial, that he was obviously not immune to political pressure and compromises, and that is why the Serb side has got less then expected. Drecun said it […]
Read More →Williamson has shown impartiality (Blic)
Belgrade – Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said today that Williamson’s report is satisfaction for victims and a major contribution to international justice. – War crimes were committed beyond any doubt, and whether this led to organ trafficking, we’ll see – Vukcevic told the Beta news agency regarding Williamson report today presented in Brussels […]
Read More →Ker-Lindsay: Report openly on ethnic cleansing (Tanjug)
Williamson’s report openly speaks about ethnic cleansing and absolutely confirms that there is evidence that senior members of the Kosovo Liberation Army organized planned attacks on Serbs and other minorities, said British analyst James Ker-Lindsay. “In many ways the report is stronger than expected. It clearly shows that there is evidence that senior members of […]
Read More →Families of kidnapped Serbs want indictments (B92)
An association of families of Serb victims in Kosovo has expressed dissatisfaction with a statement of organ trafficking case investigator Clint Williamson. The American prosecutor who heads a EU special team said in Brussels there was “not enough evidence” to raise indictments. The allegations concern cases of kidnappings of Serb civilians and black market sale […]
Read More →Djuric: Satisfied only after verdicts become final (Tanjug)
The Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said today that Serbia welcomes any activity which leads toward uncovering war crimes and perpetrators, however we can only be satisfied after verdicts, which should bring to justice all those who committed crimes in Kosovo and Metohija, become final. “It is in […]
Read More →Senior Kosovo Guerrillas Face Crimes Against Humanity Cases (Balkan Insight)
An EU report said top Kosovo Liberation Army officials will be prosecuted for crimes against humanity including murders and abductions but there was not enough evidence yet for organ-trafficking indictments. Edona Peci BIRN Pristina The report published on Tuesday by the EU’s Special Investigative Task Force said that unnamed “senior officials of the former Kosovo […]
Read More →EU urges ‘war crimes’ trial of Kosovo ex-commanders (BBC News)
An EU war crimes prosecutor says that some former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) should face charges of crimes against humanity. Clint Williamson has spent three years investigating allegations of atrocities in the late 1990s, when Kosovo Albanian guerrillas were fighting Serb forces. He said elements in the KLA murdered ethnic Serbs and […]
Read More →Kosovo prosecutor suspects some killed for organs (AP)
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS — A special European Union prosecutor says there are “compelling indications” that up to ten captives were killed to have their organs harvested for illegal trafficking during the 1998-99 Kosovo war. However, American prosecutor Clint Williamson said Tuesday that the level of evidence is not yet sufficient to prosecute […]
Read More →Senior Kosovo figures face prosecution for crimes against humanity (The Guardian)
Possible indictment of senior officials of former Kosovo Liberation Army relate to claims of ethnic cleansing since 1999 Leading political figures in Kosovo face indictment by a special EU court for crimes against humanity, including killings, abductions, sexual violence and other abuses of Serb and Roma minorities, according to the chief prosecutor leading a three-year […]
Read More →Del Ponte: Pity that there was no evidence (Tanjug)
The former chief prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal, Carla del Ponte, expressed regret that the team of chief prosecutor for investigating trafficking in organs in Kosovo in 1999, Clint Williamson, did not find enough evidence to indict persons responsible for these crimes. “You know, that’s a shame, but I’m not surprised because it is much […]
Read More →Anti-Semitic rhetoric increased in Kosovo, says US Government report for religious freedoms (Radio Kosova)
In the yearly report of US Government for the rights and religious freedoms in the world during 2013 wit says that in Kosovo during last year it was noted a general increase in anti-Semitic rhetoric, In the report of US Department of State are mentioned imams Shefqet Krasniqi, Irfan Salihu and Enis Rama, while it […]
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