Belgrade Media Report 30 July 2014
STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Djuric: Joint future without hatred (FoNet)
• PACE: Truth about Kosovo organ trafficking comes to light (Tanjug)
• Quest for justice taking too long (Tanjug)
• DSS: Confirmation that Republic of Kosovo was built on crimes (RTS)
• The Terrifying Court (Politika)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Izetbegovic: I didn’t have the heart to meet with Israeli Ambassador (Fena)
• Demonstrations in Tuzla again (Dnevni Avaz)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Senior Kosovo guerrilla leaders tied to persecution of ethnic Serbs (New York Times)
• ‘Compelling’ signs Kosovo leaders trafficked in organs, says prosecutor (Los Angeles Times)
• Signs of Organ Harvesting Found in Kosovo conflict (SwissInfo)
• EU diplomatic pressure on Serbia highlights contract frustration risk for Russian energy companies (IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review)
• Why constitutional reform will not solve the Bosnian blockade (TransConflict)
PACE: Truth about Kosovo organ trafficking comes to light (Tanjug)
STRASBOURG – President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur has welcomed a report by special prosecutor John Clint Williamson concerning an investigation into the 1999 Kosovo organ trafficking case, expressing satisfaction that “truth’s onward march continues also in this case.” “Although no final conclusions have as yet been presented, […]
Read More →Pristina: Đurić and Pavićević on economy and coexistence (KIM radio)
Marko Đurić and Dejan Pavićević met today in the premises of the European Union Office in Pristina. Topics of the meeting were economy and common problems of Serbs and Albanians. After the meeting, which took place behind the closed door, Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić said that he […]
Read More →German TV ARD: Thaci among the suspects! (Gazeta Blic)
The most watched news show on the German TV channel, ARD, Tagesschau, reported that the head of the Kosovo Government, Hashim Thaci, will be among those accused of war crimes by the Special Court. “Investigations that lasted for three years cover to a large extent the report of the Swiss senator, Dick Marty, Williamson said. […]
Read More →Presse: Williamson’s report deconstructed the lie of Kosovo (Blic)
The report of the Chief Prosecutor for investigation into human organ trafficking in Kosovo, Clint Williamson, which talks about the crimes of the KLA, deconstructed Kosovo’s lie, estimates Vienna daily, Presse. “This is a great day for Kosovo, although many Kosovo Albanians do not see it that way, because again their KLA is accused for […]
Read More →Council of Europe Hails Kosovo Organ-Trafficking Revelations (Balkan Insight)
30 Jul 14 The European rights body welcomed an EU report accusing senior Kosovo Liberation Army figures of post-war crimes and saying there were compelling indications of organ-trafficking by fighters. Marija Ristic BIRN Belgrade The Council of Europe on Wednesday praised the EU Special Investigative Task Force report which said there was evidence to prosecute […]
Read More →Senior Guerrilla Leaders Tied to Acts of Persecution After Civil War (NYT)
By DAN BILEFSKY and SOMINI SENGUPTAJULY 29, 2014 PARIS — A special European Union prosecutor said Tuesday that senior members of the Kosovo Liberation Army engaged in a campaign of persecution against ethnic Serbs after the 1998-99 Kosovo war, and said evidence suggested that the armed group had targeted a number of individuals after the […]
Read More →‘Compelling evidence’ for Kosovo Liberation Army crimes (DW)
The EU’s Special Investigative Task Force said it has evidence to file an indictment against former senior officials of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army. They are accused of violating international humanitarian law. In a statement made on Tuesday (29.07.2014), the European Union Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) announced its findings on the alleged crimes committed […]
Read More →Inquiry finds “indications” of organ harvesting in Kosovo conflict (Reuters)
Source: Reuters – Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:12 GMT By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS, July 29 (Reuters) – An EU-led inquiry found “compelling indications” that Kosovo Albanian guerrillas extracted body organs from Serb captives during the 1998-99 war and sold them, but the practice was not widespread and there was not enough evidence for a trial, […]
Read More →The journalist who revealed the “Yellow house”: Too long search for the justice (Blic)
The families of victims of crimes committed in Kosovo wait too long for the justice and the truth about the fate of their loved ones, said in an interview for Tanjug Michael Montgomery, an American journalist who discovered “Yellow House” in Albania, where, according to the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Council of […]
Read More →Stefanovic would like that the report was not accurately transferred (NMagazin)
The head of the Democratic Party opposition parliamentary group Borislav Stefanovic said today that he would like that hope still exists and a chance that the report of the Chief Prosecutor for investigation of trafficking in human organs in Kosovo in 1999 was not the most accurately transferred. He told reporters in the parliament that […]
Read More →Thaci will also be indicted, claims daily (B92,Blic)
BELGRADE — Clint Williamson’s statement that “KLA leaders will be accused of crimes reveals that the list will include KLA leader Hashim Thaci,” writes a daily. Beside Thaci, among those to be accused of war crimes will also be ten former members of the KLA, the Belgrade-based daily continued. Quoting a source from the Serbian […]
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