Civil society activist Igballe Rugova told the Albanian broadcaster Top Channel that thousands of women and girls were stopped and raped during the war on their way to Kukës. She criticized the media, which were not sensitive to this issue. Also, according to her, a major crime was committed by the international administration in Kosovo, which allegedly destroyed evidence gathered from women’s associations, in order to defend the Serbian state. “Serbian secret services had a lot of influence after the war. Associations collected evidence from raped women and delivered them to UNMIK. But UNMIK destroyed this evidence so that Serbia would not be punished.”
“The fight for justice is not over and I plan to sue UNMIK in an alternative court. We have made several public announcements. These women deserve legal protection and dignity. We plan to form a court and we will sue UNMIK because it committed a crime by destroying the evidence. This is an alternative court, but the lawsuit will pave the way to a real court” said Rugova.
