Pristina: ”Resolution on genocide”, a photo and media (KoSSev)
The Assembly of Kosovo adopted a resolution on ”genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes of the former regime of the Serbian state committed in Kosovo,” yesterday. The headlines of Kosovo media, however, were marked with a photo of a scene of an alleged group rape, which Kosovo MP Flora Brovina showed to the media […]
Read More →”Pristina trying to draw attention away from their own crimes” (RTS, Beta, N1)
A Serbian ruling party official and Chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Kosovo, Milovan Drecun says that the authorities in Pristina are trying to draw attention away from investigations against key figures of the war-time Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) by claiming that Serbia committed genocide. Drecun told the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) this morning […]
Read More →Detention of Zlatan Krstic extended for two more months (Radio KIM, Radio kontakt plus)
Council for the war crimes of the Basic Court in Pristina has extended the detention of Zlatan Krstic from Kragujevac for two more months, Radio kontakt plus reported. He is suspected of allegedly committing the war crimes, his lawyer Dejan A. Vasic said. Krstic is suspected of taking part in the events in the village […]
Read More →Kosovo HLC: Establishment of international court for Serbian crimes in Kosovo not possible (TV N1, BETA, RTK2)
Director of the Kosovo Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) Bekim Blakaj said today he understands the motives of the Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli wanting the justice two decades after the conflict, adding he considers that the establishment of the international court is not possible, BETA news agency reports. “The International Court should be established by […]
Read More →Veseli: Serbia will be responsible for all victims (B92, RTK2)
Belgrade based portal B92 reports, quoting Radio Television of Kosovo in Serbian language (RTK2), that the president of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli claimed that on Monday formally started formation of an international tribunal for crimes committed by Serbia in Kosovo. The portal reports that Veseli at the same time threatened with arrest of “cowards […]
Read More →Lawyer Vlajic on Kosovo courts taking over cases from EULEX (BETA)
Lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic assessed the fact that Kosovo courts would over war crimes cases from EULEX “would be painful and difficult” for Serbs, BETA news agency reported. He noted that from now on they would need to prove their innocence before the people incapable of making right decisions. “Only Basic Court in Pristina is in […]
Read More →Court in Pec acquitted returnee Milorad Zajic from Klina (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)
The Basic Court in Pec has acquitted the Klina returnee Milorad Zajic, who was accused of committing a war crime against the civilian population in the village of Dusevic during the conflict in Kosovo. The court found prosecution did not substantiate the indictment and also revoked the measure of house arrest in which Zajic spent […]
Read More →Suspects in war crimes to be tried in absentia? (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
Round table in organization of NGO Aktiv dealt with possible amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which would enable war crimes trials for persons in absentia. In this way, many laws, international charter and conventions would be violated, it was said at a round table held in northern Mitrovica yesterday. Positive or negative connotations that […]
Read More →Ex-army chief Dikovic: My conscience is clear, this is NATO’s finale (B92, TV Prva)
The first on the list, according to many of them, is General Ljubisa Dikovic, who until recently served as chief of the Serbian Army’s General Staff. Speaking for Prva TV’s morning program on Monday, Dikovic said that his conscience is clear on this matter. He also said that according to his knowledge, the indictment against […]
Read More →Drecun: Answers to crimes in archives of international community (RTS, Serbian media)
Serbian Working Group for gathering facts and evidences in shedding the light on crimes committed in Kosovo and Metohija urged embassies of states that were part of KFOR’s contingents to open their archives, Serbian media report. Several thousand documents, Serbia got hold of, were presented to the ambassadors and international community representatives, urging them again […]
Read More →Bennett: We are aware public expects first indictments (Tanjug, Radio kontakt plus)
Specialist Prosecution for war crimes committed in Kosovo is aware the public impatiently awaits raising of first indictments, which would be done when evidences and circumstances necessary to fulfill the highest standards of the international legal practice allow it, the Spokesperson of the Specialist Prosecution Christopher Bennett told Tanjug news agency. According to him, aiming […]
Read More →Officials criticise Belgrade over crimes against Serbs (N1, Beta)
Two senior Serbian officials on Tuesday criticized official Belgrade for not doing enough to solve crimes committed against Kosovo Serbs. Commission for Missing Persons chief Veljko Odalovic told the “Unpunished Crimes” gathering that the authorities in Belgrade had “taken part in events which were not good for the state”. There are no inmates convicted of […]
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