Marty: Williamson’s report surprising for western governments (IRS)
The former Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty has stated that the report of prosecutor Clint Williamson presents a surprise for the western governments, which did not expect such results. Marty told the Swiss SRF radio that Williamson’s report on the trade in human organs in 1999 was of tremendous significance. It was hard to […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 31 July
• Williamson: If there were a special court, I’d file indictments today (Koha)
• Brasseur: Truth’s march continues in cases of organ trafficking (Koha)
• Veseli: Williamson’s report a step towards the truth (Epoka e Re)
• HLC: Williamson told the reality (Lajm)
• Veterans reject Williamson’s report (Epoka e Re)
• Bytyqi family sues Serbia at UN (dailies)
• Jahjaga: Kosovo won’t become source of religious extremism (Koha Ditore)
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 →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 →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 →Hooper: Williamson’s report linked to Kosovo’s future (Koha)
In an interview for Voice of America, the former US diplomat and Balkans expert, James Hooper, said that the report of the US prosecutor, Clint Williamson, is linked more to Kosovo’s future than its past. Hooper, currently managing director of the Washington-based Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) said that the report doesn’t damage […]
Read More →Dick Marty: I never focused on organ harvesting (Koha)
Former Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur, Dick Marty, in an interview for SRF (Swiss radio), says statement by Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) prosecutor, Clint Williamson, is of extreme importance. “Not too many people expected such positive results. Ambassador Williamson speaks of crimes against humanity. He knows what meaning these words have. What has happened […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 30 July
• Williamson’s report a heavy burden for Kosovo (Koha Ditore)
• Lunacek: KLA fought for independence and against Milosevic (dailies)
• 67 MPs present comments to Constitutional Court (Botapress)
• US: Less religious tolerance in Kosovo (Bota Sot)
• Rakic: Removal of barricades, not squares, discussed in Brussels (Tribuna)
• Borchardt: Border management one of Roadmap’s conditions (Bota Sot)
• Exhumations in Raska begin next week (Botapress)
AAK: Williamson’s investigations a step forward in clarifying allegations – KLA war just (Gazeta Blic)
The first political entity in Kosovo to react to the statement of findings presented today by the lead prosecutor of the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), Clint Williamson, is the Alliance for Future of Kosovo (AAK). In a statement to the press, AAK noted that the party has watched the presentation of Williamson’s report […]
Read More →Williamson announces filing of indictments against KLA central figures (Koha)
The lead prosecutor of the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), Clint Williamson, did not rule out the possibility that there were executions in Kosovo for organ harvesting purposes but that during the investigations he led he was unable to find sufficient evidence to file an indictment. However, he said that war crimes indictments can […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 29 July
• Williamson to present his report today (dailies)
• Serbia’s EU integration shouldn’t depend on Kosovo political problems (Koha)
• Petrovic: We support the candidate who has the majority (Lajm)
• Construction works at Kroi i Vitakut stopped (Zeri)
• Kosovo Army a threat to Serbia (Zeri)
• Kosovo Special Prosecution engaged in war crimes investigations (Bota Sot)
• Kosovo Islamic Community committed to fight extremists (Lajm)
UNMIK Headlines 25 July
• Haradinaj accuses PDK for delaying establishment of institutions (Koha)
• Haradinaj: News about indictment against me is sponsored by Thaçi (Zëri)
• Tahiri: Djuric is not telling the truth (Lajm)
• Williamson to publish his report on 29 July (Lajm)
• Rexhepi: EC report, positive, but we have to fulfill minor things (Epoka e Re)
• Mogherini: Kosovo to sign SAA during Italian presidency of EU (Koha)
• The north rejects Kosovo funds (Koha)
• Three candidates for LDK leader (Tribuna)