The Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS) found that the journalist of RTV Pristina, Krist Gegaj, was killed in Istok in September 1999, three months after the arrival of international forces, but his name has not been found in any records of the victims.

Although Gegaj was a well-known personality as a TV journalist, the media did not report on his murder, but UNS investigated this case, and found that most of his colleagues did not know that he was killed.

The name of Krist Gegaj is new in the UNS Dossier on Killed and Missing Journalists, where so far there are 14 registered and kidnapped journalists and media workers for the territory of Kosovo from 1998 to 2005. None of these tragic cases have been prosecuted.

Who was Krist Gegaj?

Krist Gegaj was one of the two commentators and editor in Albanian-language program of RTV Pristina. He edited Dnevnik and news on radio and television.

According to information received by the UNS, Krist Gegaj disappeared on September 12, 1999, three months after the arrival of international forces in Kosovo. On that day, around 7:00 AM, he took the cattle to the field, about 200 meters from the house. Since then he has not been seen alive anymore. Family and friends searched for hours, and around 22:00 hrs, they reported the disappearance at the closest KFOR checkpoint. The soldiers told them to go to the KFOR base in Istok tomorrow.

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