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No justice for Albanian victims in Kosovo, let alone the Serbs says human rights activist (Danas, N1)

A Kosovo human rights activist has expressed doubts about justice for Albanian and Serb victims of the conflict in the 1990s.

Bekim Blakaj, Director of the Humanitarian Law Centre Kosovo, told Belgrade daily Danas that he fears that most of the victims will not receive justice.

“We have no one convicted for the murder of Serbs. The Albanian victims in Kosovo have seen no justice, let alone the Serbs,” he said.

Simic: We invest in peace and Pristina in destabilization (RTS)

Representative of the Serbian List Slavko Simic told RTS that the attempt to transform KSF into the Kosovo Army is not acceptable to Serbs who expect this to be unacceptable for the international community also.

Slavko Simic said that the position of the Serbian List is clear and that they are against the violation of Resolution 1244.

Capussela’s 4 points on Thaci and Mogherini: Why didn’t the Special Court issue an indictment? (Kossev)

“1) The EU set up a special war-crimes court; 2) Thaci is an obvious suspect; 3) Federica Mogherini and Johannes Hahn want the land swap that Thaci advocated; 4) Federica Mogherini chose the court’s judges and prosecutors. Can 1-4 contribute to explaining why the court hasn’t yet indicted anyone?” – the former head of the economics unit in the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, posted on his Facebook page last night.

Brammertz: Victims in Kosovo are seeking justice, but I'm afraid it will take a while (Blic, TV Prva)

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mechanism Serge Brammertz said today that he does not know when the first indictments will be filed at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers for the crimes committed by the KLA in Kosovo, Belgrade based daily Blic reported.

"I know that the victims in Kosovo are seeking justice, but I'm afraid it will take time," Brammertz told TV Prva, when asked whether he was surprised by the fact that the Kosovo Specialist Chambers have not yet issued an indictment yet.

The Specialized Chambers of Kosovo will not comment on Dacic's "exclusivity" (Danas)

On the occasion of the statement by Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic that the prison in Scheveningen is about to accept the first indictees for KLA crimes, the Specialized Chambers Kosovo briefly responded to Belgrade's daily Danas that they cannot comment on operational issues.

The daily recall Dacic's statement that the prison in Scheveningen is about to accept the first indictees.

Letter to Scott and Mogherini: Why there are no Albanians in Brussels who did not commit crimes? (Blic)

The Association of Families Kidnapped and Killed in Kosovo and Metohija today, in a letter to US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott and EU High Representative Federika Mogherini, questions why there are no Albanians who did not commit crimes in the negotiations in Brussels, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.

"Can honest Albanians, who did not commit crimes and whose hands are not bloodied, go to Brussels to the negotiations? Only with them an agreement and reconciliation would be possible," the letter reads.

Consultations begin on murders of journalists in Kosovo (B92, Kontakt plus radio)

OSCE's media freedom representative has told the EFJ he began consultations with the president of the Serbian Commission Investigating Murders of Journalists.

The commission is headed by Veran Matic.

OSCE's Harlem Desir said that the consultations began on how to reopen investigations into the killings and disappearances of 14 journalists and media workers in Kosovo and Metohija, the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) announced on Wednesday.

Thaci: Serbia has committed genocide in Kosovo; Djuric's case a provocation of the Serbian authorities (Blic)

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci says in an interview with the Vienna daily Presse that the ''case'' of Marko Djuric was unnecessary and that something like this should not be repeated, and that he agreed with the President of Serbia about necessity of the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.

- Djuric's case was unnecessary. It was the provocation of the Serbian authorities - claims Thaci.