The trial of two Kosovo Serbs, Miroslav Vuckovic and Bozur Bisevac, for genocide resumes before the District Court in Kosovska Mitrovica on Tuesday, 31 October. Bisevac is being tried in absentia. According to the indictment, Vuckovic and Bisevac and other unidentified persons forced the ethnic Albanian inhabitants of Suvi Do and Gusgevac villages to leave their homes by shooting off firearms. They are also charged with looting and torching Albanian houses and the murder of Hazire Sahiti, an elderly woman, whose house they allegedly set afire “even though they were aware she was inside.” In the indictment broght on 11 November last year, the prosecutor proposed the calling of 25 witnesses. The five witnesses heard so far accused Vuckovic and Bisevac of crimes not cited in the indictment, including torture and killing of civilians.Counsel for the defense – Miodrag Brkljac, Miro Delevic, Zoran Janicijevic and Ljubomir Pantovic – pointed to the contradictory testimonies of the witnesses, some of which conflicted with the statements they made during the investigation.
The trial of Miroslav Vuckovic and Bozur Bisevac on the charge of genocide resumes in Kosovska Mitrovica on 25 October. Bisevac is being tried in absentia.
It is easier to breathe in Serbia now. I recently saw a policeman beating a hasty retreat down the street, running as if his life was at stake. The young man he was running from explained to bypassers that he had done nothing to the policeman, merely asked how come he felt free to walk around in public. People laughed and said, “Right, we’ll show them we are the boss now.”
Fond za humanitarno pravo
Human Rights Watch
Ovaj memorandum se bavi pitanjem kosovskih Albanaca – političkih zatvorenika – u Srbiji. Novi predsednik Jugoslavije Vojislav Koštunica obavezao se da će poštovati ljudska prava i raditi na uspostavljanju vladavine prava u Jugoslaviji. Ispravljanje slučajeva u kojima je pravda izostala, poput slučajeva zatvorenih kosovskih Albanaca, pokazalo bi rešenost da se ovo obećanje ispuni.
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Fond za humanitarno pravo (FHP) najoštrije protestuje zbog naopravdanog odlaganja suđenja Flori Brovini i njenog daljeg zadržavanja u pritvoru. Na današnjem pretresu nisu se pojavili predsednik Sudskog veća, sudija Marina Milanović i član veća, sudija Dragoljub Zdravković, oboje sa Kosova. Branioci Flore Brovine zatražili su njihove izuzeće zbog opstrukcije rada sudskih organa i pristrasnosti.
Suđenje albanskoj lekarki i pesnikinji Flori Brovini održaće se 12. oktobra pred Okružnim sudom u Nišu.
Brovina je prvobitnom presudom tog suda u decembru prošle godine osuđena na 12 godina zatvora zbog udruživanja radi neprijateljske delatnosti u vezi sa krivičnim delom terorizma.
Natasa Kandic, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Center, is the recipient of this year’s Pen of Truth award of the HAS magazine and Damad Cultural Center in Novi Pazar.
Previous laureates of the award, given for results achieved in affirming truth and democracy in society, are authors Milika Pavlovic and Husein Basic, and Sefko Alomerovic, the Chairman of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in the Sandjak.
The plaque and cash prize will be presented to Ms Kandic at a ceremony in Novi Pazar later this month.