Survivors of mass killings in Kosovo villages in the Djakovica/Gjakova area in 1999 say they hope justice is coming closer after Interpol issued warrants for 17 Serbian fighters.
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The Belgrade prosecution indicted five former Bosnian Serb fighters for killing 20 passengers who were abducted from a train in Strpci in Bosnia 22 years ago.
WASHINGTON — Immigration officials are moving to deport at least 150 Bosnians living in the United States who they believe took part in war crimes and “ethnic cleansing” during the bitter conflict that raged in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
The international non-governmental organization Amnesty International (AI) has published the 2014 State of the World’s Human Rights Report, in which it presents the state of human rights in 160 countries and territories. AI’s general assessment is that 2014 was a devastating year for all human rights defenders and people located in conflict zones. AI warns that, even though international humanitarian law contains clear rules relative to the protection of civilians during armed conflicts, civilians are still the ones carrying the heaviest burden of conflicts throughout the world. In the year which marked the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, the rules relative to the protection of civilians have been continuously ignored and crushed.
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Interpol has issued ‘red notices’ for 17 former members of Serbian forces, including a ruling party MP, over allegations that they committed war crimes in Kosovo in April 1999.
On the occasion of celebrating the seventh anniversary of the independence of Kosovo, President Atifete Jahjaga awarded medals to individuals, who gave extraordinary contribution to the development of Kosovo in various time periods and in various fields.
Amnesty International welcomes the Concluding Observations of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, published last Friday, following their consideration of Serbia’s initial report on its implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
