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GfbV Kurz-Bericht über Kosova - Aktualisierung vom 7. März 1998

GfbV Short Report on Kosovo - Update March 7, 1998

Serbische Truppen gehen militärisch gegen die albanische Bevölkerung vor	Serbian Military Attacks the Albanian Population
Investitionen aus EU-Staaten stützen das Regime	Investment from EU states supports the regime
Repatriierung von kosovo-albanischen Flüchtlingen	Repatriation of Kosovo-Albanian refugees
Außenpolitik: Den Worten Taten folgen lassen	Foreign policy: let actions follow words
Wirtschaft: Geschäfte mit Belgrad verhindern eine politische Lösung und verschärfen die Spannungen	Economy: Business with Belgrad prevents a political solution and increases the tensions
NGOS: an Politik und Wirtschaft wenden	NGOs: appeal to politicians and entrepreneurs
Innenminister: Abschiebungen sofort stoppen	Ministers for Internal Affairs: abandon deportations
Appendix	Appendix

Society for Threatened Peoples

Gesellschaft fuer bedrohte Voelker

Human rights organisation for

ethnic and religious minorities

NGO in consultative status (category II)

with the Economic and Social Council

(ECOSOC) of the United Nations

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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 03:14:00 +0100
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Subject: Kosovo: Update 7 March 1998

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Kosovo (Serbien-Montenegro)

Serbische Truppen gehen militärisch gegen die albanische Bevölkerung vor

Göttingen/Bozen, 7.3.1998

Seit dem letzten Bericht der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker (GfbV) vom Sept. 1997
haben sich sowohl die politische Gesamtsituation als auch die Menschenrechtssituation im
Kosovo dramatisch verschlechtert.

Eine friedliche Lösung des Konfliktes zwischen der albanischen Mehrheitsbevölkerung
und dem serbischen Apartheid-Regime im Kosovo ist in weite Ferne gerückt. Seit dem 28.
Februar 1998 setzt das Belgrader Regime Truppen gegen die albanische Bevölkerung
ein. Im Gebiet zwischen Skenderaj/Srbica, Kline/Klina und Gllogovc/Glogovac gehen
serbische Polizeitruppen und schwarzuniformierte Sondereinheiten - offen bar unterstützt
von der Armee und Paramilitärs - militärisch gegen die albanische Zivilbevölkerung vor.
Nach Berichten des Kosova Information Center sind auch serbische Spezialeinheiten
("PJP"), die im Bosnien-Krieg eingesetzt waren, im Kosovo eingetroffen

Am Wochenende des 28.2./1.3.1998 kamen bei einem Großangriff im Raum Drenica
nach bisherigen Erkenntnissen vier serbische Polizisten und mindestens 24 albanische
Zivilisten ums Leben. Unter ihnen war auch eine schwangere Frau namens Rukia Nebihi,
die mit einem Schuß ins Gesicht getötet wurde; ihr Ehemann wurde später ermordet
aufgefunden.

In Likoshan/Likosane begingen die serbischen Truppen ein Massaker, bei dem zehn
Mitglieder der Familie Ahmeti (Ahmet, Gani, Elmi, Hamiz, Driton, Naim, Lumni, Shemsi,
Basri, Elhami) sowie zwei Gäste (Behram Fazliu und Shaban Muja) umgebracht wurden.
Augenzeugen berichteten, daß hier zuvor - wie auch in der Ortschaft Cirez - Hubschrauber
und gepanzerte Fahrzeuge mit Maschinengewehr- Aufbauten die Straßen unter
Dauerbeschuß genommen hätten, bevor Spezialeinheiten zu Fuß einrückten und
Privathäuser unter Beschuß nahmen.

Nach Angaben des kosovo-albanischen Journalisten Veton Surroi, Chefredakteur der
Zeitschrift Koha Ditore, werden im Kosovo Veteranen aus dem Bosnien- bzw. Kroatien-
Krieg eingesetzt. Nach einem Bericht des Kosova Information Center sollen am 1. März
1998 in der Umgebung von Polac bei Skenderaj/Srbica auch die paramilitärischen
"Tschetnik"-Truppen des mutmaßlichen Kriegsverbrechers Zeljko Raznjatovic Arkan
beobachtet worden sein, die in Bosnien im Drina- Tal und in der Posavina Tausende
muslimische Bosnier ermordet haben.

Eine Protestdemonstration am 4.3.1998 in Pristina, an der nach Angaben der International
Helsinki Federation for Human Rights über 100.000 Personen teilnahmen, wurde von der
serbischen Polizei mit Wasserwerfern, Schlagstöcken und Tränengas
auseinandergetrieben. Nach unterschiedlichen Schätzungen wurden 100 bis 300
Personen verletzt.

Am 5. März 1998 umstellten Truppen der militärisch ausgerüsteten Polizei und - nach
einem Bericht der Kosovo- Exilregierung und einem Korrespondentenbericht der
deutschen Tageszeitung "Die Welt" - auch Einheiten der Armee im Morgengrauen die
albanischen Ortschaften Llaushe, Ternavc, Kline e Eperme, Kline e Ulet, Polac, Kryshefc,
Dubofc, Lubovec, Galice, Beqiq, Krasaliq, Vojnik, Acareve und Prekaz, alle bei Drenica in
der Region Skenderaj/Srbica. Die Dörfer Prekaz, Llaushe, Polac, Morine und Mikushnice
wurden mit schweren Waffen, darunter Kanonen und Granatwerfer, beschossen. Nach
vierstündigem Artillerie-Beschuß drangen serbische Truppen in Prekaz, Laushe und
Vojnik ein.

In Vushtri/Vucitrn und in Mitrovica trafen Flüchtlingstrecks aus den albanischen
Ortschaften aus der Umgebung von Drenica bei Skenderaj/Srbica ein, die bisher nicht
versorgt werden können. Alle albanischen Patienten mußten das Krankenhaus in
Mitrovica verlassen. Die in Kosovo arbeitende Hilfsorganisation Pharmaciens sans
frontieres (Pharmazeuten ohne Grenzen) beklagte, daß humanitäre Helfer nicht in das von
der Polizei abgeriegelte Kampfgebiet hineingelassen würden. 22 Albaner und zwei
serbische Polizisten sollen bei dem Angriff der serbischen Truppen am 5. März ums Leben
gekommen sein, das Kosova Information Center spricht sogar von 50 Toten.

Die Bundesarmee verteilt Waffen an serbische Zivilisten in den Dörfern Gojbula, Mirace
und Bukosh. UNHCR-Sprecher Mons Nyberg berichtete, daß serbische Flüchtlinge aus
Kroatien, die im Kosovo leben, dort völkerrechtswidrig zur Armee einberufen worden
seien. Im Kosovo untergebrachte serbische Flüchtlinge aus der Krajina und die
einheimische serbische Bevölkerung werden - wie in Bosnien vor den anschließenden
"ethnischen Säuberungen" an der muslimischen Bevölkerung - evakuiert. Serbische
Scharfschützen sind in Pristina gegenüber dem Amtssitz des von den Albanern gewählten
Präsidenten Ibrahim Rugova demonstrativ in Stellung gegangen.

In den Morgenstunden des 6. März umzingelten aus Serbien neu eingetroffene serbische
Truppen auch die Nachbargemeinde Llausha. Die Ortschaft, in dem sich vorwiegend
Frauen und Kinder aufhalten sollen, werde mit schweren Waffen beschossen, meldete
das Kosova Information Center am Vormittag.

Bereits seit November 1997 wurden Vorbereitungen für einen Kampfeinsatz der
serbischen Polizeitruppen und der Armee im Kosovo getroffen. Große Kontigente der
militärisch ausgerüsteten, mit Panzerfahrzeugen und Hubschraubern ausgestatteten
serbischen Polizei wurden in den Kosovo verlegt. Wie 1992 in Bosnien wurden
einheimische (ortskundige) serbische Zivilisten vom Regime mit Waffen ausgestattet und
unterstützten die (auswärtigen) Polizeitruppen mit Streifen und Straßenkontrollen.
Sezialeinheiten der Polizei und Paramilitärs, die teilweise maskiert auftraten, wurden in der
Region um Skenderaj/Srbica bereits seit dem 17.2.1998 beobachtet, gepanzerte
Fahrzeuge mit MG-Aufbauten patroullierten in den Straßen.Von einem Polizei-Stützpunkt
in Pograxha bei Kline/Klina wurden in der Nacht zum 17.2. mehrere Stunden lang
Schießübungen auf ein imaginäres Ziel in den benachbarten Bergen abgehalten.

Seit Mitte Februar mehrten sich auch die Anzeichen für einen bevorstehenden Einsatz der
jugoslawischen Armee im Kosovo. Bereits am 21.1.1998 warnte der mazedonische
Präsident Kiro Gligorov die NATO vor dem Ausbruch eines Krieges im Kosovo und
forderte die Schaffung eines "Korridors" durch Mazedonien nach Albanien für
"Hunderttausende Flüchtlinge" aus Kosovo. Auch die demokratische Opposition in
Serbien warnte vor einem bevorstehenden Militäreinsatz. Nenad Canak, Vorsitzender der
Liga der Sozialdemokraten der Vojvodina, der schon 1991 ein Referendum gegen den
Krieg in Kroatien organisierte, und Miodrag Isakov Vorsitzender der Reform-
Demokratischen Partei der Vojvodina, berichteten am 11.2.1998 in Novi Sad auf einer
Pressekonferenz, daß sie "unumstößliche Beweise" für eine Mobilisierung der Armee
hätten, die an die Vorbereitungen für den Kroatien-Krieg 1991 erinnere.

Investitionen aus EU-Staaten stützen das Regime

Nach dem Daytoner Abkommen wurde Serbien-Montenegro von der EU unter dem
Namen "BR Jugoslawien" als Nachfolgestaat der SFR Jugoslawien anerkannt. Die mit der
SFR Jugoslawien geschlossenen Abkommen wie z.B. das am 25.10.1990 in Kraft
getretene Investitionsförderungs- und -schutzabkommen gelten daher heute weiter,
während ein "äußerer Ring von Sanktionen" die Mitgliedschaft Serbien-Montenegro in
internationalen Institutionen wie GATT, OECD, IWF und Weltbank sowie in der UNO und
OSCE verhindert.

Im Gegensatz zu den USA, die Serbien-Montenegro bis heute nicht anerkannt haben und
Wirtschaftssanktionen weiter aufrecht erhalten, unterhalten die EU-Staaten wieder rege
Handelsbeziehungen mit Serbien-Montenegro. Die jugoslawische Führung versucht, mit
dem Ausverkauf großer Staatsunternehmen Geld in die leere Staatskasse zu bekommen.
Die serbische Eisenbahn und die staatliche Fluglinie JAT stehen zum Verkauf, und in
Montenegro werden seit Februar 1998 die fünf lukrativsten Staatsbetriebe in einem
Gesamtwert von 703,8 Millionen Mark (385,8 Millionen US-Dollar) ausländischen
Investoren zum Kauf angeboten. Bereits im Juni 1997 erwarben die italienische
Telefongesellschaft STET und die griechische OTE 49 Prozent der serbischen Telekom im
Wert von 1,586 Milliarden Mark. Die griechische Holding-Gesellschaft Mytilneos hat im
Februar 1998 einen Kooperationsvertrag mit einem Volumen von einer Millarde US-Dollar
mit dem jugoslawi schen Kupferproduzenten Bor abgeschlossen, wobei Mytilneos 44
Millionen USD für die Modernisierung der Bor-Schmelzanlagen aufwendet. Mytilneos war
1997 bereits mit 519 Millionen US- Dollar in die Mine Trepca im Kosovo, einem der
führenden Zink-Erzeuger Europas, eingestiegen, aus dem - wie in allen großen staatlichen
Betrieben im Kosovo - seit Beginn der neunziger Jahre die meisten albanischen
Mitarbeiter wegen ihrer Nationalität vomserbischen Management entlassen wurden. Die
griechische Nationalbank bestätigte am 27.2.1998 ihr Interesse an einer Übernahme von
51 Prozent der Slavija Bank. Das britische Unternehmen Ready Mix will 100 Millionen
Mark in die Beocin-Zementwerke investieren, die wegen ihrer Lage an der Donau das
wirtschaftlich attraktivste Un ternehmen dieser Art in Jugoslawien ist. Auch die
französische Lafrage Ciment sowie deutsche und griechische Firmen sollen an dem
Unternehmen interessiert sein. Ready Mix hat außerdem Interesse an den Zementwerken
in Popovac und Kosjeric. Auch deutsche Unternehmen sind im Geschäft: der
Stahlkonzern Thyssen investiert nach einem Bericht des Kosova Information Center vom
29.1.1998 in den kommenden vier Jahren 70 Millionen US-Dollar in das "ethnisch
gesäuberte" Unternehmen "Feronikl" in Gllogovc/Glogovac, das 200 Tonnen Nickel liefern
soll. 4,5 Millionen sollen von Thyssen bereits gezahlt worden sein.

Europäische Investoren helfen auf diese Weise mit, das Belgrader Regime mit seiner
100.000 Mann starken Polizei- Armee (Schätzung der US-Regierung) am Leben zu
erhalten.

Repatriierung von kosovo-albanischen Flüchtlingen

Die GfbV bittet die Innenminister von Bund und Ländern dringend, alle Abschiebungen in
den Kosovo sofort zu stoppen und das Rückübernahmeabkommen mit der BR
Jugoslawien zu kündigen. Es verbietet sich von selbst, Flüchtlinge angesichts der
schweren Angriffe auf die Zivilbevölkerung an das serbische Regime auszuliefern. Es ist
unverantwortlich, daß die Landesregierungen von Nordrhein-Westfalen, Niedersachsen
und Bayern noch am 4. März - wenige Tage nach dem Massaker in Likoshan/Likosane -
Flüchtlinge in den Kosovo abschieben ließen.

Zugleich appelliert die GfbV an das deutsche Bundesinnenministerium und das
Auswärtige Amt, ihre peinliche und verantwortungslose Zusammenarbeit mit dem
Belgrader Regime zu beenden. So hat beispielsweise das deutsche
Bundesinnenministerium das serbische Apartheid-Regime in Belgrad, das für die Kriegs-
und Genozidverbrechen im Nachbarland Bosnien verantwortlich ist, bisher als korrekten
Vertragspartner dargestellt und ihm die Einhaltung der Menschenrechte von Rückkehrern
attestiert, während es den renommierten Rat für die Verteidigung der Menschenrechte
und Freiheiten (CDHRF) der Verbreitung von Unwahrheiten und des "Politisiertwerdens"
beschuldigt. (1)
Auch die deutsche Delegation in der deutsch-jugoslawischen Expertenkommission hat
sich bisher - jedenfalls nach Auskunft des Auswärtigen Amtes - mit den
Unschuldsbeteuerungen der serbischen Führung, die Mißhandlungen abgeschobener
albanischer Flüchtlinge generell bestreitet, offenbar zufriedengegeben und sie ohne
weitere Prüfung hingenommen. (2)
Derartige Äußerungen sind angesichts der Verbrechen der serbischen Truppen an der
Bevölkerung des Kosovo in diesen Tagen unerträglich und nicht nachvollziehbar.

Auch unabhängig von der gefährlichen Lage rät die GfbV weiterhin dringend davon ab,
kosovo-albanische Flüchtlinge an das serbische Regime auszuliefern. Die von
verschiedenen Organisationen vorgelegten Berichte zeigen, daß die im deutsch-
jugoslawischen Rückübernahmeabkommen zugesagte Respektierung der
Menschenrechte und der Würde der Rückkehrer vom serbischen Regime immer noch
nicht eingehalten wird. Wir verweisen an dieser Stelle besonders auf die Dokumentation
des Diakonischen Werkes in Stuttgart, in der eine Reihe erschütternder Erfahrungs-
berichte aus Deutschland abgeschobener oder "freiwillig ausgereister" albanischer
Flüchtlinge ausführlich festgehalten ist (anzufordern unter Tel. +49-711-1656-0).
Die vom CDHRF gemeldeten Fälle führen wir im Anhang auf.

Die Ursachen für die Flucht Hunderttausender Kosovo-Albaner nach Westeuropa
bestehen fort. Der heutige jugoslawische Staatspräsident Slobodan Milosevic trägt die
Verantwortung für den Krieg und Völkermord in Bosnien und die Massaker an albanischen
Zivilisten in den vergangenen Tagen. Er hat den serbischen Nationalismus Ende der
achtziger Jahre geschürt und ist der Architekt des Apartheid-Regimes im Kosovo und die
Verfolgung der albanischen Mehrheitsbevölkerung wegen ihrer Nationalität. Die
Zusammenarbeit der deutschen Behörden mit dem Regime in Belgrad ist deshalb
schändlich und unannehmbar.

Schlußfolgerungen

Außenpolitik: Den Worten Taten folgen lassen

Die GfbV fordert die Regierungen der sogenannten Bosnien- Kontaktgruppe sowie die
europäischen Regierungen auf,

- zum Schutz der albanischen Bevölkerung sofort Teile der in Bosnien und Mazedonien
stationierten SFOR-Truppen in den Kosovo (an die Gebietsgrenze zu Serbien) zu
verlegen

- den jugoslawischen Präsident Slobodan Milosevic sowie die Milizenführer Vojislav Seselj
und Zeljko Raznjatovic Arkan nicht länger vor der Strafverfolgung durch das UN-Tribunal
in Den Haag zu verschonen

- von der serbischen und jugoslawischen Führung einen Abzug aller Polizeitruppen und
der Armee aus dem Kosovo zu verlangen

- sich für die Schaffung eines selbstverwalteten Sonderstatus des Kosovo-Gebietes unter
internationaler Kontrolle einzusetzen, bis mit einer demokratischen Regierung in
Jugoslawien Verhandlungen über den künftigen Status des Kosovo und über die
Neuregelung der Beziehungen zwischen Albanern und Serben möglich ist.

Die GfbV appelliert an die Menschenrechtskommission der Vereinten Nationen, sich bei
ihrer 54. Sitzung mit der gefährlichen Situation im Kosovo zu beschäftigen und eine/n
Sonderberichterstatter/in zur Beobachtung in den Kosovo entsenden.

Wirtschaft: Geschäfte mit Belgrad verhindern eine politische
Lösung und verschärfen die Spannungen

Die nicht unbeachtlichen Investitionen von Unternehmen aus EU-Staaten, insbesondere
aus Griechenland, Italien und Deutschland, verlängern die Herrschaft mutmaßlicher
Kriegsverbrecher in Belgrad. Den ausländischen Investoren muß klar sein, daß ihr
heutiges Engagement in den "ethnisch gesäuberten" staatlichen Betrieben im Kosovo,
aus denen die albanischen Arbeitnehmer entlassen wurden, durch Panzer und Gewehre
"abgesichert" wird. Die GfbV appelliert daher an Unternehmen, die in Serbien investiert
haben oder investieren wollen, ihre Aktivitäten auszusetzen, solange das Belgrader
Regime den Albanern im Kosovo das Selbstbestimmungsrecht weiterhin gewaltsam
verweigert.

NGOS: an Politik und Wirtschaft wenden

Die GfbV ruft Nichtregierungsorganisationen, Kirchen, Beratungsstellen für Flüchtlinge,
Parteien und Verbände in Deutschland und Ländern der EU auf, sich bei ihren Abgeord
neten und Regierungen

- für eine Verlegung von SFOR-Truppen aus Bosnien und Mazedonien nach Kosovo
einzusetzen und

- die Strafverfolgung des jugoslawischen Präsidenten Slobodan Milosevic vor dem
Tribunal in Den Haag

- sowie einen Abzug der serbischen Truppen und

- einen Sonderstatus für das Kosovo-Gebiet zu fordern.

Wir bitten die Kollegen befreundeter Organisationen in Griechenland und Italien
außerdem, Wirtschaftsunternehmen wegen ihrer Investitionen in Serbien und in "ethnisch
gesäuberten" Betrieben im Kosovo anzusprechen und sie um eine Aussetzung ihrer
wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten zu bitten.

Innenminister: Abschiebungen sofort stoppen

Die GfbV appelliert an die Innenminister von Bund und
Ländern, alle Abschiebungen in den Kosovo sofort zu stoppen.

FOOTNOTES

(1) The civil servant of the German Minister of Interior, Adling, who attests to the reliability
and faithfulness to contracts of the Serbian regime ("Until today, only very few individual
cases of violations of human rights could be verified. On the whole, we can assume that
the Yugoslavian Government is observing their contract obligations in the Returns
Agreement."), dismisses the work of the exposed Albanian human rights activists, who
work with limited means and are themselves politically persecuted:
"The Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms CDHRF is, in fact, basically
the best informed human rights organisation in Kosovo. However, in the past few months,
strong doubts about the quality of their documentation have arisen. The council is being
increasingly politicised, and the careful and objective documentation of individual cases of
violations of human rights is too brief as a result. In contrast to a representative of the
UNHCR, the General Secretary of the Council admits the documentation of cases in which
violations of human rights have not taken place in reality. The Council are aware that these
reports only serve the aim of achieving recognition as political refugees abroad in the
west." German Home Office Text, reference A 2wb 125610 JUG/0, 27th October 1997.

(2) A senior officer of the German Foreign Ministry, Wolf-Ruthart Born, told the GfbV on
12th January 1998: "At the third sitting of the Board of Experts in Belgrade from 9th to 11th
December 1997, the Yugoslavian side gave an official statement regarding the ample
cases named in the last sitting. ... It may be noted that every individual case was carefully
followed up. The directly concerned authorities have ...clearly perceived the lasting interest
of the Federal Republic of Germany in the observance of the human rights of repatriates.
The Yugoslavian side disputes, however, a violation of human rights in every individual
case."

Appendix

Physical mistreatment by the Serbian authorities

On August 12 and 14, Shaban Ali Morina (1949) from Gllareva village, temporarily
employed in Austria, was taken for "informative talks" to the local police station of Klina.
There he was provoked, physically ill-treated and was ordered to report to the police
station every time he comes home for holidays from Austria. CDHRF Report No 367

On 4 September in Gllogoc, Muhamet Krasniqi (1969), an agricultural technician from
Gllamnasella and an asylum seeker repatriated from Germany on 27 July 1997, was taken
in for "informative talks". Four inspectors interrogated him on Ramiz Lladrovci's and his
wife's whereabouts. He was subjected to severe physical ill-treatment and suffered bad
injuries. He was released and received an order to report again to the police station on 11
September. On 11 and 17 September, Krasniqi was taken in again for "informative talks"
and was subjected to severe physical ill-treatment. He was subjected to interrogation
about the murder of LimanKaranica, on his relatives' whereabouts and his stay in
Germany. Muhamet suffered bad injuries on his back and hands and was ordered to
report again to the police station on 22 September. CDHRF Report No 370/1

Afrim Suuka (1971) from Bllaca, Suhareka was repatriated from Germany on October 28.
After arriving at Prishtina airport, he was sumoned to Suharek police station on December
9. At the police station, he was interrogated about his stay in Germany, the people he met
there and was ordered to go back. He was very badly beaten with a rubber stick. CDHRF
Special Report 1997

On 7 December, police prevented Nazmi Malaj from the village of Çubrel from returning to
Kosova. He was physically ill- treated and sent back to Switzerland. CDHRF Report No
383

On 15 December in Kamenica, police stopped Fatmir Ali Thaçi (1962) from Muçiverc,
temporarily employed in Switzerland, at the Prishtina airport. His passport was seized and
he was kept at the airport for several hours. He was ill-treated nd later on released, but he
was not given back his passport. CDHRF Report No 384

On January 10, at the Prishtina airport in Sllatina, police physically ill-treated brothers Hyzri
and Hasan Sejdiu from Ferizaj, while they were waiting for the plane to Switzerland. Due to
injuries suffered, they had to seek medical care. CDHRF Report No 388

On January 15 in Ferizaj, at about 12.50, two unidentified persons kidnapped Bajram
Shehu (1960) from Grema, a former political prisoner, temporarily employed in
Switzerland. The next day, Bajram called a friend of his saying that he was OK. In a letter
addressing the CDHRF written on the 27 January, and published in "Bujku" and "Koha
Ditore", Shehu described the torture perpetrated by Serbian State Security. He has been
subjected to torture since was "kidnapped" on 15 until 19 January 1998 on the pretext that
he is a member of National Movement and KLA. CDHRF Report No 388

On 15 January, Ibush Sh. Jashari from Podujeva, an asylum seeker repatriated from
Germany, was arrested and taken to the Security Centre in Prishtina. He was subjected to
interrogation on his activity in Germany and was charged for "hostile activity". Ibush has
been subjected to physical ill-treatment until today. Due to injuries he suffered, he had to
seek medical help. Inspectors ordered him to report again to the police station. CDHRF
Report No 389/Kosovo Daily Report 1323

Repression during deportation and interrogation by the police

On 15 August, Musli Smaili and his five member family from Klina e Poshtme were
repatriated from Germany. Ever since, he and Mrs Smaili have been taken to the Security
Centre of Mitrovica several times and interrogated about their stay in Germany. CDHRF
Report No 371

On 17 September, Musa Smaili together with his wife Mrs. Smaili, from Kline e Poshtme,
Skenderaj, were summoned to the police station in Mitrovica for interrogation on many
occasions. They were arrested by the German police and held in isolation for three weeks,
until mid August, and returned home via Prishtina airport together with their four children.
The Serbian police have been questioning them about their four year stay in Germany,
and have inquired after other Kosova Albanians currently in Germany. Kosova Daily
Report 1233

On September 26 in Mitrovica, Muhamet Sahit Smakolli (24), a repatriated asylum seeker
from Germany, was taken in for informative talks regarding his stay there. CDHRF Report
No 373

In September, Nexhmedin Gashi (1959) from the village of Kryshec, was wanted by the
police and was ordered to report to the local police station in Skenderaj. A month ago
Nexhmedin was repatriated from Germany and ever since he was summoned for
informative talks three times in row. CDHRF Report No 378

On 10 October, Din Zeqe Gashi from Sferka village in Klina, recently repatriated from
Germany, was summoned to report at Serbian police station in Peja. He was initially
summoned in connection with his passport, but, the Serbian authorities conditioned the
issue of the passport with providing information about the Albanians living and working in
Germany. They demanded that he fill in a questionnaire requiring personal data,
addresses, and other information about the Albanians living in Germany, and their
organizations. Kosova Daily Report 1250

On October 17, the Serbian police arrested at his relatives home in Sllatina village of Viti,
Rashit Rashiti, Swiss citizen of Albanian origin. Rashit Rashiti has been living and working
in Switzerland since 1973. Since 12 October he has been on a short visit to his family in
Sllatina village. Since he is considered a foreigner, Rashiti reported to the Serbian police in
Ferizaj of his visit. Mr. Rashiti's relatives told local LDK information commission in Viti that
they have no information about his whereabouts after his arrest. Kosova Daily Report
1256

On November 26, a police squad went to the houses of Ramadan Asllanaj (1971) and Ajet
Zeqiraj (1967) in the village of Gjinoc. The two had been repatriated from Germany on
November 13. Police interrogated them on the activity of Albanian clubs in Germany. They
were also questioned on the organization of demonstrations, on the UK Kosova Liberation
Army and its financing, etc. Ramadan was also interrogated regarding a gun. CDHRF
Report No 382

Reported on December 4, three Kosova Albanians, Martin Skeli, from Krusheva e Vogel,
Gezim Maxharraj, from Klina and another person from Pograxha, Prishtina, recently
repatriated from Germany were harassed by the Serbian police. Martin Skeli was ordered
to report on Thursday and Tuesday at the Serbian police station. While in detention he
was interrogated about an underground organization called the Kosova Liberation Army as
well as about Albanians currently living in Germany. Gezim Maxharraj was ordered to
report, within a week, at the Serbian police station in Klina. Kosova Daily Report 1293

Threatening and Intimidation of Family Members

Police searched for weapons in the houses of Ramadan Sadri Kastrati, Ramadan Rashit
Kastrati, Ekrem Biçkaj and Rufat Latifaj all from the village of Hogosht temporarily
employed in Switzerland. Ramadan S. Kastrati as left an order to report to the Security
Center in Gjilan whereas the others are to report to Security Center in Kamenica. As
Ekrem and Rufat are in Switzerland police ordered their brothers Refik and Rexhep to
report to the police. CDHRF Report No 365

On August 5, the police raided for weapons the home of Adem Robelli (86) from Lajçiqi
village, and searched for his son Asllan (50) who left for Switzerland where he works a day
before. Adem's next son Samidin (1959) who lives in Gjilan was also interrogated and was
left an order to report to the police on August 6, 7 and 13. The police looked for weapons
and said if his brother Asllan came again they will confiscate his passport. CDHRF Report
No 366

At the home of Habib Perçuku (68) in Cecelia village, Vushtrri, the police searched for his
three sons who are presently abroad, took Habib and after a while released him with an
order to report again on August 12 together with his sons. CDHRF Report No 366

On 18 August, in Braina village, Podujeva, police searched for Beqir Musa, an LDK
activist, who is currently living in Germany. CDHRF Report No 369

On 28 August, on 2 and 5 September, police searched for Besim Elshani at his house in
Prizren, who is currently living in Germany. Police interrogated his mother and his brother
Genc and threatened to take him hostage. CDHRF Report No 370

In September, about 40 policemen surrounded and raided the house of Mark Ndrecaj in
Ramoci village, while the whole family were celebrating the Saint Mertur's feast. Policemen
searched for Mark's son Princ, who is currently living in Switzerland. Apart from the panic
and disorder they caused, policemen demolished the furniture and took hostage his
brother Jak (21) instead, and pictures of Skenderbeu and President Rugova. In the end,
they filmed the house. CDHRF Report No 370

Police searched for weapons at the houses of brothers Nehat (1966) and Ferat Arifi
(1972)in Bilinica village. Nehat, retired worker in Switzerland, and Ferat, farmer, were
summoned for "informative talks" to the Security Centre of Gjilan. CDHRF Report No 370

In September, three plainclothed policemen from Gjilan searched for weapons at the
house of Selim Selimi (1933), farmer from Pozharani village, Vitia, and asked him on the
whereabouts of his sons in Germany, in particular the whereabouts of Nexhat, who had
deserted the Yugoslav army in 1991. CDHRF Report No 370

On September 10, police raided in search for weapons the house of Sejdi A. Berisha in the
village of Broja, Skenderaj. He was arrested but released under the condition to report
again with the other male members of the family: Imer (34), currently living in Germany,
Skender (22), Mursel (15) and Avdi (9). CDHRF Report No 373

On September 26 in Mitrovica, a police inspector of the local Security Center, arrested
Jahja Bajram Azemi (54), living in "Ibri" quarter, interrogated him and ordered to hand in
his son Festim (20) and his nephew Fatlum (20), who are currently living in Germany.
Otherwise, he was threatened with castration and liquidation. CDHRF Report No 373

On 8 November, police interrogated Bedri Kuçi on the whereabouts of his brother
Nexhmedin (1964), who is an asylum seeker in Germany. Later, police searched for
weapons at his house in Dean. CDHRF Report No 379

In November, police raided the house of Ismajl Muharrem Cacaj (1961), an agricultural
engineer, and asked for his brother Mustafa, an asylum seeker in Germany. CDHRF
Report No 379

Police stopped Vehbi Shaban Haziri (26) from Kaqandoll, living in Zhabari i Poshtem,
checked and ordered him to tell his brother Basri, who is currently living in Germany, to
report to the police station in Mitrovica. CDHRF Report No 379

In Vushtrri, police arrested Shaqir Arif Haliti and fired bullets in the direction of Ramadan
Riza Ymeri, both from Balinca. Ramadan managed to escape. Police searched for Fadil
Ymeri, who is currently living in Germany. CDHRF Report No 379

On November 10, Besim Gashi from the village of Kopiliq i Poshtem, Skenderaj, was
summoned for informative talks. As he is currently living in Germany his father had to
report to the police. CDHRF Report No 382

On November 11, police searched for Murat Hoti (40) from the village of Polac. Murat,
former employee of the territorial defence in Skenderaj, has been living in Germany for the
last 6 years. CDHRF Report No 382

On 13 November and on 9 December, police raided the flat of Ilir Bajqinovci, "Bregu i
Diellit" quarter, Prishtina. Police searched for Avni Bajqinovci (1963) who is currently living
in Germany. CDHRF Report No 383

On 18 November in Mitrovica, four policemen went into the houses of brothers Bahtir (61),
Tahir (56) and Xhevat (47) Rexhep Sadiku, teacher at "Frang Bardhi" Secondary School,
"Ura e Gjakut" quarter, and searched for Tahir's sons Nexhat (24), former pupil of
Secondary Military School in Belgrade, Esat (21), and Xhevat's son Skender (21), who are
currently living in Germany. CDHRF Report No 380

On January 10, ten policemen in search of Teuta Hamiti (32), who is currently living in
Switzerland, went to the house of her father Bislim Rame Hamiti (61) in Mitrovica. CDHRF
Report No 388

On 22 January, in Mitrovica, twelve policemen searched for weapons at the house of
Hashim Habib Avdiu (37) and searched for his brother Gani (35) under the pretext that he
had left an automatic gun before leaving for Germany. CDHRF Report No 389

On 25 January, in Vushtrri, two uniformed policemen and a plainclothed one searched for
Ajet Ali Mernica, who has been living in Germany for 4 years. They threatened Ajet's father
Ali with arrest if he did not give the correct address of his son. CDHRF Report No 390

On 25 January, in Peja, two security inspectors searched for brothers Naser (36) and
Enver Iberdemaj (33) from Nabergjan, who have been living in Germany for 10 or 11
years. Inspectors threatened their mother Zelfije (62) and left them orders to report to the
police station on 2 February. CDHRF Report No 390

Quellen: Kosova Daily Reports des Kosova Information Centre in Pristina, Reporte des
Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms in Prishtina, Jahresbericht 1997
der International Helsinki Federation in Wien

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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 16:42:00 +0100
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Organization: Society for Endangered Peoples
Subject: Kosovo Report Update of 7 March 1998 Part I
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 16:42:00 +0100

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Kosovo Human Rights Report
Update 7 March 1998
PART I

Kosovo (Serbia-Montenegro)

Serbian Military Attacks the Albanian Population

Göttingen/Bozen, 7 March 1998

Since the last report from the Society for Threatened Peoples (Gesellschaft für
bedrohte Völker - GfbV) in September 1997, the general political situation as well as
human rights standards have become dramatically worse. The peaceful solution of the
conflict between the Albanian majority population and the Serbian apartheid-regime in the
Kosovo region is becoming increasingly remote.

Since the 28th February 1998 the situation in Kosovo has escalated dramatically. In the
regions between Skenderaj/Srbica, Kline/Klina and Gllogovc/Glogovac the Serbian police
and black uniformed special troops - openly supported by the army and paramilitary - are
attacking the Albanian population. According to reports of the Kosovo Information Centre,
Serbian special forces ("PJP"), who were employed in the Bosnian War, are also in
Kosovo.

On the weekend of the 28th February/1st March 1998, during a heavy attack in
Drenica, four Serbian police and at least twenty four Albanians were killed, according to
the lastest findings. Among them was a pregnant women, Rukia Nebihi, who was killed by
a shot in her face, her husband was found later murdered.

In Likoshan/Likosane the Serbian troops began a massacre in which ten members of
the Ahmeti family (Ahmet, Gani, Elmi, Hamiz, Driton, Naim, Lumni, Shemsi, Basri, Elhami)
as well as their guests (Behram Fazliu and Shaban Muja) were killed. Eye witnesses
reported that here, as in the small town of Cirez, helicopters and armoured vehicles with
machine-guns held the streets under constant fire, before special troops entered private
houses on foot and took fire.

According to statements from the Kosovo-Albanian journalist, Veton Surroi, chief editor
of the newspaper, Koha Ditore, veterans from the Bosnian and Croatian wars are
employed in Kosovo. According to a report from the Kosovo Information Centre, on 1st
March 1998 the paramilitary Chechnik troops of the presumed war criminal, Zelko
Raznjatovic Arkan, were observed in the area surrounding Polac, near Skenderaj/Srbica.
These groups murdered thousands of Muslim Bosnians in the Drina Valley and Posavina
(Sava Valley) in Bosnia.

On 4th March 1998, a protest demonstration in which over 100,000 people took part
according to statements from the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, was
disrupted by Serbian police using water canons, riot sticks and tear gas. Different
estimates put the number of wounded between 100 and 300.

At dawn on 5th March 1998, troops of the military equipped police and, as reported by
the exiled Kosovo government and in an article by a correspondent from the German daily
Die Welt, army troops surrounded the Albanian towns of Llaushe, Ternavc, Kline e
Eperme, Kline e Ulet, Polac, Kryshaefc, Dubofc, Lubovec, Galice, Beqiq, Drenica in the
Skenderaj/Srbica region. The small towns of Prekaz, Llaushe, Polac, Morine and
Mikushnice were shot at with heavy weapons, including canons and granades. After four
hours of artillery fire, the Serbian troops penetrated Prekaz, Llaushe and Vojnik.

Refugees from the Albanian villages in Drenica, near Skenderaj/Srbica arrived in
Vushtri/Vucitrn and in Mitrovica, who could not be cared for until now. All Albanian patients
had to leave the hospital in Mitrovica. The relief organisation, Pharmaciens sans frontieres
(pharmacy without frontiers), working in Kosovo, deplored the situation in which
humanitarian help was denied entry into the war area blocked off by the police. Twenty two
Albanians and two Serbian police are reported to have been killed during the attack on 5th
March, however the Kosovo Information Centre reports of 50 deaths.

The national army distributed weapons to Serbian citizens in the villages of Gojbula,
Mirace and Bukosh. UNHCR Speaker, Mons Nyberg reported that Serbian refugees from
Croatia, who are living in Kosovo, have been called up to the army against international
humanitarian law. In Kosovo, Serbian refugees from Krajina and the local Serbian
population are being evacuated, as in Bosnia before the final "ethnic cleansing" of the
Muslim population. Serbian snipers are in a threatening position opposite the office of the
Kosova President, Ibrahim Rugova in Prishtina.

The Kosova Information Centre reported that at dawn on 6th March, newly arrived
troops from Serbia encircled the neighbouring area of Llausha. The small town, in which
predominantly women and children were staying, was shot at with "all types of weapons".

Since November 1997, the preparations for an attack by the Serbian police and army
have been made. Large militarily equipped contingents, with tanks and helicopters, and
armed Serbian police have been moving into Kosovo. Similarly to before the "ethnic
cleansing" in Bosnia in 1992, local Serbian civilians have been equipped with weapons by
the regime and terrorise the population, supporting the (nonlocal) police troops by
undertaking patrols and street controls.

In the region around Skenderaj/Srbica, special forces of the police and paramilitary
have been observed, in part masked, since 17th February 1998. Armoured tanks have
been patrolling the streets. On the night of 17th February, shooting practice of an
imaginary target in the neighbouring hills took place from a police base in Pograxha near
Kline/Klina, which lasted for hours.

Since the middle of February, indications of a immanent attack by the Yugoslavian
army in Kosovo have been growing. Already on 21st January, the Macedonian President,
Kiro Gligorov warned NATO of an outbreak of conflict in Kosovo and demanded the
establishment of a "corridor" through Macedonia to Albania for "hundreds of thousands of
refugees" from Kosovo. Also the democratic opposition in Serbia warned of an
approaching military operation: on 11th February at a press conference in Novi Sad,
Nenad Cnak, President of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, who already in
1991 organised a referendum against war in Croatia, and Miodrag Isakov, President of the
Reform Democratic Party of Vojvodina, reported that they had "irrefutable evidence" of a
mobilisation of the army which reminded them of the preparations for the Croatian War in
1991.

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Kosovo Human Rights Report
Update of 7 March 1998
Part II

Investment from EU states supports the regime

After the Dayton Agreement, Serbia-Montenegro was recognised by the European Union
as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia succeeding the SFR Yugoslavia. Those
agreements made with SFR Yugoslavia, for example the Promotion and Protection of
Investments Agreement which came into force on 25 October 1990 and continues to be
valid today, while an "outer ring of sanctions" prevents the membership of Serbia-
Montenegro in international institutions like GATT, OECD, IMF, the World Bank, the UN
and OSCE.

Unlike the USA who have not recognised Serbia- Montenegro and upheld trade sanctions
until today, the EU states are again participating in a lively trade with Serbia-Montenegro.
Since the weakening of sanctions, the Yugoslavian leadership has pursued sell-offs of
large state enterprises in order to put money into the empty state treasury. The Serbian rail
and the national airline, JAT, are on offer, and since February 1998, the five most lucrative
government enterprises in Montenegro with a total worth of 703.8 million DM (385.8 million
US dollars), have been up for sale to foreign investors. In June 1997, the Italian telephone
association, STET, and the Greek OTE aquired 49 per cent of the Serbian telecom, worth
1.586 million DM. In February 1998, the Greek holding association, Mytilneos, closed a
contract of cooperation with a volume of one billion US dollars with the Yugoslavian copper
producer, Bor, to which it must be added that Mytilneos devoted 44 million US dollars for
the modernisation of Bor's smelteries. In 1997, Mythilneos had already invested in the
Trepca mine in Kosovo, one of the leading zinc manufacturers of Europe. Since the
beginning of the nineties, most Albanian employees have been dismissed by the Serbian
management because of their nationality, as in all large state businesses in Kosovo. On
27th February 1998, the Greek National Bank confirmed their interest in taking over 51 per
cent of the Slavija Bank. The British company, Ready Mix, wants to invest 100 million DM
in the Beocin cement works, as well as those in Popovac and Kosjeric. The French
company, La Farge Ciment, and several Greek companies are also interested in Beocin.
Also, German companies are in business: the steel company, Thyssen will invest 70
million US dollars in the following four years in the "ethnically cleansed" company, Feronikl
in Gllogovc/Glogovac, who is to deliver 200 tons of nickel, according to a report by the
Kosovo Information Centre on 29 January 1998. Thyssen is said to have already spent 4.5
million.

In this way, European investors help the uncooperative Belgrade regime to preserve their
100,000 strong police force (according to estimates of the US government).

Repatriation of Kosovo-Albanian refugees

The GfbV asks the Interior Ministers of the German States to stop all deportations to
Kosovo immediately, and to cancel the Repatriation Agreement between Germany and
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The prohibition of the delivery of refugees to the
Serbian regime is self-evident in view of the heavy attacks upon the civil population. It is
inexcusable that the state governments of the German states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and
Niedersachsen allowed refugees be deported to Kosovo on 5th March 1998, a few days
after the massacre in Likoshan/Likosane.

At the same time, the GfbV appeals to the Interior Minister and the Foreign Office to give
up their willing cooperation with the Belgrad regime. In this way, the German Federal
minister of Interior has until now considered the Serbian Apartheid regime in Belgrade,
who is responsible for the war crimes and genocide in neighbouring Bosnia, as a proper
partner for contracts, and attests to their observation of the repatriates' human rights, while
accusing the Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms, CDHRF, of the
propagation of lies and being politicised.

In addition, the German delegation in the German-Yugoslavian Committee of Experts
seemed to be satisfied - in any case, according to statements from the Foreign Office -
with the declarations of innocence of the Serbian leadership who disputes the
mistreatment of deported Albanian refugees, which are accepted without further
examination. In view of the crimes against the population of Kosovo by the Serbian troops
in the last few days, these statements are insufferable and incomprehensible.

Independently of the danger situation, the GbfV continues to warn against handing over
Kosovo- Albanian refugees to the Serbian regime. The submitted reports from different
organisations about the fate of deported asylumseekers from Western Europe show that
the respect of the human rights and dignity of the repatriates that was agreed upon in the
German- Yugoslavian Repatriation Agreement, is not being observed by the Serbian
regime. The documentation of the Diakonische Werk of the Evangelic Church in Stuttgart
should be referred to at this point. Many shocking reports of the experience of Albanian
refugees who have been deported or have "voluntarily departed" from Germany, are
documented comprehensively (available on request on tel. 0049 711 1656 0). Those
cases reported by the Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms and the
Kosovo Information Centre can be found in the appendix.

The causes for the flight of hundreds of thousands of Kosovo- Albanians to Western
Europe continue to exist. The present Yugoslavian State President, Slobodan Milosevic
carries the responsibility for the war and genocide in Bosnia. He stimulated Serbian
nationalism at the end of the eighties, and is the architect of the apartheid regime in
Kosovo, where the majority Albanian population are persecuted because of their
nationality. The cooperation between the German authorities and the regime in Belgrad is
therefore disgraceful and unacceptable.

Recommendations

Foreign policy: let actions follow words

The GfbV urges the governments of the socalled Bosnian Contact Group as well as the
European governments:
to move in parts of the SFOR and UNPREDEP troops stationed in Bosnia and Macedonia,
on the border to Serbia for the protection of the Albanian population immediately,
to no longer spare the Yugoslavian President, Slobodan Milosevic, the militia leaders,
Vojislav Seselj and Zeljko Raznjatovic Arkan from prosecution by the UN Tribunal in The
Hague,
to demand the withdrawal of all police and army troops from Kosovo from the Serbian and
Yugoslavian leadership,
to support the establishment of a self- administrated special status of the Kosovo region
under international control, until negotiations about the future status of Kosovo and about
the new regulations governing the relationship between the Albanians and the Serbians
with a democratic government in Yugoslavia are possible.

The GfbV appeals to the United Nations Human Rights Commission at their 54th Sitting, to
occupy themselves with the situation in Kosovo, to condemn the past and present
violence against the Albanian population, and to name a Special Rapporteur for Kosovo.

Economy:
Business with Belgrad prevents a political solution and increases the tensions

The large investments made by businesses from European states, in particular Greece,
Italy and Germany, lengthen the rule of the presumed war criminals in Belgrad. It must be
made clear to the foreign investors that their present engagement in the "ethnically
cleansed" state enterprises in Kosovo, from which Albanian employees have been
dismissed, and which are "secured" by the use of tanks and weapons, is unnacceptable.

The GfbV appeals to companies who have invested in Serbia or those who wish to do so,
to abandon their activities as long as the Belgrad regime violently denies the right of self-
determination to the Albanians in Kosovo.

NGOs: appeal to politicians and entrepreneurs

The GfbV calls on non-governmental organisations, churches, charities for refugees,
parties and associations in Germany and the countries of the European Union, to ask their
country's representatives and governments:

to support the movement of SFOR troops from Bosnia and Macedonia to Kosovo,

to demand the prosecution of the Yugoslavian President, Slobodan Milosevic before the
Tribunal in The Hague,

to demand a withdrawal of Serbian troops,

to demand a special status for the Kosovo region.

We ask colleagues of friendly organisations in Greece and Italy to address relevant
companies regarding their investment in Serbia and in "ethnically cleansed" businesses in
Kosovo and to advise them against further economic cooperation with the Belgrade
regime.

Ministers for Internal Affairs: abandon deportations

The GfbV appeals to the Ministers for Internal Affairs of the German government and
German states to stop all deportations to Kosovo immediately.

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Part III

Appendix

Physical mistreatment by the Serbian authorities

On 11 and 17 September, Krasniqi was taken in again for "informative talks" and was
subjected to severe physical ill-treatment. He was subjected to interrogation about the
murder of LimanKaranica, on his relatives' whereabouts and his stay in Germany.
Muhamet suffered bad injuries on his back and hands and was ordered to report again to
the police station on 22 September. CDHRF Report No 370/1

On 7 December, police prevented Nazmi Malaj from the village of Çubrel from returning to
Kosovo. He was physically ill-treated and sent back to Switzerland. CDHRF Report No 383

On 15 December in Kamenica, police stopped Fatmir Ali Thaçi (1962) from Muçiverc,
temporarily employed in Switzerland, at the Prishtina airport. His passport was seized and
he was kept at the airport for several hours. He was ill- treated nd later on released, but he
was not given back his passport. CDHRF Report No 384

Repression during deportation and interrogation by the police

On 17 September, Musa Smaili together with his wife Mrs. Smaili, from Kline e Poshtme,
Skenderaj, were summoned to the police station in Mitrovica for interrogation on many
occasions. They were arrested by the German police and held in isolation for three weeks,
until mid August, and returned home via Prishtina airport together with their four children.
The Serbian police have been questioning them about their four year stay in Germany,
and have inquired after other Kosovo Albanians currently in Germany. Kosovo Daily
Report 1233

On September 26 in Mitrovica, Muhamet Sahit Smakolli (24), a repatriated asylum seeker
from Germany, was taken in for informative talks regarding his stay there. CDHRF Report
No 373

On November 26, a police squad went to the houses of Ramadan Asllanaj (1971) and Ajet
Zeqiraj (1967) in the village of Gjinoc. The two had been repatriated from Germany on
November 13. Police interrogated them on the activity of Albanian clubs in Germany. They
were also questioned on the organization of demonstrations, on the UK Kosovo Liberation
Army and its financing, etc. Ramadan was also interrogated regarding a gun. CDHRF
Report No 382

Reported on December 4, three Kosovo Albanians, Martin Skeli, from Krusheva e Vogel,
Gezim Maxharraj, from Klina and another person from Pograxha, Prishtina, recently
repatriated from Germany were harassed by the Serbian police. Martin Skeli was ordered
to report on Thursday and Tuesday at the Serbian police station. While in detention he
was interrogated about an underground organization called the Kosovo Liberation Army as
well as about Albanians currently living in Germany. Gezim Maxharraj was ordered to
report, within a week, at the Serbian police station in Klina. Kosovo Daily Report 1293

Threatening and Intimidation of Family Members

On 18 August, in Braina village, Podujeva, police searched for Beqir Musa, an LDK
activist, who is currently living in Germany. CDHRF Report No 369

In November, police raided the house of Ismajl Muharrem Cacaj (1961), an agricultural
engineer, and asked for his brother Mustafa, an asylum seeker in Germany. CDHRF
Report No 379

On January 10, ten policemen in search of Teuta Hamiti (32), who is currently living in
Switzerland, went to the house of her father Bislim Rame Hamiti (61) in Mitrovica. CDHRF
Report No 388

Quellen: Kosovo Daily Reports des Kosovo Information Centre in Pristina, Reporte des
Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms in Prishtina, Jahresbericht 1997
der International Helsinki Federation in Wien

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