The orchestrated and organized state, paramilitary, police and military terror triggered a very grave situation in Kosova with a tendency of further deterioration. The right to life, which is the dearest of all rights has been blatantly violated. In such a dirty and imposed war, this violence was demonstrated through the mass killings and atrocities perpetrated on the civilian population, extrajudiciary executions, shelling and burning of the villages, lootings of wealth, kidnappings, hostage takings, arrests, rigid political trials, involuntarily displacements of the population, etc. These triggers resulted with the humanitarian crisis and the ethnic cleansing with the only aim of "taming" the Albanians and imposing an unfavorable solution,ie. a colonial status.
Since 14 January when the situation escalated, at least 1472 fatalities were reported, among whom:
-162 female,
-143 children (85 male, 36 female, 22 children's gender is unknown)
-297 over the age of 55 (243 male, 54 female)
-373 are unidentified

The others are of the age 18-55, who died due to shelling, were executed, their corpses were burned or were mutilated in different ways.
The number of the wounded is very high, but the CDHRF does not issue any list of their names due to their security.
At least 1300 citizens, among whom 45 Serbs, were reported missing, were taken hostage or kidnapped.
At least 1700 Albanians were arrested or are under investigation proceedings.
Some warehouses, plants, mines, schools and monasteries were transformed into "investigative prisons" and concentration camps, where the Albanians are subjected to inhuman torture and degrading torture.
A number of human rights, humanitarian, educational and political activists were killed or died as an aftermath of police torture in the custody.
450.000 Albanians were forced to flee their homes.
At least 150.000 are in the open with no basic necessities.
The number of externally displaced Albanians from Kosova is as follows: 90.000 in Montenegro, 25-30.000 in Albania, 25.000 in Macedonia, 15.000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the number of those that fled to European countries is unknown.
At least 45.000 houses, settlements and villages were partly destroyed or flatten to the ground.
Prior to burning, Serbian paramilitary, police and military forces looted every house, flat or settlement.
All looted valuables were taken to Serbia.
A large sum of foreign currency and jewellery was looted from the Albanian citizens.
Many cars, tractors, lorries and agricultural tools were looted.
Cattle was also looted, slaughtered or killed.
Crops and large areas of woods were burned.

Serbian punitive expeditions have perpetrated mass extrajudiciary executions in Prekaz, Likoshan, Qirez, Poklek i Ri, Deçan, Lybeniq, Rahovec, Dobratin, the villages of Shala e Bajgorës and the villages of Qyqavica. They killed mainly elderly, women and children. CDHRF has claimed that mass graves exist and has appealed to the international organizations to investigate these cases and form teams of forensic experts. This forensic examination by the impartial side would prove the existence of mass graves and prevent the Serbian regime from manipulating with the corpses of the victims, who we assume are the missing Albanians. It has also addressed the International Tribunal for the Crimes in Former Yugoslavia in the Hague and closely cooperates with it in clarifying the atrocities and wanton killings perpetrated in Prekaz, Likoshan and Qirez. Unfortunately, we are aware that the above mentioned figures are far from being real. Therefore, we are ready to cooperate with any foreign non-governmental organizations in the terrains and confirm the on the current prevailing situation. We are sure that every data issued by the CDHRF cannot be denied and are true to our best knowledge and belief. We would be very happy if that would not be the case.

Prishtina, 29 September 1998          Pajazit Nushi, Ph.D.
                                                              chairman