REPORT NO. 443
         ON THE WIDESPREAD REPRESSION
         AND HARASSMENT PERPETRATED
           BY THE SERBIAN POLICE AND
           OTHER AUTHORITIES IN KOSOVA
           FROM  OCTOBER 25
           UNTIL  OCTOBER 31, 1998

           KËSHILLI PËR MBROJTJEN E TË DREJTAVE DHE TË LIRIVE TË NJERIUT
              COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
                 Rr. Vellusha 46, 38000 Prishtinë - Kosovë; tel: 381 (0) 38 530 409; fax: 381 (0)38 36 965
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                                REPORT NO. 443

ON THE WIDESPREAD REPRESSION AND HARASSMENT PERPETRATED BY THE SERBIAN REGIME AND OTHER AUTHORITIES IN KOSOVA FROM OCTOBER 25 UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 1998

OCTOBER 25:

PRISHTINA: Last night, the Albanian coast guard reported that 19 Albanians from Kosova drowned in the waters of the Adriatic in the vicinity of the island of Sazan. They had fled Kosova and were seeking refuge in Italy.
FERIZAJ: On September 28, Nazim Xhemshir Terziu (1977) from Sllatina e Lepencit (Kaçanik) was killed in Jezerc.
VUSHTRRI: Serb paramilitary forces stationed in Prilluzha have opened fire towards the villages of Strovc and Beçuk. Serb forces tried to overrun these villages but were opposed by the KLA.
KLINA: The shelling of the Serbian police and military forces on the villages of Gremnik, Çupeva, Volljaka, Sverka, Përçeva, Këpuz, Bokshiq and Çeskova continued. The few villagers who had started to return to their houses fled once again. Kadri Avdi Morina (11) from Sverka was wounded due to shelling. His life is in danger.
The looting of the Albanian houses continues. Masked Serb gangs are looting all valuables. According to eye-witnesses, the looted goods are taken to the house of Lekë Baciqi. Police and military forces are looting timber in the forests owned by the Albanians.
PEJA: Last night, there was a blast in the vicinity of the house of Hydaverdi Gjergjizi. His shop on the ground floor was destroyed and many house windows were broken. Since September 22, Brahim Ukë Berisha from the village of Kryshec is being kept in detention. Serb forces have usurped the building of the "Naum Veqilharxhi" Primary School in Kliçina.
The school inventory was demolished and the school documentation was completely destroyed. A Serb family was settled in this building. 300 Albanian pupils were left out of school.

OCTOBER 26:

MALISHEVA: The corpses of Kujtim Ibrahim Bytyçi (17) and Enver Milazim Bytyçi (17) from Shkoza near Malisheva, who were killed on stepping on a field of mines in the vicinity of the border with Albania, were identified in the morgue of the Prizreni Hospital.
KLINA: On October 16, the corpse of Arif Marmullaku from the village of Dush was found. There are still no signs that the Serb forces are withdrawing from the district of Klina. In Dobërdol, these forces have isolated 30 Albanian civilians, including Arianit Bardhec Laci, a 10-year-old child who suffers from hemophilia and whose life is in danger. Cvetko Deniq, a policeman from Dresnik, physically ill-treated his fellow villager Viktor Deda.
GLLOGOC: Serbian police and military forces are pretending to be withdrawing. In fact, they are only redeploying their units. Serb forces withdrew from the Llapushniku Gorge and the village of Tërstenik and were stationed in the "Ferronikli" Plant near Gllogoc. The Serb forces which withdrew from Çuka e Zabelit were stationed in Krivova. There are no inhabitants in the Albanian villages of Fushtica e Poshtme, Llapushnik, Arllat, Abria e Epërme, Vasileva, Poklek i Vjetër, Polluzha, Kishnareka and Nekoc. The villages of Fushtica e Epërme, Pokleku i Ri, Çikatova e Vjetër, Shtutica, Korretica e Epërme and Sankoc are partially inhabited. Many villagers have no place to return to as their houses were burned and destroyed during the attacks of the Serbian forces.
SHTIME: A special unit of the Serbian forces, heavily armed, intervened in the village of Mullopolc causing panic among the few villagers who had returned to their houses. Selman Nurë Mujota and Sabri Shaban Neziraj were detained for more than an hour. Serb forces left Shtime and headed towards Ferizaj and Prishtina. Serb forces have not withdrawn from Carraleva and the nearby villages.
VITI: A military convoy of 14 tanks, several trucks and an anti-aircraft system was stationed at the place called "Kodra e Xhepës". Their presence caused panic among the villagers, especially when they started to shoot in the air. The shooting continued until late in the night. Several tanks were covered with camouflage nets.
RAHOVEC: Serb forces are still stationed in the strategic points around the town and in several villages in this district. Only a small number of the displaced have returned to their homes and are facing famine. Serbian police is preventing the Albanian villagers of Zoqishta, Opterusha and Retia from returning to their homes.
PRISHTINA: In the "Velania" quarter, 2 policemen stopped youngsters Visar Hajriz Fekaj (1978), a student, and Arben Fekaj - from Kërrnina near Istog and Ilir Kryeziu. They were insulted on a national basis and threatened to be killed if they reported their case. DM 70 and SFR 20 were looted from them. On the road to Matiçan, 2 policemen stopped Arsim Beqir Hoti (1973), a student from the village of Ratkoc near Rahovec and another youngster from Prishtina. DM 100 were looted from them.
FERIZAJ: In Nerodime e Epërme, Serbian forces burned the 2-story house of Sokol Bajrush Maloku.
MITROVICA: Last night, in the "Kroi i Vitakut" quarter, Serb policemen opened automatic fire in order to cause insecurity among the Albanian population.
VUSHTRRI: At 8.45 a.m., loud detonations were heard.
PRIZREN: The police check-points on the roads between Prizren and Gjakova, Prizren and Prishtina, Prizren and Kukës, as well as that in the Tusus quarter in Prizren were removed.
Plainclothed policemen continue to ill-treat Albanian citizens. Serbian police and military forces are still stationed in the region of Has, between Zhur and Dobrush, along the border between Gora and Luma, in Dubrava and Opoja, Landovica, Guri i Zi and Struzh. Armed Serb forces are parading through the streets of the town. Many passers-by are stopped and ill-treated. In Landovica, Serbian police provoked, ill-treated and beat the bus driver of the "Shehu" Travel Agency and 6 passengers travelling between Rahovec and Prizren.
In the Serbian run District Court in Prizren, the trial of the following Albanians, who were indicted for "hostile activity", was postponed: Hazir Krasniqi, Gani Morina, Xhemajl Bytyçi, Sali Bytyçi, Hidajet Misini, Ilhami Bytyçi, Arsim Morina, Besim Kastrati, Ramadan Morina, Zenel Rrustemi and Agim Morina - all from Denja and Malësia e Re near Rahovec; Sherif Fahri Berisha (1959), Nehat (1965) and Reshat Bajram Shishko (1960), dr. Afrim Qemal Avdaj (1966) and Sahit Hysen Krasniqi (1964) from Prizren, Atdhe Luzhnica (1977) from Luzhnica near Suhareka, Skënder Morina (1978) from Gegja near Rahovec and Hysni Gazi Krasniqi (19) from Hoça e Qytetit near Prizren.
Dr. Nasip Fetiu from the village of Peçan near Suhareka was brought to court but was released due to the lack of evidence. The trial of 25 Albanians from Rahovec (including a juvenile) was postponed.
NISH (Serbia): The following Albanians who had been indicted for "hostile activity" and "terrorism" were sentenced by the Military Court in Nish: Agron Sylkaj from Ponoshec to 6 years, Gazmend Imeri to 8 years, Nexhdet Zymberaj and Avni Ahmeti to 7,6 years of imprisonment each - all from the village of Ponoshec near Gjakova. The following Albanian prisoners were transferred from the military prison in Nish to the military prison in Belgrade: Fadil Dabiqaj, Bedri Kukalaj and Hysen Latifaj - sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment each and Armend Mazrekaj, a juvenile, sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment - all from Prejlep near Deçan.

OCTOBER 27:

SKËNDERAJ: As the Serbian police and military forces withdrew from the village of Likoc, the mutilated corpses of the following were found: Xhavit Halit Kadriu (22) from Likoc, decapitated, Cen Gjinovci (67) from Makërmal (both killed on September 25) and that of Idriz Gashi (60) from Rezalla. The corpse of Hasan Jashar Hoti (82), who was killed on September 19, was found in Likoc. As the Serb forces withdrew from Tërstenik, they left many Albanian houses, the local school and the local policlinic in ruins.
MALISHEVA: Today, on returning to their houses in the village of Dragobil, Ali Murat Paçarizi was killed by a mine laid by the Serbian forces. Haki Jakup Paçarizi and Arsim Kajtaz Paçarizi were wounded. The mutilated corpse of Jashar Sherif Krasniqi (55) was found in his house in the village of Tërpeza e Poshtme. Jashar had been reported missing. The villagers of Tërpeza found the carbonized corpses of Demush Krasniqi (63), Ajet Rifat Krasniqi (85) and Rasim Daut Krasniqi (87). The corpse of Ramadan Selman Hoti (80) was found in his house in Carralluka. All the above mentioned were killed during the Serb offensive in July.
PEJA: The corpses of Mustafë Isuf Lajçi (58) and Dude Isuf lajçi (55) were found in the vicinity of Shtupeq i Vogël. The 2 were killed on August 24, during the offensive of the Serbian police and military forces. The carbonized corpse of Mehmet Ukshinaj (70) was found in the village of Lubeniq.
The following were sentenced by the district court in Peja: Demë Halil Ramosaj (48) from Carrabreg i Epërm near Deçan to 3 years of imprisonment; Xhavit Shaban Musëshabani (1967) to 4 years, Arbnor Nexhat Xhemajli (1977) to 1 year - both from Peja; Florim Ahmet Zukaj (1971) and Driton Islam Zukaj (1976) to 2 and a half years of imprisonment each - both from the village of Beleg near Deçan. Nexhat Ramiz Xhemajli (1949) and Avni Sadri Haklaj (23) - both from the village of Isniq near Deçan were released due to the lack of evidence. The above mentioned had been indicted for "hostile activity" and "terrorism".
GJAKOVA: The corpse of Tunë Gjokaj from the village of Bardhaniq was found at the place called "Lluga e Shterzës". Tuna had been reported missing. There are still no information on the whereabouts of Tuna's wife. The corpse of an unidentified person from the village of Prejlep near Deçan was brought to the morgue of the Gjakova Hospital.
Large police forces were stationed in Dujaka. These forces are parading through the village and ill-treating the villagers. The situation of the displaced persons, who were settled in Dujaka (1400), is very grave. Lekë (42) and Kristë Përvorfi (30) as well as Isë Rrustemi (55) from the village of Dujaka were arrested and taken to the police station in Gjakova.
MITROVICA: Serb forces opened fire towards the village of Zhazha. Serb villagers from Vllaqa and Zherovnica participated in the attack. Police forces have not withdrawn from their check-points in Shipol and Vojtesh, on the road between Mitrovica and Peja. Fresh forces were redeployed in Tërnavc and Kodra e Baranëve.
SUHAREKA: Serbian police forces have not removed their check-points from Reshtan, Bllaca and Mohlan. The villagers of Samadraxha were told not to remove the sacks with sand as the policemen would soon be back. After 60 days of detention, Bafti Murtez Musaj (70), who was kept hostage in his house in Samadraxha, was released. Gëzim Muhamet Krasniqi (1960) from Samadraxha is in detention in the prison in Leskovc. He was kidnapped on September 25 in the village of Zojz. Serb policemen are parading through the streets of the town and are ill-treating passers-by. The situation of those who had to flee their homes is very grave, as they have no shelter, due to the lack of food, clothing and medical assistance.
RAHOVEC: Serbian police is withdrawing from the town and is being redeployed in the "Park" Hotel. In the outskirts of the town, Serb forces are digging in their tanks with their barrels pointed towards the Albanian quarters in Rahovec. As the Serb forces withdrew from the police check-point at the place called "Rrasat" they looted and demolished the house of Muharrem Isma, in which they had been settled until then. Refki Kadri Kabashi from the village of Zoqishta is in pre-trial detention in Prokupla. He was kidnapped by the Serbian forces on September 28.
KLINA: The Serbian forces which have withdrawn from the check-points in Dollc, Kijeva, Pogragja and Jashanica were redeployed in the vicinity of the forests of Gllareva. Serbian military forces are still stationed in their basis in Gremnik, in the sour cherry plantation and at the place called "Kroi i Hajnave" in the vicinity of Klina. The villages of Përçeva, Sverka and Ponorc are shelled night after night. During the night, Serb civilians from Rixheva, Grapc and Klinac are opening automatic fire in different directions.
FERIZAJ: Large paramilitary forces were stationed in the military barracks in Ferizaj. Serb forces have not withdrawn from their positions.
GJILAN: Tahir Tahiri, chairman of the LDK branch in Gjilan, was arrested by the Serbian police. The pretext is unknown.

OCTOBER 28:

GJAKOVA: Zef Dreni (65) was killed in his house in the village of Firza. His son Pjetër was beaten and suffered severe body injuries. The perpetrators were armed and masked and spoke Serbian.
GLLOGOC: The mutilated corpse of Rrahman Islam Gashi (60) from the village of Llapushnik was found. He was killed between September 22-27. His corpse was decomposing.
KLINA: The corpse of Shahe Haxhë Gashi (78) was found in her house in the village of Qabiq. The victim had not managed to flee the village. In the village of Zajm, a Serb policeman and 2 Romani civilians seized a tractor and the building material from Rexhep Zogaj's warehouse.
MALISHEVA: The mutilated corpse of Latif Ahmet Javori (78) from the village of Vërmica was found. He was killed by the Serbian forces.
MITROVICA: Last night, the Serb forces stationed in the military bases in Kutllovc and Stantërg opened automatic fire on the villages of: Trepçalia, Melenica, Mazhiq, Vidishiq and Bare as well as on the "Kroi i Vitakut" quarter in Mitrovica. In Stantërg, Serbian police stopped a group of Albanian villagers from Shala e Bajgorës who were returning to their homes. One of the villagers was severely ill-treated.
SUHAREKA: Serb forces are not withdrawing from their positions. Heavy weaponry is not being pulled out of the region. Serb forces are still stationed in Duhla, Mohlan, Krushica e Poshtme, Reshtan and in the Llapushniku Gorge. The displaced people are afraid of returning to their houses. Large police forces were stationed in Qafa e Duhles, Biraç, Sopija and Grejkoc. Passers-by are being ill-treated. The gas station in Shiroka was burned and demolished.
KAÇANIK: The Serbian police and military forces stationed in Doganaj have not withdrawn from their positions. The number of the policemen in the town itself has increased. Many passers-by are ill-treated. Nexhmedin Kryeziu was severely ill-treated by a policeman named Oliver.
LIPJAN: Large Serb forces were noticed in the vicinity of Blinaja. Heavy weaponry was camouflaged.
PRISHTINA: Myrvete Kasumi, the sister of MA Ukshin Hoti, stated that when she visited her brother in the prison of Mitrovica e Sremit, on September 25, the guard interrupted the visit after 2 minutes as Ukshin refused to talk in Serbian. During the short discussion with his sister, Ukshin asked her to appeal to all international organizations on human rights to make pressure on the Serbian authorities for a humane treatment of the Albanian political prisoners and the respect of legal norms. The Albanian political prisoners are subjected to severe ill-treatment, kept in solitary, are not allowed to read the press and to communicate with the world. Recently, they were ordered to communicate in Serbian with their relatives during their visits.
A passenger, who introduced himself as a pilot, beat Idriz Ahmeti, a taxi driver, when the latter refused to take him to the Prishtina airport for free.
PEJA: As the Serb forces withdrew, the corpse of Ramë Haxhi Krasniqi, a handicapped person, was found in his house in the village of Turjaka. Rama was killed on August 30. In Zahaq, police arrested Milaim Çekaj (31) from the village of Irzniq near Deçan. The Serbian run District Court in Peja sentenced Ukë Golaj from the village of Sheremet to 2 years of imprisonment. He was indicted for "hostile activity" and "terrorism". The trial of the following Albanians from the village of Brekoc near Gjakova began: Fadil, Qerim, Burim, Valdet, Kastriot, Agim, Avdyl, Mustafë, Kujtim, Flamur, Behar, Zenel and Adem Jetishi. Traffic policemen are stopping, ill-treating and fining many Albanian drivers.
FUSHË KOSOVA: In Graboc i Poshtëm, police forces continue to loot Albanian houses.

PRIZREN: The Serbian run District Court in Prizren extended, for an additional 60 days, the pretrial detention of the 120 Albanians from the district of Suhareka who were arrested during the recent Serbian offensive.

OCTOBER 29:

GJAKOVA: The following died due to the difficult living conditions in the open: Sadri Azem Ahmeti (4 months), Avdi Fetaj (9 months), the daughter of Enver Alia, Jahë Kadria (18 months), Rabe Pajaziti (80) and Galan Meka (65) - all from Krelan. The following Albanians from the village of Krelan were wounded due to shelling: Faze Meka (30), Ali Fetaj (36), Pajazit Pajaziti (33), Vehbi Ilaz Ahmeti (14), Hasan Mustafë Alijaj (23) and Bashkim Ahmetaj (23).
MALISHEVA: In the village of Mleçan, the corpse of Sherif Kryeziu (30) was found in the well near his house. He had been reported missing since July 26. The corpse of an unidentified person was found in Bubavec.
SKËNDERAJ: The corpse of Musa Shyqeri Ahmeti (27) from the village of Radisheva was found in Qubrel. He had been reported missing since July 26, the day when the Serb forces killed his father. Armed Serb civilians from Suhogërlla opened fire towards Xhemile Haxhi Hyseni-Rama (45), Hafize Musa Ferizi-Rama (55), Hajrije Milazim Mulaj-Rama (42) and Xhevrije Rrahim Rama (23). The above mentioned were prevented from returning to their destroyed houses.
DEÇAN: At 10.30 a.m., a large number of Serb soldiers attacked a group of Albanian villagers who were collecting chestnuts in the forests of Lebusha. Jeton Zeqiraj (16) was brutally beaten and lapsed into a coma. Mërgim (16) and Time Zeqiraj (40) were beaten too. The golden jewelry belonging to the latter was looted. Saranda Zeqiraj (17) was taken by the soldiers and there are still no information on her whereabouts. Since early in the morning, these forces are harassing the Albanian villagers in this region.
PRISHTINA: Many Albanians, including women, children and elderly, who were wounded during the Serb offensive on the villages in the district of Deçan, are being kept in detention at the Prishtina Hospital for Lung Diseases. The detainees are guarded by the police. All contacts with the Albanian medical staff are prevented. Between 1-3 a.m., they are brutally beaten by the police. No medical assistance is given to them. The wounded are fed only once a day.
KLINA: Fire was opened towards an Albanian family who was trying to return to Gllareva. They fled to Ujmir.
MITROVICA: A military helicopter flew over the town. A truck loaded with sand headed for Skënderaj. No police check-points were removed. In the "Qendra" quarter, police raided the house of Sokol Adem Tahiri (66). His guest Enver Ahmet Gjeloshi (36) from the village of Qubrel near Skënderaj was arrested.
PRIZREN: In Dushanova, some 50 policemen intervened in the cafe owned by Hajdin Mazreku. Some 20 clients were ill-treated. A muslim waitress named Matilda was slapped on her face and insulted on a national basis.
ZHUR: Bashkim Likaj from Lybeqeva, member of the "Mother Theresa" Humanitarian & Charitable Association, was arrested.
SHTIME: A Serb convoy of 7 tanks, 2 APCs and 4 trucks headed towards Carraleva.
In the outskirts of Shtime, unidentified persons killed Nazmi Olluri (1973). According to Serb authorities, Nazmi was a "loyal citizen of Serbia".

OCTOBER 30:

SKËNDERAJ: The corpses of following were found in a mass grave in the village of Llausha: Fatime (75) and Mevlude Geci (45), handicapped, from Llausha, Hamide Taraku (51) from Vitak, a mother of 8, and the carbonized corpse of an unidentified male person. It is assumed that there are many other locations similar to this one. Members of the KDOM were present during the exhumation.
GLLOGOC: The corpses of Hysen Ahmet Bujupi (62) and Lulzim Bujupi (35) were found in the Bujupaj quarter in Orllat. They were killed on July 25.
KLINA: Serb forces are still stationed in the vicinity of the Volljaka mines, at the place called "Zabeli i Hoxhës", in the vicinity of the Gremniku mountains, in the Mirusha Gorge and at the sour cherry plantations. Time after time, these forces open fire to provoke and to prevent the villagers from returning to their homes. Armed Serb civilians are parading through the center of Klina.
GJAKOVA: Serb forces have not withdrawn from Suka e Cërmjanit and Suka e Necit. Large forces are stationed in the premises of the primary school in Krelan. The Serb forces which had withdrawn from the villages of Maznik and Dashinovc returned to their old positions. No displaced people have returned to these villages.
SUHAREKA: Serb forces have not withdrawn from many villages in the district of Suhareka. A patrol of the Serbian police and military forces paraded through the villages of Bukosh and Vraniq and opened fire towards the Albanian houses. In Bukosh, several bombs were thrown in the house yard of Nuhi Sopa. This attack forced the villagers of Bukosh to flee and to seek shelter in nearby places. There is a feeling of insecurity among the villagers of Vraniq who had started to return to their houses.
PRIZREN: In the vicinity of the village of Kushnin, in the Pashtriku mountains, Serb soldiers are building a new watchtower. Mines were laid in the region of Has, along the border between Kosova and Albania. The redeployment of Serb military forces continues in the Pnishi and Muhadri quarters in Demjan. Large forces were stationed in the premises of the primary school. In Vlashnja, a squad of 12 armed policemen arrested 6 Albanian youngsters and sent them to the police station in Prizren.
RAHOVEC: The number of the police forces in the district of Rahovec has slightly decreased. Apart from Rahovec, Serb forces were stationed in Xërxa and Ratkoc.
GJILAN: In the village of Vërbica e Kmetocit, police searched for weapons in the house of Tefik Hashani (60). His son is in pre-trial detention since October 15.
HANI I ELEZIT: Serb soldiers physically ill-treated Refik R. Luri without any cause.
ZHUR: In Vlashnja, 5 Serb policemen went into the shop of Driton Tarashaj and physically ill-treated him. Police arrested Ahmet Maxhunaj and Selver Rrahmanaj from Kobaja.
MALISHEVA: KLA members arrested Jakup Kastrati, chairman, and Cen Desku, member of the LDK Board in Malisheva. The pretext is unknown.

OCTOBER 31:

DEÇAN: In Junik, Serb forces unburied 9 Albanian corpses and took them to an unknown direction. The killed ones were identified as: Bekim Shala (48) from Ferizaj, Bedri Shala (50) from Negroc (Gllogoc), Përmet Vula (20) and Elton Zherka (21) from Gjakova, Bajram Rama (70), Zejnije Krasniqi (27), a 12-year-old girl and two other children - all from Junik.
Today, it was confirmed that on June 6, in Junik, Serb forces killed Shaban Zeqë Mazrrekaj (1968) from Voksh.
PRISHTINA: Large special police units were stationed along the road between Prishtina and Peja.
PEJA: An armoured car and 10 policemen were stationed in the village of Gllogjan in Lugu i Baranit. They are opening fire towards Jabllanica. Police beat Ali Hoxha, a khoja in the village of Kosuriq. He and his family were trying to return to their house. SUHAREKA: There was shooting in Delloc, where large Serb forces are still stationed. Incessant fire is opened from Qafa e Duhlës towards Grejçec and Bllaca. A police patrol in three vehicles went towards Sallagrazhda. They stopped and ill-treated passers-by.
OBILIQ: Serb forces were stationed in several positions in the vicinity of "Kërshat e Grabovcit". They opened fire and burned the house of Daut Rasim Mjekiqi in Shipitulla and the primary schools in Grabovc i Epërm and Shipitulla. Serb forces stationed in "Kërshat e Grabovcit", Janovoda, the "Kosova B" Power Plant and Plemetin are targeting Grabovc i Epërm, Shipitulla, Sibovc, Lajthishta and Hamidia.
PRIZREN: The Serb forces are still stationed in Dobrusht. 5 km from the border between Kosova and Albania, a plate with the inscription "Border zone" was placed. This zone includes the villages of Dobrusht, Shkoza and Vërmica.
KAÇANIK: Serb military forces are still stationed in the vicinity of Bajnica village and the "Silcapor" Plant. Heavy weaponry was dug in. Large police and military forces were stationed in Semaja near Kaçanik. Many locals have fled due to insecurity.
FERIZAJ: A police convoy with two trucks, an APC and a police vehicle headed towards Shtime.
RAHOVEC: Blerim and Agim Kabashi from Opterusha and several other Albanian families, who were trying to return to their homes, hit "booby traps" and went back. Serb forces are still stationed in Opterusha.
MALISHEVA: There was shooting in Malisheva and its surroundings. Due to the large presence of Serbian police forces, many displaced people fear to return to their houses.

DELAYED INFORMATION:

GLLOGOC: Between August 22-25, Serbian forces looted and burned the house and the real estate of Avdyl Gara (1944) in Komoran. On September 22, Serbian forces burned 2 houses and the real estate of the Kukiqi family in the village of Tërstenik. The very same was done to the houses of Zenel Musli Kadishani (1933), Ramadan Kukaj (1947), Naser (1967), Muharrem and Sefer Gashi. On September 25, Serbian forces burned the houses of Ajet Zariqi (1956) and Ramadan Zarishti (1954) from Bainca. On September 27, the house of Shaban Tahiraj (1924) in the village of Tërdec was burned.
LIPJAN: On August 23, during the Serb offensive on the village of Vërshec, Serb forces looted and burned 5 houses, the shop, work-shop, agricultural equipment, 2 cars and the real estate of Ramadan Nishori. The very same was done to the houses and the real estate of brothers Ilaz, Brahim and Adem Sadik Vuniqi and their relatives Fehmi, Elmi, Kadri and Fehmi Vuniqi. On August 23, in the village of Magura, Serb forces looted and burned the real estate of Milaim Meta (1971), on August 27, that of Hysen Meta and on September 17, that of brothers Shefki and Behxhet Karameta.
OBILIQ: On September 22, during the Serb offensive on the villages of Obiliq, Serb forces shelled, demolished, looted and burned the houses of Xhafer, Faik, Shaip, Jakup, Metush, Muharrem, Feriz, Ramiz, Isak, Ismet, Idriz, Abdullah, Ramadan, Fejzullah, Daut, Mustafë, Lutfi, Ismajl, Nuhi, Hasan, Ali, Hajrullah, Abdurrahim and Bedri Krasniqi; Bajram and Ejup Krasniqi and Hashim, Ramadan, Sabit and Rasim Mexhuani.
PEJA: In September, Serb forces shelled, looted and burned the real estate of Maxhun Hysenaj (1942) in the village of Kotradiq. The following were arrested by the Serbian police: on October 17, Feti, Shaqir and Selim Gashi and on October 19, Isë M. Gashi - all from Kryshec. On October 20, Nazmi N. Shala (46) was severely ill-treated by the Serbian police. The very same day, in the outskirts of Peja, Serbian police arrested Ramiz S. Krasniqi from Vranoc.
SKËNDERAJ: On October 10, Hajdin Kukiqi (72) and Fazli Gashi (45) from Tërstenik were wounded due to shelling.
ZHUR: On October 10, Serbian police went to the house of Imerli Qovanaj, an activist of the Sub-CDHRF in Zhur. This is the second time police searches for him. Military forces were stationed at the place called Vllagu i Madh.
KLINA: On October 12, Nebi Bytyqi (1962) from Carralluka e Klinës was released from the Prishtina Prison. He had been detained for more than 2 months and physically ill-treated. On October 23, masked Serb civilians looted the vacant house of Bedri Gashi in Klina.
GJILAN: On October 17, Bislim Bajraktari (1937) from the village of Resnik near Klina, who was sheltered in the house of Hajredin Ramadani, "Mon Beqiri" st. 12/18, was arrested. He was detained for more than 4 hours, severely ill-treated and ordered to leave the town.
RAHOVEC: On October 19, Serbian police stopped Astrit Ramsha (1982), pupil with the "Ramiz Sadiku" Secondary School. He was forced into the "Park" Hotel and brutally beaten. Due to injuries suffered he had to seek for medical help.
MITROVICA: On October 23, 3 policemen severely ill-treated Halit Ramadan Islami (21) from Kçiq i Vogël, living in the "Tuneli i Parë" quarter in Mitrovica. Dinars 200 and 3 boxes of cigarettes were looted from him.
VUSHTRRI: On October 23, in the vicinity of the bus station in Vushtrria, Serbian police severely ill-treated Shaip (45), Ferki (18) and Bledar Kovaçi (15) and Emin Muzaçi (18) - all from Brusnik.

NOTICE: There are no information on the whereabouts of the following: Abaz Demir Ndrecaj (60) from Maçiteva near Suhareka (since July 26); Habib Halil Lubovci (19) since July 27 and Shefqet Seferi (1976) since June - from Grejçec near Suhareka; Zeqir Ukë Gashi from Broliq near Peja (since September 30); Fadil Sefijaj (30) from Gramaçel near Deçan; Bajram Ali Kryeziu (1929) from Bubavec near Malisheva (since July 27); Agim Selmani (1965) and Selman Syla (1930) from Carraleva near Shtime (since July 20); Sefedin Halil Kryeziu (25) from Mleçan near Malisheva (since September); Musa Mehmet Kukleci (since October 23) and Shkëlzen and Selman Zukaj (for the last 2 weeks) - all 3 from Isniq near Deçan; Idriz Zeqë Tolaj from Pobërgja near Deçan (since May); Muhamet Pervizi (27) from Krajku i Hasit near Prizren (for the last 3 months); Osman Guncati (23) from Kijeva near Malisheva (for the last 3 months); Hasan Xhemë Krasniqi (43) from Llazica near Malisheva (for the last few days); Haki Baca (25) from Gremnik near Klina (since May 20).

Prishtina, October 31, 1998

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