Wochenbericht Nr. 472 der
REPORT NO. 472
ON THE SITUATION OF
THE HUMAN RIGHTS
AND FREEDOMS IN KOSOVA
FROM NOVEMBER 14
UNTIL NOVEMBER 21, 1999
REPORT NO. 472
on the situation of human rights
and freedoms in Kosova
from 14 until 21 November 1999
During
this week, according to the available information, 2 Albanian women (mother
and her daughter) were killed, corpses of three persons killed during this
week were found (2 female and 1 male), the corpse of an Albanian prisoner
was sent home, whereas another Albanian died a week after he was released.
He died as an aftermath of the torture suffered. In the vicinity of the
border Kosova – Serbia, an Albanian youngster was wounded. 47 Albanians
were reburied, 4 corpses of the Albanians were found and a killed Albanian
was identified – all of them killed by Serbian forces, mainly during March
and April.
CHRONICLE
Killings
15
November. – In Prishtina, some children informed KFOR soldiers that they
had found a corpse, who had been shot on his head.
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In the town park in Peja, the corpse of an unidentified woman, aged about
20, was found.
16 November. – At about 15.00, in the vicinity of the Technical Secondary School, in the northern part of Mitrovica, Serbs ran over Sevdije Xhemajl Ujkani (34), an employee with the Hygienic Institute in Mitrovica, and her daughter Edona (11), a pupil with the “Muharrem Bekteshi” Primary School, who were beaten to death. Several days before, Sevdije was threatened by Serbian paramilitaries to be killed if she did not leave this part of the town. In the northern part of Mitrovica, where Oliver Ivanoviq is a “prefect”, Serbs distributed a warning which says, “the Serb that does not attack his Albanian neighbours until we expel them from this part, is a traitor”, whereas another pamphlet says, “until 23.XI.1999 Albanians must leave safe and sound the northern part of the town”.
18 November. – The corpse of Jahir Sadik Agushi (1958) from Drenoc (Klina), who was in prison of Mitrovica e Sremit (Vojvodina), was sent home. Due to torture suffered, he died in the Belgrade Hospital.
20 November. – The corpse of a female was found by the Sitnica River, in the vicinity of Vushtrri, at the place called Shaban Aga.
21 November. - Zeqë Adem Hasaj (1953) from Kodrali (Deçan) died as an aftermath of torture exerted on him in the prisons of Serbia. He was released from the prison of Zajeçar on 14 November.
Mass graves – reburials, identifications,
15 November. – In Drenoc (Malisheva), Haxhi Asllan Krasniqi (12), killed by Serbian forces on 31 May, was reburied.
18 November. – According to a former political prisoner, the corpse of Napoleon Qemajl Guta (27) from Gjakova was identified. He was taken hostage by the Serbian forces and killed on 23 May in the prison of Dubrava (Istog).
19 November. – In the mass grave identified in the vicinity of Vidimriq (Mitrovica), the corpse of Fahri Jetullah Aliu (52), from “Qendra” quarter in Mitrovica, was found. He was arrested on 14 April by the Serbian paramilitaries. Ever since, there were no information on his whereabouts.
20
November. – In Vitia e Marecit (Prishtina), 29 Albanians killed by Serbian
forces in the period 18-22 April, among whom 16 were soldiers of the 153
Brigade of the OZ Llap of KLA, were reburied. They are as follows: brothers
Sefedin (1975) and Burim Ilaz Vitia (1980), Ali Vesel Vitia (1960), Besim
Isë Vitia (1969), Lutë Shaban Vitia (1976), Demir Brahim Vitia
(1979), Afrim Avdi Vitia (1981), Shaip Rizah Pacolli (1950), Baki Salih
Pacolli (1955), Nezir Mustafë Pacolli (1955), Nazmi Qerim Pacolli,
Rrahim Azem Gërbeshi (1966), Shabi Avdush Gërbeshi (1971), Rrahman
Hazir Murati (1947), Ziaver Ali Vllasaliu (1972) and Feti Jahir Haxholli
(1975); whereas 13 were civilians: Latif Vitia, Qamile Vitia, Arife Vitia,
Tahir Vitia, Faik Vitia, Nazmi Canolli, Halil Canolli, Shaban Canolli,
Enver Pacolli, Halime Pacolli, Bejtullah Metolli, Hafize Spanca and Fejzë
Isufi.
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In Vërmica (Malisheva), Sadbere Gashi, killed during the Serbian shelling
in the end of March while fleeing with her family in a tractor, was reburied.
21
November. – In Kamenica, 10 KLA soldiers, killed by Serbian forces during
the month of April, 9 of whom from the Kamenica municipality, were reburied
– brothers Sabri (1975) and Driton Krivaça (1977), Agush Isufi (1971),
Besnik Maroca (1975) and Musli Imeri (1976) from Kamenica; Ramadan Kastrati
(1958) from Karaçeva, Rafet Isufi (1964) Avdi Xhiçku (1971)
from Hogosht and Xhelal Sopi (1979) from Petrit (Petrovc) as well as Shemsi
Isufi (1965) from Rahovica (Presheva).
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In Stanoc i Epërm (Vushtrri), the following were reburied: Ibrahim
Arif Prronaj and his son Afrim, Qazim Azem Prronaj, Myrvete Behxhet Haradinaj
and Merita Emini – Haradinaj – all from the same village, killed by Serbian
forces on 28 April in Dumnicë e Epërme (Vushtrri).
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In Dubovik (Deçan), Mujë Hasan Gërvalla, a KLA soldier,
killed during the clashes reburied.
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The corpse of Dibran Rrahimi (50) from Dobratin was found in the house
yard of Basri Hoti in Bradash (Podujeva); whereas the bones of Hamdi Maçastena
(60) from Katunishta were found in the Perani field. He was identified
according to his personal document found in the vicinity of the spot. Dibran
and Hamdi were killed by Serbian forces in March this year.
RAHOVEC: Several days ago, the corpse of Xhemajli Gashi from Hoça e Vogël , a KLA soldier, killed by Serbian forces on 26 March, was found in the Izbishta mountain.
Wounding
PODUJEVA: On 19 November, in Merdar, along the border Kosova – Serbia, Miftar Hyseni (1975) from Kaçanoll got wounded while cutting timbers in the woods. He got wounded due to fire shots from Serbia.
Ill-treatment, attacks, provocations
MITROVICA: On 15 November, at about 17.00, in
the vicinity of the Technical Secondary School in the northern part of
the town, a group of Serbs (for the fifth time within the month) attacked
the spouses Fejzullah Xhevat Qorolli (48) and Hamjete Shefqet Qorolli (40)
and their children Fidan (16), Arta (14) and Agon (7) from “Ibri” quarter,
while they were on their way home. Fejzullah and Hamjete were waiting for
their children to come back from school, which is in the southern part
of the town. In most of the cases, Serbian hooligans are led by Dushko
and his son Dragan Shilikoviq and Slavko Mandiq with his son.
On
17 November, at about 13,00, at the same place, a group of Serbs led by
former postmen Milija Spasojeviq and Lubisha NN, beat Rushit Isuf Kelmendi
(65), a pensioner, and his nephew Berat Isuf Kelmendi (7), a pupil with
the “Muharrem Bekteshi” Primary School.
On
20 November, at about 13.00, a group of Serbs from the northern part of
the town attempted to get through to the southern part, but were prevented
from French soldiers to cross the bridge on the Ibri River. Many were injured
from the thrown stones. The situation was calmed after an hour.
On
22 November, in the afternoon, in the northern part of Mitrovica Serbian
paramilitaries Zharko Kosovac, Aca Kompiroviq – Qips, Voja Ivkoviq, Nenad
Otasheviq, Slavko Otasheviq, Sërgjan Vuleviq from Zubin-Potok and
many others gathered in the shop owned by the paramilitary Mirçe
Bishevac and chose the paramilitary Dragan Delibashiq, former traffic warden
in Mitrovica, as their leader. Dragolub Radeviq, deputy of the former commander
in chief in Vushtrri, Vuçina Janiqijeviq, arrived in town by car
with Ulqin plates.
VUSHTRRI: On 15 November, in the morning, an unidentified person threw a bomb in the “Kvalitet” butchery, owned by Avdush Çizmolli, a hashkali.
GJAKOVA: On 16 November, in the evening, 6 armed and masked plunderers looted DM 2000 and an amount of gold in the house of Jeton Ziu in the “Orize” quarters in Gjakova, where they demolished different things. Due to the effective intervention of the members of the Brigade 137 of TMK in Gjakova, 4 plunderers were caught, whereas the other two are still on the run.
PEJA: On 17 November, in the evening, armed and masked persons went into the premises of the Bakery in Peja, ill-treated the workers, asked for the keys of the cars parked in the yard in order to loot them and while withdrawing they opened fire. The very same evening, in the vicinity of the Katundi i Ri, armed persons beat Xhevdet Mustafë Shemaj and took DM 100 from him.
KAÇANIK: On 19 November, due to the blast of a hand grenade in the house of Asllan Koraçi in Kaçanik, which grenade was hidden in the coat of Bekim Halim Loku (19) from Varosh (Ferizaj), the following were wounded: Asllan Koraçi (58), Vahide Koraçi (54), Fejzullah Kemal Kyçyku (11) and Bekim himself, who is in a critical situation.
PODUJEVA: On 21 November, a mine exploded in the vicinity of Përpellac, on the border Kosova-Serbia, two Serbian policemen were killed and 6 others were wounded.
PRESHEVA: On 21 November, Serbian police stopped the team of Swiss TV (Abraham Zijadis and two others) even though it has permit to stay 7 days. They were accompanied by cameramen of the Royter agency.
The prisoners and prisons
On
18 November, 31 Albanian prisoners were released from the prisons of Pozharevc,
Zajeçar and Leskovc (Serbia). The following were released from the
prison of Pozharevc: Zejnullah Ajet Qorri (1982) and Jeton Bajram Heta
(1983) – Gllogoc; Fehmi Sylë Murtezi (1981), Sabri Bislim Musliu (1984)
and Musli Sejdi Shemsiu (1985) – Shtrubullova; Kushtrim Qerim Adilaj (1983)
and Faton Zemë Halilaj (1985) – Tërdec; Ekrem Xhafer Nebihu (1983)
and Albert Kamer Nebihu (1984) – Domanek; Hazir Hajrullah Topalli (1982)
and Ramë Ahmet Topalli (1985) – Bainca; Brahim Deli Asllani (1981)
and Haxhi Feriz Haxhijaj (1983) – Çikatovë e Re; Sali Gani
Hoxha (1982) – Krajkova, Muhamet Sherif Arllati (1983) – Tërstenik
and Elmaz Shefqet Elshani (1984) – Gllobar (Gllogoc) and Skënder Riza
Shabaj (1967) – Nabërgjan (Peja), Flamur Sali Ramaj (1981) – Cerovik
(Klina), Jeset Alush Hoti (1983) – Marina (Skënderaj) and Skënder
Enver Gashi (1984) – Lummadh (Vushtrri). The following were released from
the prison of Zajeçar: Aziz Mehmet Zeqaj (1978) – Peja; Xhavit Musë
Dreshaj (1971), Avdyl Mahmut Hysaj (1961) and Arif Cafë Husaj (1958)
– Nabërgjan; Faruk Azem Kelmendi (1977) – Ruhot and Musli Qazim Berisha
(1964) – Gllaviçica (Peja) and Xhemë Elez Mavraj (1963), Rizah
Rrustem Mavraj (1967) and Fadil Smajl Berisha (1966) – Saradran (Istog).
The following were released from the prison of
Leskovc: Idriz Zekë Blakaj (1942) – Jabllanica e Vogël (Peja)
and Xhemë Rexhep Berisha (1952) – Saradran (Istog).
On
20 November, Sali Rexhep Sokoli (1951), a former technical worker with
the MUP, was released from the prison of Mitrovica e Sremit (Vojvodina),
after serving his sentence of 5 years.
KFOR intervention
VITI: On 17 November, at about 18.00, about 50 KFOR soldiers surrounded the Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation in Banja e Kllokotit, intervened in the premises of the Centre and checked them and the rooms and the beds of the ill people. The pretext is unknown. The behaviour of the soldiers was very rude; they did not have any consideration for the ill people. The next day, the people in charge of the Banja and the Centre demanded explanations from the KFOR, but they did not get any response. All this was made silent by the people in charge of KFOR, even though this is the third time within a month that KFOR forces intervene in this way in the Centre.
FERIZAJ: On 18 November, Isa Syla, Hyzri Delolli and Shefqet Jashari, workers with the District Council in Ferizaj, were arrested in their offices by the KFOR forces and UNMIK police. They were released after 7 hours.
MALISHEVA: On 20 November, at about 14.00, in Mirusha, an armoured car of the KFOR Russian soldiers stopped and they turned their weapons towards the pupils – Besiana Morina (13), Lendita Morina (14), Igballe Morina (14) and Valentina Kilaj (14), all of them from Lubizhda, who were on their way back home from the English classes in Malisheva.
MITROVICA: On 21 November, at about 16.20, in the vicinity of the water supply in Shipol, 7 KFOR French soldiers ill-treated many Albanian citizens, among whom women and children. They took them out of the cars and lined them up to the fence while they checked the cars and passengers. At the same time, they ordered members of the Sub-CDHRF to continue their trip and not to stop there.
KAMENICA: On 22 November, members of the KFOR removed the Albanian flag from the Cultural House in Kamenica, took it and never returned it. A day before, the workers with the Cultural House raised the flag at half-mast as a tribute to the national heroes who were reburied that day.
Facts on the war criminals
FUSHË-KOSOVA: On 19 November, in a meeting of the Sub-CDHRF in Fushë-Kosova and the Centre for Peace and Tolerance in the premises of the OSCE in Fushë-Kosova, the representative of the Centre made some remarks regarding the Serbian workers with the OSCE. She mentioned Rade Knezheviq from Rashka (Serbia), who is a suspect for participating in the burning and looting the houses and wealth of the Albanians in Fushë-Kosova.
Delayed information:
PRISHTINA:
According to the statement of Agron J. Jaha (1963), Dragodan quarter, on
19 October, UNMIK police, while searching for the house of the owner of
the Tourist Agency “Selo Tours”, went into his house and demolished and
broke the front door, some windows and doors of the rooms and ill-treated
his family members – mainly women and children. In the end, they apologised
for mistaking the house.
PRISHTINA:
These days, a group of criminals was caught. They were dealing with the
looting of cars, threatening people and kidnapping the Albanian young women,
which were taken to Italy for prostitution via Albania. The gang was operating
in the region along the road Mitrovica-Millosheva, along the road Millosheva-Besi,
along the road Besi-Podujeva, as well as in Podujeva. Ten of them (one
is an Albanian citizen) were caught on the road Besi-Podujeva while they
were trying to kidnap a young girl. 11 other criminals are on the run.
MITROVICA: On 13 November, at about 16.00, in “Ibri” quarter, in the vicinity of the Mining Faculty, a group of Serbs attacked Bejtullah Sherif Beshiri (83), while he was on his way back home, and beat him until he fainted. This is the third attack of the Serbs against Bejtullah.
Prishtina, 21 November 1999 Information Service
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