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It is dedicated to the female victims of sexual violence during the Kosovo War Widespread rape and sexual violence occurred during the conflict and the majority of victims were Kosovo Albanian women. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] In 2000, Human Rights Watch documented 96 cases while adding that "it is likely that the number is much higher".
Podujevo massacre Location Podujevë, Kosovo, Yugoslavia Date 28 March 1999 (Central European Time) Target Kosovo Albanians Attack type Massacre Deaths 14 civilians, including women, children and the elderly Injured 5 Perpetrators Special Anti-Terrorism Unit, Scorpions The Podujevo massacre is the name generally used to refer to the killing of 14 Kosovo Albanian civilians, mostly women and ...
The Gornje Obrinje Massacre (Albanian: Masakra në Abri të Epërme, Serbian: Masakr u Gornjem Obrinju) refers to the killing of 35 Kosovo Albanians, in a forest outside the village of Donje Obrinje on 26 September 1998 by Serbian Police Forces during the Kosovo War. Among the victims were women and children.
Widespread rape and sexual violence by the Serbian army, police and paramilitaries occurred during the conflict and the majority of victims were Kosovo Albanian women, [325] [326] numbering an estimated 20,000. [327] The crimes of rape by the Serb military, paramilitary and police amounted to crimes against humanity and a war crime of torture ...
The Pastasel massacre was a mass execution of 106 Kosovo Albanian civilians during the Kosovo war, which took place on 31 March 1999.Serbian forces surrounded the village and upon entering they expelled the women to Albania whilst they gathered the males and summarily executed them.
Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo (Human Right Watch) ICTY: Indictment of Milutinović et al., "Kosovo", September 5 2002; Report of the UN Secretary-General, January 31, 1999; Photographic Evidence of Kosovo Genocide and Conflict; SERBIAN MASSACRES BEFORE NATO AIRSTRIKES; Kosovo Genocide: Massacres; The Kosovo Cover-Up; Kosovo massacre trial
In 1990, Kosovo's autonomy within Yugoslavia was revoked. [3] Soon after, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was formed to fight the Yugoslav establishment. [4] After a string of minor attacks, the KLA's mission became much more aggressive, [5] which led to them claiming areas that were key to Serbia's fuel-supply, near the town of Orahovac.
The victims were pulled from refugee convoys at a checkpoint in Meja and their families were ordered to proceed to Albania. Men and boys were separated and then executed by the road. [7] [8] It is one of the largest massacres in the Kosovo War. [9] Many of the bodies of the victims were found in the Batajnica mass graves.