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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".
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, [327] [328] numbering an estimated 20,000. [329] The crimes of rape by the Serb military, paramilitary and police amounted to crimes against humanity and a war crime of torture ...
The Krusha massacres (Albanian: Masakra e Krushës së Madhe dhe Krushës së Vogël, Serbian: Масакр у Великој и Малој Круши, romanized: Masakr u Velikoj i Maloj Kruši) were two massacres that took place during the Kosovo War on the afternoon of 25 March 1999, the day after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia began, near Rahovec, Kosovo.
There were 48 victims of the Suva Reka massacre, including fourteen who were under 15 years old. Forty-six were members of the Berisha family - who were targeted because they had rented one of their homes to the OSCE observers in Suva Reke/Suharekë, who provided a sense of security to the local Albanians but withdrew from the area when NATO ...
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. ... It was the first time appeals judges have ruled on a war crimes verdict by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, as the tribunal is formally known ...
A battle between police and armed men holed up in a monastery turned a quiet village in northern Kosovo into a war zone, residents and police said on Wednesday, in the first accounts at the scene ...
War crimes witnesses to the Kosovo War (1998–99) have been victims to threats, violence, and murder. Those who spoke out about the abuses of their side in the conflict were seen as traitors to their community, and therefore, only a few became witnesses in war crime trials. [ 1 ]
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 ...