[A-PAL] Milosevic on Trial at The Hague, witnesses from Dubrava Massacre

[kosova at jps.net]

Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List -- Prisoner Pals Newsletter
January 18, 2002

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A-PAL STATEMENT:
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163 Kosovar, Albanian prisoners still remain in Serbian prisons, regardless
of the transfer agreement of November 5, 2001.

According to UNMIK officials, some progress toward their transfer is being
made.  Nevertheless, Milosevic’s trial in The Hague, expected to begin
around February 14, 2002, may begin with survivors of the Dubrava prison
massacre - still imprisoned in Serbia. Included here is a summary of the
Dubrava indictment with a few names of those killed (listed below).

The Serbs knew that the site [Dubrava prison] would be bombed, the target
being a military storage facility.  Over eight-hundred (800) Albanian
prisoners were brought to Dubrava from all over Yugoslavia and Kosova.  The
prisoners were ALL gathered together and positioned in the center yard when
NATO bombed Dubrava on the 19th and 20th of May 1999.  However,
approximately 23 of the 800 Albanians were killed by the NATO bombs. So the
massacre, to exterminate all the prisoners, was planned and carried out - as
described briefly below. The survivors of this massacre were taken to Lipjan
prison and then to Serbia on June 10.

Those who survived have shrapnel wounds, grenade wounds, bullets inside
their bodies, broken bones, and amputations from this massacre. UNMIK has no
funds to help them with the necessary reconstructive surgery.  AND despite
all this - they are still detained as prisoners.

The 163 remaining prisoners should all be transferred to UNMIK’s
jurisdiction before the Milosevic trial begins. Their torture and inhumane
treatment should well have ended by now. The current regime in Belgrade
should not be allowed any further excuses or opportunity to continue
carrying out plans put in place during the Milosevic regime.


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Milosevic's Indictment at the Hague
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    Kosova :Counts 3-4 MURDER:66k.
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"On or about 22 May 1999, in the early morning hours, a uniformed person in
the Dubrava/Dubrave Prison complex (Istok/Istog municipality) announced from
a watchtower that all prisoners were to gather their personal belongings and
line up on the sports field at the prison complex for transfer to the prison
in Nis, Serbia. Within a very short time, hundreds of prisoners had gathered
at the sports field with bags of personal belongings and lined up in rows to
await transport. Without warning, uniformed persona opened fire on the
prisoners from the watchtower, from holes in the perimeter wall and from gun
emplacements beyond the wall. Many prisoners were killed outright and others
wounded.

(i)On or about 23 May 1999, in the afternoon, forces of the FRY and Serbia
threw grenades and shot into the drains, sewers, buildings and basements,
killing and wounding many additional prisoners who had sought refuge in
those locations after the events of the previous day. Altogether,
approximately 50 prisoners were killed.(Many of the murdered prisoners
remain unidentified , however, the names of those persons who are known to
have been killed are set forth in Schedule J, which is attached as an
appendix to this indictment."

Schedule J: PERSONS KNOWN BY NAME KILLED AT DUBRAVA/DUBRAVE PRISON -22 to 23

May 1999:

   Name                          Sex
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ADEMAJ , HYSEN                   MALE
AGUSHI ,ZAHIR                    MALE
AZEMI, XHEVET                    MALE
BRAHMI, SAHIT                    MALE
BISTRICA , XHEVDET               MALE
DOMONAGA, ILIR                   MALE
ELSHANI, AGIM                    MALE
GASHI , AVNI                     MALE
GJINI,GJON                       MALE
GUTA ,NAPOLON                    MALE
GUTA ,MUHEDIN                    MALE
HASAN RAMAJ, ZEKE                MALE
(KCIRAJ),ZEF                     MALE
KRASNIQI, JANUZ                  MALE
LEKAJ,GANI                       MALE
MEMIJA,RAMIZ                     MALE
MULAJ,METE                       MALE
NIKOLL BIBAJ,VALENTIN            MALE
PAQARIZI,BESIM                   MALE
PROJAGJI,LUSH                    MALE
QAMPUZ,BASHKIM                   MALE
ZOSJA, SHABAN                    MALE
RAMUSHI , ZAHIR                  MALE
SPAHIA, FEJZE                    MALE
SYLAJ, DERVISH                   MALE
TAFILAJ, MUSE                    MALE

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