[ALBSA-Info] HRW Report and reactions

[Agron Alibali]

Below are some reactions to the HRW report on Kosova, which can be found at:http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/10/kosovo1026.htm

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The Calgary Sun 

October 29, 2001 Monday, Final Edition 
News; Pg. 28 

REPORT IRKS YUGOSLAV CHIEF 

AP 

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia 

BODY: 
Yugoslavia's top general denounced as "idiotic ranting" a report by a U.S. human rights group that accuses him of a leading role in the systematic killings of thousands of ethnic Albanians during the Kosovo conflict, a news agency reported yesterday. 

Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic called the report "unfounded gossip and calculations," the work of people "who suffer from an inferiority complex," the private FoNet news agency reported. Human Rights Watch says it has collected detailed evidence to prove that the deaths of up to 10,000 ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo conflict were part of a carefully planned campaign of terror engineered by former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and his associates. 

The group's 593-page report -- Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo -- was released Friday. 

The report said the "extent and the systematic nature" of the killings leave no doubt that Serbian and Yugoslav leaders were aware of them, "despite their public denials." 

It singled out three officials who still hold important positions in Yugoslavia: Pavkovic, the army's chief of staff; Sreten Lukic, a senior Serb police official; and Milan Milutinovic, the president of the Serbia. 



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