[Kcc-News] Kosova COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: Weekly Report #474:

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KËSHILLI PËR MBROJTJEN E TË DREJTAVE E TË LIRIVE TË NJERIUT
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Report 474

On the situation of the human rights and freedoms in Kosova  from December
1 until December 5, 1999

During the first five days of the month of December, 9 citizens were killed,
of whom 5 were Serbs, 3 Albanians (one from mines), and one whose identity
could not be confirmed; 3 Albanians were wounded (2 from mines); an Albanian
lawyer was kidnapped (Teki Vokshi) and 5 cases of attempted kidnappings of
Albanian girls were reported in Podujeva. The corpses of 25 KLA soldiers and
of 6 Albanian civilians (who were killed by the Serbian forces) were
re-buried. The corpses of 5 Albanian citizens were exhumed.

According to the UNMIK police, during the previous week (November
29-December 5), 22 citizens were killed, of whom 10 were Albanians, 6 Serbs,
1 Bosniac and 5 persons whose identity could not be confirmed. 28 houses
were burned. 79 cases of robbery and 69 arrests were reported.


Killings

December 2 – According to the KFOR spokesperson the corpse of an
unidentified male was found 8 km to the West of Prishtina.

December 3 – 2 Serbs were killed in the vicinity of Hoça e Madhe (a village
inhabited by Serbs near Rahovec).

	- A Serb woman was killed in an explosion in Kamenica. The house was
destroyed in the explosion. Her husband and her son were wounded.

December 5 – at 10 a.m., the corpses of two Albanian youngsters (who were
killed by fire arms) were found in Prishtina. Later on, the two were
identified as Xhevat Jashari (1976) and Isuf Halimi (1980), from the village
of Breca near Podujeva, former soldiers of the “Shaban Shala” 152 Brigade of
the Llapi operational zone.
	- The corpse of an unidentified Serb was found in the vicinity of the hotel
in the village of Zhegovc near Gjilan. Unidentified persons had kidnapped
the victim, two days before.
	- A Serb (56) was found killed in front of his house in the vicinity of
Ferizaj. The victim was shot 4 times on his chest.

Mass graves, reburials-the identification of the killed

December 2 – The following 19 KLA soldiers (who were killed by Serb forces)
were re-buried at the cemetery in the “Lagja e Muhaxherëve” quarter in
Prishtina: brothers Albert (1983) and Agron Ismet Rama (1969) as well as
Faruk Izet Rama (1976) – from the village of Shkabaj; Dalip Hajrullah
Alshiqi (1950), Behxhet Musli Brajshori (1961) and Besim Ragip Berisha
(1976) – from Sharban; Isuf Zeqir Ferizi (1951) and Sylejman Nazmi Jashari
(1980) – from Prapashtica; Januz Zeneli (1955) – from Ballaban, Enver Shahin
Berisha (1970) – from Siçeva, Florim Shaip Imeri (1976) – from Zllatar,
Selim Bislimi (1976) – from Keqekolla, Sokol Mustafë Sopi (1977) – from
Prishtina and  Fadil Mehmet Balaj (1979) – from Rimanishta (Prishtina), Isa
Sabit Kastrati (1947) – from Kamenica and Hajrullah Sylejman Abdullahu
(1941) – from Krilevë (Kamenicë) as well as Ziaver Ali Vllasaliu (1972) –
from Vllasalia (Novobërdë), Ferid Curri (1978) – from Mazgit (Obiliq) and
Naser Zeqir Sekiraça (1978) – from Fushë-Kosova.

December 3 -  3 KLA soldiers were reburied in the village of Shipol near
Mitrovica - Bajram Xhafer Musa (1980) from Bajgora, Asllan Ramadan Cimili
(1972) from Melenica and Ahmet Ibish Haxha (1971) from Magjera.

- 6 Albanians were reburied in the village of Mazhiq near Mitrovica: Shahin
Muharrem Ademi (1949) and his twin sons Fadil and Shkëlqim (1980) from
Rashan; brothers Veton (1977) and Elmaz Mustafë Peci (1964) from Rahova and
Xhevdet Mexhit Ahmeti (1982) from Mazhiq. Until a few days ago, the above
mentioned were considered missing.

- The following were reburied in the village of Stanoc near Vushtrria:
Shemsi Xhafer Istrefi - Shemi (1977) from Vushtrria, Rrustem Nezir Hyseni -
Rrusta (1972) from Gumnishta and Enver Istref Musa - Divi (1971) – soldiers
of the “Mehë Uka” 141 Brigade of the Shala operational zone. The above
mentioned were killed in Melenica, on April 27.

- The corpse of Xheladin Salih Idrizi (74) from Fushë-Kosova (who was killed
by Serb paramilitaries in his house in Fushë Kosova, on April 13) was
exhumed from a grave in the village of Vragolia. It is believed that there
is another mass grave in the vicinity of the bridge over the Sitnica river,
between the villages of Vragolia and Kuzmin.

December 5 – On December 2, 4 corpses (3 males and a female) were exhumed
from a mass grave in the vicinity of the village of Bresje near Fushë
Kosova. The corpses were taken to the Forensic Institute of the Prishtina
Hospital. The other corpses buried in this mass grave will be exhumed during
the next 4 days.

Killings and woundings

DEÇAN: On December 2, at about 10 a.m., Isuf Smajl Lokaj (51) from the
village of Lumbardh, stepped on a land mine and was killed.

GJAKOVA: On December 3, at about 9.30 a.m., 2 persons were heavily wounded
when their tractor hit an unexploded bomb.

Woundings

GJAKOVA: On December 5, at about 5 p.m., Jeton Gola opened fire towards
Vëllaznim Arif Podrima. The latter was heavily wounded and in a deteriorated
health condition was taken to the Prishtina Hospital.

Disappearances and kidnappings

PRISHTINA: On December 3, at about 4.30 p.m., Teki Bokshi from Gjakova, a
lawyer of the Humanitarian Law Fund, was kidnapped 20 km from Belgrade. Mr.
Bokshi was returning from the prison in Sremska Mitrovica, where he had
visited the Albanian prisoners from Kosova. Mustafë Radoniqi and Ibish Hoti,
lawyers from Peja, were stopped for several hours and then allowed to
continue their way to Kosova.

PODUJEVA: On December 3, in the vicinity of the Technical Secondary School
in Podujeva, a group of men tried to kidnap 4 girls. The next day, on
December 4, at about 9 p.m., in the vicinity of the Podujeva Hospital,
unidentified persons, who came out of a car, tried to kidnap a girl.

Ill-treatments, attacks, provocations

PRIZREN: On December 1, in the evening hours, some 30 graves were damaged
in the Catholic Cemetery in Prizren, including that of bishop Nikë Prela and
Dom Nikollë Mini.

KAMENICA: On December 2, Serb locals from the village of Graçanica near
Prishtina threw stones on the “Alp-Comerci” bus from the village of Hodonoc,
traveling between Prishtina and Gjilan. 2 Swedish soldiers, who happened to
be in the bus, caught two of the assaulters. At 2 p.m., the very same
happened to the “Kosovatransi” bus from Gjilan. At 4.30 p.m., the
“Kosovatransi” bus from Kamenica was attacked at the very same place. Its
windows were broken.

On December 3, Serb locals from Graçanica (carrying axes, hammers and metal
bars) tried to stop an Albanian from Bujanoc, while driving through the
village. The car was badly damaged. At 12.40 p.m., some 200 Serbs threw
stones on the bus of the “Përparimi” Travel Agency (owned by Ramadan
Morina). The bus was badly damaged.

PRISHTINA: On December 2, at 7 p.m., fire was opened on the car driven by
Musa Hoxha, a physician. Musa was attacked while driving through the village
of Graçanica (inhabited by Serbs). Musa stated that he had reported the case
to KFOR soldiers. Yet, no measures were undertaken.

MITROVICA: On December 3, at about 4.30 p.m., a car was stopped by a group
of Serbs in the vicinity of the place called Polet. Two Albanian women, who
were in the car, were threatened. The women were saved by a KFOR patrol and
by the UNMIK police who escorted them home. Among the policemen, there was a
Serb cadet of the Kosova Police Service. The policeman tried to help the
attacked women but was beaten by a group of Serbs. The policeman was saved
by an UNMIK police officer who fired his gun in the air. The very same day,
three Serbs beat an Albanian. Another group of Serbs beat an Albanian woman.
On December 5, at 2 p.m., a group of Serb hooligans aged between 13-14
physically ill treated Francika Palush Kelaj (38) and Monika Zef Gjoka (16),
from the “Kodra e Minatorëve” quarter. The attack occurred in the vicinity
of the Ibri bridge and in the presence of French soldiers. At the very same
place, a group of Serb hooligans, led by paramilitaries Dushko Shilikoviq
and Slavko Mandiq, severely ill treated and threatened Habib Imer Hetemi
(70), Hajrullah Ajet Azemi (65) and Shaip Aziz Zhilivoda (58), from the
“Ibri’ quarter. The incident happened at about 3.30 p.m. The very same day,
a shop in the southern part of Mitrovica caught fire. Later on, the fire
spread to two neighboring shops (owned by Albanians).

DEÇAN: According to KFOR sources, on December 3, at about 11.30 p.m.,
unidentified armed persons through a hand grenade on the offices of the LDK
branch in Deçan. The offices were badly damaged. According to local LDK
officials, first, automatic fire was opened and then two bombs were thrown.
Inventory as well as computers was damaged.

LIPJAN: On December 4, at about 6 p.m., two local Serbs from Lipjan (man and
wife) attacked Isuf Kelmendi, a teacher. The attack occurred between the old
bus station building and the “Ulpiana” Secondary School in Lipjan. Isuf was
saved by a group of pupils who caught the assaulters and handed them to the
Finnish soldiers.

GJAKOVA: Between December 4-5, an explosive device was thrown at the shop
owned by Agron Vula in the Mulla Jusufi quarter in Gjakova. Windows were
broken and extensive material damage was caused. Family members were
distressed.

MALISHEVA: Tahir Javori from the village of Llazica, stated to the
sub-CDHRF in Malisheva, that Russian soldiers stationed at the check-point
in the vicinity of his house, went into his house and damaged his property.
The soldiers looted firewood and opened automatic fire causing panic among
the children.

Prisoners

FERIZAJ: According to a lawyer from Mitrovica, who paid a visit to the
Albanian prisoners in Kraleva (Serbia), Murat Idriz Zeqiri from Ferizaj, who
was believed to be dead, is alive and in this prison.

KLINA: Xhevat Adem Desku (1970) from Klina was released from the prison in
Sremska Mitrovica. On May 22, he had been heavily wounded during the
massacre of the Serbian military and paramilitary forces over those
imprisoned in the prison of Dubrava. Xhevat stated that the following were
among those killed in the prison of Dubrava: Tefik Salihu (54) from Ferizaj,
Arsim Krasniqi from Prishtina, Januz Krasniqi from Prizren, Sejdi Spahiu
from the village of Kastriot near Skënderaj and Valentin Nikollë Bibaj from
Gjakova; Bedri Kokola from the village of Prejlep near Deçan and Sali
Kajtazi from Slivova near Gjilan, died due to being tortured in the prison
in Lipjan. Xhevat stated that the following are still being kept in
detention in Sremska Mitrovica: Sinan Tafilaj, Martin Zefi, Alban Shala and
Ndue Malota.

PEJA: Metë Isuf Ademaj (53) from the village of Raushiq, who was arrested
several months ago, was released from the prison in Pozharevac.

KFOR  interventions

MALISHEVA: Nasuf Rexhep Morina (1974) from the village of Krojmir near
Lipjan, member of the local police in Malisheva, was arrested by the UNMIK
police. A youngster had accused him of confiscating his firecrackers (with
which he disrupted public order).

Prishtina, December 5, 1999						

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