[Kcc-News] 1. All Albanian Prisoners In Serbs Jail Must Return to Kosova, says Nekibe Kelmendi; 2. Residents of Kodra e Minatoreve in Mitrovica say They Live under House Arrest

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1. All Albanian Prisoners In Serbs Jail Must Return to Kosova, says Nekibe
   Kelmendi
2. Residents of Kodra e Minatoreve in Mitrovica say They Live under House
   Arrest

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KosovaLive April 25, 2001
http://kosovalive.com/english/25_04_2001_1-am.htm

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All Albanian Prisoners In Serbs Jail Must Return to Kosova, says Nekibe Kelmendi

April 25, 2001
PRISHTINA (KosovaLive)- The freeing of Albanian prisoners from Serb
jails is an act of contrition by the Serb judicial system, said an
official from Justice Department of Kosova.
    "Though late in freeing the 143 prisoners from Gjakova, this is an
act of contrition by the Serb court for holding them so long in prison,"
said the Co-Head of the Justice Department, Nekibe Kelmendi, for
KosovaLive.
    She said that their release was not freedom from prison but the
returning of hostages to their homes.
    Some 281 Albanians are still in Serb jails, while the fate of 3,525
persons is unknown. (bb)

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2.
Residents of Kodra e Minatoreve in Mitrovica say They Live under House
Arrest

April 25, 2001
MITROVICA (KosovaLive) - The Organizational Committee of the Kodra e
Trimave Albanian neighborhood in northern Mitrovica said Wednesday that
residents are under a complete blockade, which resembles house arrest.
    According to the Committee, life under current conditions is very
difficult, as the neighborhood is separated from all normal flows of
traffic. The situation is very serious because public transportation is
not functioning and residents cannot get to the southern part of the
city. Workers are unable to go to work, students to school in southern
Mitrovica, and the ill to obtain medical assistance.
    There is no way out even for people in need of emergency medical
treatment because no one is able to take them to the other side of the
city. The life of the Albanian residents of the neighborhood is also
difficult due to the problem of basic food supplies. There is only one
shop, which is already empty and cannot be restocked because of
blockades on the roads. Even humanitarian organizations have been unable
to deliver food for the last two and a half months.
    The Albanian neighborhood committee appealed to all humanitarian
organizations and donors to help provide basic foodstuffs. (hm)