From etrit at alb-net.com Mon Oct 1 14:42:01 2001 From: etrit at alb-net.com (Etrit Bardhi) Date: Mon Oct 1 14:42:01 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] Prishtina Image from the satellite Message-ID: http://www.terraserver.com/image.asp?x=21.15677&y=42.66278&scale=13&theme=100&datetime=3/30/1998&zone=158&image_id={DE72EA47-7D38-4FD3-A3B4-EB7603E2333E} From imerprishtina at hotmail.com Tue Oct 2 11:15:01 2001 From: imerprishtina at hotmail.com (Imer Berisha) Date: Tue Oct 2 11:15:01 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] Ju lutem me heqni nga lista Message-ID: Per shkak se nuk kam qasje te rregullt ne internet ju lutem me heqni nga lista juaj. ju falemnderit Imer Berisha imerprishtina/at/hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp From mentor at alb-net.com Tue Oct 2 14:40:03 2001 From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana) Date: Tue Oct 2 14:40:03 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] [AMCC-News] Rebel Head in Macedonia Gives Order to Disband Message-ID: >>>>>>>>>>>>> PLEASE READ & DISTRIBUTE FURTHER <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< --------------------------------------------------------------------- Human Rights Violations in Macedonia http://www.alb-net.com/amcc/humanrights.htm Macedonian police brutality, abuse and massacres http://www.alb-net.com/amcc/abuse_violence.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ali Ahmeti, the political leader of the National Liberation Army, said he gave the order to disband at midnight on Wednesday, hours after NATO agreed with the Macedonian government on the mandate for a new task force to deploy here to keep the peace effort on track." "NATO has been particularly concerned about Macedonian Slav paramilitary groups that emerged a few weeks ago. They have been accused of starting firefights at night around several frontline villages and harassing ethnic Albanian villagers by day." "Arben Xhaferi, the leader of the main Albanian political party, said that if the Macedonian Slav parties tried to change a small part of the political agreement, then his party would reject the whole package." http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/28/international/europe/28MACE.html September 28, 2001 Rebel Head in Macedonia Gives Order to Disband By CARLOTTA GALL SIPKOVICA, Macedonia, Sept. 27 Ethnic Albanian rebels declared today that they have formally disbanded and are returning to civilian life, ending their eight-month insurgency for more rights in Macedonia. Ali Ahmeti, the political leader of the National Liberation Army, said he gave the order to disband at midnight on Wednesday, hours after NATO agreed with the Macedonian government on the mandate for a new task force to deploy here to keep the peace effort on track. Surrounded by former fighters, now all dressed in dark suits, Mr. Ahmeti was speaking in this mountain village in western Macedonia that has been his headquarters. In a conciliatory speech, he vowed to cooperate with the peace effort and said he was sure that with the help of the international community the ethnic Albanian minority and the Macedonian Slav majority could overcome all security problems. "We should not create conditions that could reactivate the National Liberation Army," he said. Despite the talk of peace, the potential for a resurgence of violence is very real. Sandbagged checkpoints on the roads in western Macedonia have been abandoned, and children play in the trenches and foxholes. But an invisible front line remains along with off-limits areas between government controlled and rebel-held territory. While the rebels have by all appearances handed in their weapons and disbanded, the Macedonian Parliament has yet to ratify the political agreement that would grant the Albanian minority in the country broader political rights. Nor has the government yet organized an amnesty for the rebel fighters as was promised during the peace negotiations. These final steps are expected to last at least another two weeks. NATO, meanwhile, is moving out. It has ended its 30-day mission to collect and destroy rebel weapons, and the first of its 4,500 troops began departing today. A new force of 1,000 troops will take over, but there are concerns that trouble may break out before the new force is ready. "The next two weeks are perhaps the most critical," a NATO spokesman said. "We need these guys right now on the ground," said Maki Shinohara, spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Skopje. "Numbers are not so important, but we want a very effective presence that would discourage people from taking up weapons for self-defense, and reduce the fear that is very real in these communities." NATO has been particularly concerned about Macedonian Slav paramilitary groups that emerged a few weeks ago. They have been accused of starting firefights at night around several frontline villages and harassing ethnic Albanian villagers by day. Their presence threatened to derail the rebel disarmament process until finally President Boris Trajkovski was persuaded to order their removal. NATO troops have swarmed into the area, and regular units of the Macedonian Army and police have taken over security of the Macedonian Slav villages, but these paramilitary groups are a potential danger, NATO troops say. Another potential danger is that former rebels admit that, while they have handed in most of their weapons, many have kept a side arm. Independent analysts estimate that the rebels have handed in only half of their weapons and can procure more on the black market. A member of Parliament, Nikola Popovski, argued that any flare-up of fighting would prove that NATO's weapons collection mission had been a failure. If so, he said, Parliament should not give final approval to the political agreement and thus effectively stop the peace process dead. Arben Xhaferi, the leader of the main Albanian political party, said that if the Macedonian Slav parties tried to change a small part of the political agreement, then his party would reject the whole package. The rebel leader, Mr. Ahmeti, said the Macedonians could not renege on the peace deal. "It would be the same as us asking for our broken and destroyed weapons back from NATO," he said. "You know it is not possible." In the next two weeks, the two most taxing issues will be the return of the displaced Macedonian Slavs to their homes in western Macedonia, and the re-entry of Macedonian police officers to the rebel-held areas. Macedonian legislators are insisting both happen soon, before the approval of the peace accord. ________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list visit: http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/amcc-news From ceyda at aricanli.net Tue Oct 2 14:40:23 2001 From: ceyda at aricanli.net (Ceyda Can) Date: Tue Oct 2 14:40:23 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] Looking for a Nanny in San Francisco Area Message-ID: Can anyone help me find a Kosovan nanny? I need an experienced babysitter or nanny for care of our 2+ mo baby. My grandparents are from Kosova-Prishtina area, and would love to get someone originally from there. Ideally the person should have following qualifications: - Must speak English or Turkish - Non-smoker, healthy and loving person - Location: Redwood City / San Francisco - California Please call Ceyda at (650) 631-7970 or email ceyda at aricanli.net Thank you for the help! Ceyda Can From Fdcleis at aol.com Wed Oct 3 14:52:01 2001 From: Fdcleis at aol.com (Fdcleis at aol.com) Date: Wed Oct 3 14:52:01 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] NEW BOOK ON KOSOVO Message-ID: No Place Like Home Echoes from Kosovo By Melanie Friend Current Events/Photography CONTACT: Fr?d?rique Delacoste In the U.S: (415) 575-4700 or FDCLEIS at aol.com Publication Dates: November 1, 2001 in U.S. November 15, 2001 in the U.K. "The power of No Place Like Home doesn?t come from obviously shocking pictures; the shock is the realization that these suddenly-changed and cancelled lives were once so like our own." ? GRANTA Midnight Editions is pleased to announce publication of No Place Like Home: Echoes from Kosovo. Through 75 color photographs and 50 accompanying personal testimonies, No Place Like Home offers an extraordinary insight into how history is lived by ordinary citizens. How do people persist with the chores of daily life, knowing that at any time their villages, or even their own homes, may be targeted for terror? How do they survive the murder of entire families? Or the hope of ever finding loved ones who have disappeared? How do they live in the landscapes where massacres took place?and reconcile the thirst for revenge with the need for peace of mind? These questions, which can be asked in the aftermath of any act of violence, are the subject of No Place Like Home: Echoes from Kosovo. British photojournalist Melanie Friend has covered the Balkans since 1989. Well before Kosovo began to make headlines, she was gripped by the region, whose autonomy was revoked by the government of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that same year. Friend became familiar with the tactics of the Serbian police, who spread fear through the predominantly Albanian Muslim population. Her visits were brief, often subject to surveillance and film confiscation. "Everyone had a story to tell, but it wasn?t always easy to find publishable newspaper photographs," Friend writes in the introduction to No Place Like Home. "Repression was hidden, dramatic visual images rare. Police frequently cordoned off whole villages in the aftermath of police raids and beatings. How could you visually represent fear and repression in picturesque villages where roadblocks and surveillance of foreigners? movements made it impossible to witness such events? I wanted to try a different strategy from straightforward photojournalism. I began photographing the rooms and gardens where police raids had taken place." Friend conducted taped interviews with the inhabitants of those rooms and gardens. In 1999, when thousands of Kosovo Albanians fled large-scale reprisals and killings of civilians by the Serbian police and paramilitaries in the wake of the NATO bombings, Friend traveled to Macedonia and interviewed refugees. "I knew I could not photograph nameless people crying as they streamed across the border on tractors, as in so many newspaper images I had seen. These pictures may have been necessary, but I could not bring myself to take them," she writes. Instead, Friend took dignified studio-style portraits of refugees. Later, when the refugees returned to Kosovo, she sought out and re-interviewed all the people she had met in the refugee camps in Macedonia. In some cases, she had only the name of a village for an address. She visited massacre sites in Recak, Lubizhde, and Celine, where Albanian survivors walked with her through beautiful landscapes, now haunted by the memories of those who were killed there. She also interviewed Serbs, Roma, Turks, and other minorities, who, fearing revenge killings, did not wish to be photographed for publication. Melanie Friend?s photographs and interviews span the past decade and offer a profound and original look at repression, war and its aftermath, and their effect on the lives of ordinary citizens. No Place Like Home not only "shows us the human particularity that lies within phrases such as ?ethnic conflict? and ?civil war? " (Ian Jack, Granta), "it enriches our knowledge of Kosovo and inspires deeper reflection about the wider Balkans"(Gabriel Partos, BBC World Service). ADVANCE PRAISE FOR NO PLACE LIKE HOME "Melanie Friend?s remarkable photographs and interviews show us the human particularity that lies within phrases such as ?ethnic conflict? and ?civil war? ? and help us understand how communal hatred and savagery can break out of (and into) the most peaceful field, the most ordinary living room, and what happens after it does. The power of her book doesn?t come from obviously shocking pictures; the shock is the realization that these suddenly-changed and cancelled lives were once so like our own." ? Ian Jack, GRANTA "Melanie Friend?s volume of photographs and accompanying personal testimonies provides an extraordinary insight into Kosovo?s turbulent recent history through the eyes of its ordinary people. Albanians, Serbs, Roma, Turks and Kosovo?s other ethnic communities tell their stories of suffering, flight, resistance, intolerance and comradeship against the backdrop of an often hostile political and social environment. The understated, even restrained imagery - portraits, homes and landscapes - is in sharp contrast with the atrocities chronicled by the victims or their close relatives and friends. It is a book that enriches our knowledge of Kosovo and inspires deeper reflection about the wider Balkans."?Gabriel Partos, BBC WORLD SERVICE "These are not war photographs in the way we would expect, but calm statements of witness, filled with a pathos which even the best of photojournalism could not hope to convey ." ? Val Williams, Curator, THE HASSELBLAD CENTER Melanie Friend?s work has appeared in NEWSWEEK, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, GRANTA, and MARIE CLAIRE among other publications. Her photographs of Kosovo have been exhibited at Camerawork, the National Portrait Gallery in London, The Houston Center for Photography, and are currently showing at the Hasselblad Center in Sweden. She lives in London. NO PLACE LIKE HOME: ECHOES FROM KOSOVO by Melanie Friend Current Events/Photography 75 Color Photos, 10x11, 160 pages, Midnight Editions. ISBN 1-57344-119-8 U.S. Price: $39.95 U.K. Price: 30 Pounds Sterling TO ORDER IN U.S. CALL 1-800-780-2279 or email:fdcleis at aol.com TO ORDER IN U.K. CALL 020-8829-3000 or email: orders at turnaround-uk.com From kosova at jps.net Thu Oct 11 15:51:00 2001 From: kosova at jps.net (kosova at jps.net) Date: Thu Oct 11 15:51:00 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] Food for Thought Message-ID: by: " George Carlin " The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less. We buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete. Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind. From mentor at alb-net.com Thu Oct 18 10:08:01 2001 From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana) Date: Thu Oct 18 10:08:01 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] War in Kosova (fwd) Message-ID: Contact Louisa directly (osbornlouisa at hotmail.com) if you can help her. -- Mentor ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:45:03 +0100 From: louisa osborn To: support at alb-net.com Subject: War in Kosova I would greatly appreciate some information concerning the war in Kosova, as my partner who is currently serving the Greek army, is being sent to Kosova in November. My greatest queries are naturally concerning the safety of the soldiers. Are they at great risk, or is their aim to promote peace, as opposed to violence? Moreover, are there areas of Kosova that are safe, for instance areas of torurism whereby visits will not incur danger. If you could please email me with any information of this specific nature, I would be extremely grateful. Thank you, Louisa Osborn From kosova at jps.net Wed Oct 24 17:56:01 2001 From: kosova at jps.net (kosova at jps.net) Date: Wed Oct 24 17:56:01 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] Milosevic & Terrorism - FW: A-PAL Statement 10/23/01 Message-ID: Albanian Prisoner Advocacy (A-PAL) October 23, 2001 A-PAL STATEMENT Defining the distressingly overused word "terrorism" is to try to climb a slippery slope. Who indeed are terrorists? The word Muslim linked to this label is an example of racial profiling we have absorbed over the years through our addiction to poorly thought-out news media. Using this irresponsible type of ethnic stereotyping, Milosevic arrested and tortured and even killed hundreds of Kosovar Albanians during the NATO war. 220 of these people are still in Serb prisons, sentenced to 10 or 15 or 20 year sentences by the artificial court system that the Serbs transported from Kosova into Serbia expressly for this purpose. Despite the fact that Serb officials and UNMIK reached a transfer agreement in September, 2001, in which these citizens of Kosova would be returned to the jurisdiction of UNMIK, nothing has happened. The Serb side continues to use these individuals as political pawns, linking their fate to any number of ever-changing political gripes with the West and with the cycle of violence in Kosova (example of the most recent assassinations provided below). Cleverly, then, the ongoing imprisonment of these men, charged without evidence as terrorists simply because of their ethnicity, becomes the "fault" of the West for failing to properly pacify other Serb demands. Yet no Western leaders have the courage to publicly state that this is what is happening as the months continue to roll by for these prisoners. Why? Because it would mean publicly asserting the jurisdiction of UNMIK and Serbs don't want to hear that. If the situation were reversed--if the Albanians had taken 2,300 Serbs from their homes in Serbia (most of the prisoners were arrested at home), took them across the border into Kosova, tortured them, killed more than 130 and tried them with artificially created courts, associated with their KLA enemies--and then detained them year after year while subjecting their anxious families to supply large bribes for their release--the international outcry would be enormous. Perhaps, even, Western aid would have been withdrawn from Kosova by now as punishment. But in Serbia, nothing has happened because of this situation other than infrequent reprimands and behind the scenes pressure. Western officials, Kosovar political leaders, and Serb government officials in Serbia, all need to adopt a uniform policy towards enforcing human rights, a policy consistent throughout the Balkans regardless of ethnicity. Instead, Serb leaders refuse to comment on the assassination of Albanian journalists. Albanian leaders refuse to comment on the assassination of any journalists. Western leaders comment usually on violence against Serbs but tolerate violence against Roma and Albanians. Perpetuating this type of justice-via-ethnicity philosophy is only to perpetuate a climate of divisiveness and violence, of reacting too late and too little to ever create a climate of fairness and tolerance. It is poverty, war, access to weapons, and crime unpunished that create "terrorists" (criminals who can act against a government to create an atmosphere of terror) not ethnicity. These conditions, as pointed out in a recent article by Misha Glenny, exist in abundance throughout the former Yugoslavia. And one grotesque example is the continued detention of the 220 Kosovar prisoners--condemned for acts they didn't commit by artificial courts created for the purpose of condemning them. This would be ludicrous if it weren't so sad. **************************************************************************** *** TRANSFER THE REMAINING 220 KOSOVAR PRISONERS TO THE JURISDICTION OF UNMIK NOW. CONDEMN THE PREVALENCE OF VIOLENT CRIMES IN ALL PARTS OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. **************************************************************************** *** ALERT - FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (KOSOVO) 22 October 2001 Journalist killed, another seriously wounded SOURCE: Reporters sans fronti?res (RSF), Paris (RSF/IFEX) - In a letter to Hans Haeckerup, the United Nations' administrator in Kosovo, RSF expressed its serious concern following the assassination of Bekim Kastrati, from the Albanian-language daily "Bota Sot", and the shooting of Rados Radonjic, an employee with the Serbian television station RTS, in Kosovo. "We ask that you do everything possible to establish the exact motives for these attacks and to punish those responsible," stated RSF Secretary-General Robert M?nard. According to information collected by RSF, Kastrati was killed in an ambush on 19 October 2001, in the town of Srbica (central Kosovo). Besim Dajaku, a member of moderate Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova's security detail, was also killed in the attack, and a third person was wounded. The three men had just participated in a demonstration in support of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), which was organised in the context of legislative elections slated for 17 November. The three men were returning to their homes when their vehicle was overtaken by a jeep, whose occupants opened fire on them with machine guns. The daily "Bota Sot" is considered to be close to Rugova's LDK. Rugova stated that the attack was "politically motivated," adding, "we consider this assassination to be an attack against the LDK, against Kosovo's institutions and against the UNMIK [United Nations Mission in Kosovo], as well as against press freedom." A few hours later, Radonjic was shot and seriously wounded at his home. The incident took place in Devet Jugovica (about ten kilometres north of Pristina), an isolated Serb village in Albanian territory where many inter-ethnic conflicts have erupted over the past two years. According to the Yugoslavian agency Tanjug, the journalist caught unknown individuals trying to steal his cattle. They opened fire on him as he was trying to intervene. For further information, contact Jean-Christophe Menet at RSF, 5, rue Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 84, fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51, e-mail: europe at rsf.fr, Internet: http://www.rsf.fr The information contained in this alert is the sole responsibility of RSF. In citing this material for broadcast or publication, please credit RSF. _________________________________________________________________ DISTRIBUTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION EXCHANGE (IFEX) CLEARING HOUSE 489 College Street, Toronto (ON) M6G 1A5 CANADA tel: +1 416 515 9622 fax: +1 416 515 7879 alerts e-mail: alerts at ifex.org general e-mail: ifex at ifex.org Internet site: http://www.ifex.org/ _____________________________________________ From dbein at bndlg.de Wed Oct 24 18:56:01 2001 From: dbein at bndlg.de (Divi Beineke) Date: Wed Oct 24 18:56:01 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] [RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW!] New letter! Message-ID: <3BD74680.FD90072F@bndlg.de> Betreff: [RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW!] New letter! Datum: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:10:40 +0200 Von: Divi Beineke Dear friends, we have a new example-letter for the email-action (see below). Please don?t let the prisoners, their families and friends down: continue to send emails as often as possible! http://www.dbein.bndlg.de/APP Many thanks for your support! Regards Divi Beineke -- EMAIL-ACTION: RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW! TE LIROHEN MENJEEERE TE BURGOSURIT! LASST JETZT DIE GEFANGENEN FREI! ODMAH OSLOBODITE ZATVORENIKE! http://www.dbein.bndlg.de/APP NEW LETTER: Subject: Please call to name a transferdate for the remaining Albanian prisoners in serb jails to UNMIK judicial system in Kosova! Dear Ladies and Sirs, on September 12, 2001 a transfer agreement was reached between UNMIK and the Serb government, regarding the Albanian prisoners. This was over one month ago. At that time, there were approximately 229 Albanian prisoners still unlawfully held in Serb prisons. Now, according to ICRC, there are 210 prisoners. Not much has changed. Protection of and respect for liberty and human rights has never been so much in the forefront of the news as during the past month. We urge you to keep this in mind for the Albanian prisoners and their beloved ones, too. Let their awful long time waiting come to an end and let them know, when they finally will be transferd to UNMIK judicial system. Thank you for your attention! Sincerely ... ... From naac at naac.org Tue Oct 30 23:29:22 2001 From: naac at naac.org (National Albanian American Council - NAAC) Date: Tue Oct 30 23:29:22 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] Senator Corzine Honorary Co-Chair of NAAC Message-ID: <00c001c15bf9$6a5eb320$0301010a@sokol> National Albanian American Council 1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 1201, Washington, DC 20006 481 8th Avenue, Suite 922, New York, NY 10001 Telephone: (202) 466-6900 Fax: (202) 466-5593 Web: www.naac.org Email: naac at naac.org ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release: October 23, 2001 Contact: Sokol Shtylla (202) 466-6900 PRESS RELEASE Senator Jon Corzine Joins NAAC as an Honorary Co-Chair Washington DC, October 23, 2001 - The National Albanian American Council issued the following statement announcing Senator Corzine as an Honorary Co-Chair of the organization. Senator Jon Corzine of New Jersey has joined the National Albanian American Council as an Honorary Co-Chair. Senator Corzine, who was recently elected to the US Senate, is a member of the Joint Economic Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, Budget, and the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Before being elected to the Senate, Mr. Corzine served as co-chairman and co-chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs. "We are pleased to welcome Senator Corzine to our organization as an Honorary Co-Chair," said Richard Lukaj, Chairman of NAAC. "We look forward to continuing our partnership with the Senator on issues that are important to Albanian-Americans such as the implementation of the peace agreement in Macedonia, as well as achieving independence for Kosova, economic and social development in Albania, and equal rights for Albanians in Serbia and Montenegro." Senator Corzine joins Congressmen Eliot Engel, Peter King, and Mark Kirk, and Congresswoman Sue Kelly, as Honorary Co-Chairs of the National Albanian American Council. 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Congresswoman Sue Kelly of New York has joined the National Albanian American Council as an Honorary Co-Chair. Over the years Congresswoman Kelly has worked closely with NAAC as an active member of the Congressional Albanian Issues Caucus. In 1999 she traveled with members of NAAC to France and met with Albanian representatives at the Rambouillet Peace Conference. Congresswoman Kelly was a firm supporter of the US-led military action to liberate Kosova from Milosevic's tyranny and spoke on numerous occasions on the floor of the House urging the American effort to help the people of Kosova in their fight for basic human rights and freedom. During the crisis in Macedonia, members of NAAC joined Congresswoman Kelly in a meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell. Together they urged the US government to remain involved in the peace process and to demonstrate leadership in order to guarantee a lasting peace in Macedonia. Shortly after that meeting, Ambassador James Pardew was appointed as the US Envoy to the peace talks in Macedonia. "It has been an honor to work with Congresswoman Kelly. Over the years she has shown true commitment to and leadership on Albanian issues," said Richard Lukaj, Chairman of NAAC. "It is with great pleasure that we welcome her as an Honorary Co-Chair of our organization. We look forward to further strengthening our joint efforts to bring lasting peace to the Balkans," concluded Lukaj. Congresswoman Kelly currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Congressional Albanian Issues Caucus. She joins Senator Jon Corzine and Congressmen Eliot Engel, Peter King, and Mark Kirk as Honorary Co-Chairs of the National Albanian American Council. 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Name: We'll never forget.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 16772 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.alb-net.com/pipermail/prishtina-e/attachments/20011030/a6c54546/attachment.pdf From mentor at alb-net.com Tue Oct 30 23:29:39 2001 From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana) Date: Tue Oct 30 23:29:39 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] [Kcc-News] In-Depth [HRW] Report Documents Milosevic Crimes: New Statistics Show Direction from Belgrade (fwd) Message-ID: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> READ & DISTRIBUTE FURTHER <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kosova Crisis Center (KCC) News Network: http://www.alb-net.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/10/kosovo1026.htm In-Depth Report Documents Milosevic Crimes New Statistics Show Direction from Belgrade "This report implicates the former leadership of Serbia and Yugoslavia in numerous atrocities. The 1999 Kosovo campaign was clearly coordinated from the top, and some of these people still hold important positions today." Elizabeth Andersen Executive Director Europe and Central Asia division (Pristina, Kosovo, October 26, 2001) Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and his inner circle of political and military leaders are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo, Human Rights Watch said today, three days before Milosevic's next hearing at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The 593-page report released today, "Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo," uses innovative statistical methods and comprehensive field research to document the torture, killings, rapes, and forced expulsions committed by forces under Milosevic's command against Kosovar Albanians between March 24 and June 12, 1999, the period of NATO's air campaign against Yugoslavia. More than 600 victims and witnesses of atrocities were interviewed for the report. "This report implicates the former leadership of Serbia and Yugoslavia in numerous atrocities," said Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and Central Asia division. "The 1999 Kosovo campaign was clearly coordinated from the top, and some of these people still hold important positions today." War crimes committed by Serbian and Yugoslav security forces did not occur in isolation, the Human Rights Watch report says. Three chapters of the report document abuses committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army, which abducted and murdered civilians during and after the war, as well as violations by NATO, which failed to minimize civilian casualties during its bombing of Yugoslavia. A background chapter analyzes Kosovo's recent history and the international community's failure to stop what is dubbed a "predictable conflict." "For a decade the international community tolerated human rights abuses in Kosovo in the name of regional stability," Andersen said. "This report stresses the importance of promoting human rights before a conflict erupts, as well as accountability for past abuses to halt the cycle of violence." "Under Orders" breaks new ground in the depth and breadth of its documentation, including detailed case studies of dozens of villages, a statistical analysis of the abuses, photographs of perpetrators, a strategic overview of the Belgrade government's offensive, and the organizational structure of the Serbian police and Yugoslav army, both controlled by Milosevic. A statistical analysis of executions in Kosovo, prepared in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), reveals the coordinated nature of the offensive. Three distinct waves of killings suggest the executions were not the result of random violence by government forces. Rather, "they were carefully planned and implemented operations that fit into the [Belgrade] government's strategic aims," the report concludes. Witness and survivor testimonies in village after village describe how Serbian and Yugoslav troops systematically burned homes, looted businesses, expelled civilians, and murdered those suspected of participating in or harboring the KLA, including some women and children. At some sites, witnesses reported that bodies were removed to conceal the crimes. This cover-up was apparently confirmed in 2001, when seven mass graves were discovered in Serbia proper containing the bodies of Kosovar Albanians. Rape and sexual violence were also components of the campaign, the report says, used to terrorize the civilian population, extort money from families, and push people to flee their homes. Human Rights Watch documented ninety-six cases of rape and sexual assault in Kosovo, although the total number of sexual assaults is certainly much higher. Human Rights Watch has urged the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to include rape charges in the indictment against Milosevic. A chapter entitled "Forces of the Conflict" details the various government troops involved in the conflict, as well as key members of the KLA. Important commanders in the Serbian police and Yugoslav Army, all listed in organizational diagrams, include: Gen. Dragoljub Ojdanic, former Chief of the Yugoslav Army General Staff Col. Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic, former head of the Yugoslav Army's Third Army Maj. Gen. Vladimir Lazarevic, former head of the Third Army's Pristina Corps Vlajko Stojiljkovic, former Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Col. Gen. Radomir Markovic, former head of Serbia's state security service (SDB) Col. Sreten Lukic, former head of Serbian police in Kosovo Col. Gen. Vlastimir Djordjevic, former head of Serbia's public security service (RJB) Lt. Gen. Obrad Stevanovic, former head of Serbia's police department Despite his direct involvement in the 1999 campaign, Nebojsa Pavkovic is currently chief of the Yugoslav Army General Staff. Sreten Lukic is currently chief of public security in the Serbian police. Ojdanic and Stojiljkovic, both indicted by the ICTY for crimes in Kosovo, are still at large, as are two other Kosovo-related indictees, Nikola Sainovic, former Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister, and Milan Milutinovic, still the President of Serbia. The report also documents violations by NATO and the KLA. NATO bombs killed approximately 500 Yugoslav civilians between March and June 1999, and NATO did not take adequate steps to minimize this number, the report concludes. NATO's use of cluster bombs, although halted in the course of the conflict, is also criticized in the report. Human Rights Watch also charged the KLA with committing serious abuses in 1998, in the course of fighting that led up to the NATO bombing. KLA abuses during this period included abductions and murders of Serbs and ethnic Albanians considered collaborators with the state. Elements of the KLA are also responsible for post-conflict attacks on Serbs, Roma, and other non-Albanians, as well as ethnic Albanian political rivals. As many as one thousand Serbs and Roma have been murdered or have gone missing since NATO bombing ceased on June 12, 1999. Criminal gangs or vengeful individuals may have been involved in some incidents since the war, but KLA members are clearly responsible for many of these crimes. By late-2000 more than 210,000 Serbs had fled Kosovo; most of them left in the first six weeks of the NATO deployment. Those who remain are concentrated in mono-ethnic enclaves. The international community's slow response after the bombing campaign is partially to blame for the post-war violence, the report concludes. The United Nations and NATO failed to take decisive action from the outset to curb the forced displacement and killings of Kosovo's non-ethnic Albanian population, which set a precedent for the post-war period. Two years after the war, a functioning judiciary system has not been established and an atmosphere of impunity persists. The report welcomes Milosevic's April 2001 arrest and his subsequent transfer to the ICTY. But Human Rights Watch urged further action by the Serbian authorities and the international community to hold accountable all those responsible for crimes committed during the war in Kosovo, as well as during the wars in other parts of the former Yugoslavia. "Holding Milosevic accountable is a first step," Andersen said. "But he is only one on a long list." The report "Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo" is available online at http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/kosovo/. The release, the table of contents, and the executive summary are available in Albanian at http://www.hrw.org/albanian/kosovo2001/kosovo1026-alb.htm and in The release, table of contents, and executive summary are available in Serbian at http://www.hrw.org/serbian/kosovo2001/kosovo1026-serbian.htm For more information on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Kosovo, please see: Key documents on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at http://www.hrw.org/europe/fry.php Kosovo: Focus on Human Rights (HRW Focus Page) at http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/kosovo98/index.shtml ________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list visit: http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/kcc-news From VENERAB at aol.com Tue Oct 30 23:29:44 2001 From: VENERAB at aol.com (VENERAB at aol.com) Date: Tue Oct 30 23:29:44 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] Inagurimi i zyreve te AAWO Message-ID: <60.15f5b18d.290f1e23@aol.com> Me 23 tetore te 2001 duke filluar ne ora 7 te mbremjes ne New Yorker hotel ne New York, Shoqata e Gruas Shqiptaro Amerikane "Motrat Qiriazi",me nje manifestim rasti shenoi inaugurimin e zyres se vet si dhe 110 vjetorin e punes dhe aktivitetit te dy motrave Qiriazi pishtare te arsimit dhe emancipimit te femres shqiptare. Flautistja Mimoza Cakrani nga Shqiperia me tingujt e embel te flautes hapi mbrembjen solemne perderisa te pranishmit sherbeheshin me pije dhe ushqime te ndryshme dhe shkembenin mendimet e rastit. Dr.Anna Kohen ,Kyetare e shoqates duke iu uruar mireseardhje te pranishmeve nenvizoi te arriturat e shoqates "Motrat Qiriazi" si nje organizate profesionale."Motrat Qiriazi kane qene gra pioniere te cilat jane munduar te forcojne dhe ngrisin gruan shqiptare,poashtu Organizata jone ka per qellim te ndjek hapat e tyre ne nje periudhe afatgjate" tha Dr. Kohen. AAWO tani eshte e perkrahuur nga Zyra per rivendosjen e refugjateve.Dr.Kohen theksoi se organizata ka per qellim qe te ndihmoi gruan shqiptare ne komunitetin te qe me sukses te integrohet ne shoqerine amerikane .Ne vazhdim zonja Kohen shkurtimisht foli per te arriturat e organizates,duke theksuar se tani kjo organizate ka nje staf professional qe do te ndikoj ne zhvillimin dhe profesionalizimin e organizates ne te mire te grave shqiptaro amerikane qe jetojne ne rajonin treshteteror. Ne vazhdim Dr. Kohen prezantoi mysafirin special te mbremjes ,zonjen Shqipe Biba themeluese e Organizates.Ne shenje mirenjohje Dr. Kohen ,ne emer te organizates I dhuroi Shqipes certificate mirrenjohje,nje tufe me lule dhe nje unaze me dy gure te cmuar te dizajnuar si shenje uniteti. Mysafiri tjeter z.Chris Kirka ,perfaqesues I zyres se presidentit te Bronx-it lexoi proklamaten ku thuhet se 23 tetori shenon diten e Organizates Shqiptaro Amerikane te Gruas ,mirenjojhe per punen dhe te arriturat e organizates. Segment I vacant I kesaj mbremje iu kushtua punes dhe vepres se Motrave Qiriazi.Lidhur me kete mysafiri enkas ,Profesor Dhimiter Dishnica autor I biografise se familjes Qiriazi,I cili tani jeton ne Worcester,Maddachusetts,foli shkurtimisht per punen dhe aktivitetin e Motrave Qiriazi,duke nenvizuar devotshmerine e tyre ne permiresimin e jetes se gruas shqiptare ne Shqiperi.Mbremja perfunoi me diskutime te ndryshme qe lidheshin me ardhmerine e AAWO. From teresa at speakeasy.org Tue Oct 30 23:29:49 2001 From: teresa at speakeasy.org (Teresa Crawford) Date: Tue Oct 30 23:29:49 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] NEW! Kosova Womens Network E-Newsletter Message-ID: <00cf01c16144$31f08040$de56fed8@org.speakeasy.org> Prishtina, October 29, 2001 If you would like to receive the new e-mail newsletter of the Kosova Women's Network please send an e-mail to kwn-news-request at alb-net.com with only the word 'subscribe' in the body of the message or visit http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/kwn-news. Please direct questions or queries to info at womensnetwork.org * NEW E-MAIL NEWSLETTER IS LAUNCHED BY THE KOSOVA WOMEN'S NETWORK 'The international community needs to do much more to eradicate the trafficking of women from Kosova and curb violence against women in the province', according to a new monthly publication by and for the women of Kosova that will be launched this week. The publication is called 'KWN Voices,' and it will serve as the monthly newsletter of the Kosova Womens' Network (KWN), which links 32 women's groups across the province. (Subscription information below) The newsletter will be accompanied by a new KWN website, which will soon be open to visitors at http://www.womensnetwork.org The Kosova Women's Network began as an initiative by four women's groups in 1998 to aid Kosovar women, and it has now evolved into a powerful mouthpiece for women throughout the province. Its members have now decided to produce a newsletter and website to ensure that their voices are heard during the reconstruction of Kosova. The first issue will be sent out during the week of October 29, 2001. The network is coordinated by the organization Motrat Qiriazi ('the Qiriazi sisters'), headquartered in Prishtina. The emergence of a new newsletter produced by and for women is an important event in the rebuilding of Kosova. Womens' groups played a critical role in helping Kosova's civilian population during a decade of repressive Serbian rule. They also provided a wide range of medical and social support for refugees during and after the 1999 war. In spite of these achievements, there has been no publication specifically for women. KWN members plan to use their new website and newsletter to strengthen their own network and expand their contacts inside and outside Kosova. The first issue includes a profile of Legjenda, a group that provides computer and other classes for women and children in the town of Viti. Profiles will be a regular feature in the KWN newsletter. The KWN network also plans to use their new communications capacity to lobby hard for improvements in the status of women in the province. The network is currently engaged in six separate campaigns, whose goals include the reduction of violence against women and an end to the trafficking of women from Kosova into the sex trade. The KWN will launch a multimedia campaign on November 25, to mark International Day Against Violence Against Women. The KWN is also lobbying hard to ensure that women are prominently represented in the province-wide parliamentary elections that will take place in Kosova on November 17. The UN administration requires that one quarter of all candidates are women. These campaigns are being conducted with the support and encouragement of the international organizations, including UNICEF and the International Organization of Migration (IOM). In spite of this, the KWN also cherishes its independence from the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and plans to use its communications capacity to keep a close watch on UNMIK's policies on women. Some of its members have criticized what they see as the UN's lack of support for Kosovar women since the end of the war. The KWN network has received assistance from the Advocacy Project in putting together its new communications strategy, with support from the Open Society Institute (OSI). Under the strategy, all of KWN's member organizations will be linked to the Internet and to each other by next summer. ---------------- About KWN Voices ---------------- KWN Voices is published monthly in Albanian and English by the Kosova Women's Network (KWN) with generous support from OSI-Budapest www.soros.org. We welcome articles and comments. Inquiries and submissions can be sent to info at womensnetwork.org. Back issues of the newsletter will be available shortly at http://www.womensnetwork.org. TO SUBSCRIBE: send an e-mail to: kwn-news-request at alb-net.com with only the word 'subscribe' in the body of the message or visit http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/kwn-news To learn more about women in Kosova during and after the 1998 war, including a profile of Motrat Qiriazi, visit AP's website: http://www.advocacynet.org/kosovo_igorogova_3_52.html From naac at naac.org Tue Oct 30 23:29:56 2001 From: naac at naac.org (National Albanian American Council - NAAC) Date: Tue Oct 30 23:29:56 2001 Subject: [Prishtina-E] Interview with Janusz Bugajski Message-ID: <00a501c16190$abaaffe0$0301010a@sokol> National Albanian American Council 1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 1201, Washington, DC 20006 481 8th Avenue, Suite 922, New York, NY 10001 Tel: (202) 466-6900 Fax: (202) 466-5593 Web: www.naac.org Email: naac at naac.org _________________________________________________ For Your Information Dear Friends, We wanted to share with you an interview that Janusz Bugajski, Director of the Eastern Europe Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, gave to the Albanian daily Koha Jone. Bugajski: 'The anti-Albanian campaign aims at discrediting the US in the Balkans' October 11, 2001 Interview by Keida Kostreci, Koha Jone 1. In a recent article, you have warned for the Balkans to be careful in their approach of the terrorism issues, in the aftermath of the attacks in the US. Could you be more specific on this topic? Balkan states must be careful not to manipulate the threat of international terrorism to try and gain advantages over their neighbors. Unless proven, provocative accusations of alleged ties between some activists in the region and the Bin Laden network should be viewed as deliberate disinformation that actually undermines US efforts to eradicate the scourge of organized terrorism. On the other hand, Balkan governments must cooperate fully in the struggle against terrorism and assist the U.S. and NATO in every conceivable way. Ultimately, this is to everyone's advantage. 2. How would you characterize the position taken from Albania and Albanians, after the attacks? Albanians in Albania, Kosova, and elsewhere have taken a stellar position in support of the United States. This was visible not only in government statements but in the actions and expressions of ordinary citizens. Such support will long be remembered and appreciated by Washington. In the long struggle ahead, verbal support must turn into concrete actions in several areas: crime fighting, intelligence work, penetration of militant cells, and so on. 3. Would you consider Albania more risky than other countries in Europe, regarding the presence of fundamentalists? Religious fanaticism is not a significant phenomenon anywhere in the Balkans. Certain political interests in the Middle East tried to plant fundamentalist cells in places such as Bosnia, Kosova, and Albania. But their efforts did not fall on fertile ground. Nevertheless, the links between terrorists and criminals need to be comprehensively monitored and severed as both phenomena are a threat to democracy and security. In this respect Albania must eliminate its "criminal fundamentalists" who ultimately play into the hands of anti-American terrorists. 4. Which would be your comment on the campaign that some of Albania's neighboring countries, such as Greece, Serbia and Macedonia, have recently undertaken, in order to present Albania as a terrorists' "nest" and Albanians as supporters of fundamentalism? Unfortunately, certain political leaders in the region have deliberately scapegoated Albanians as terrorists because this conveniently shifts attention from their own failures to control domestic radicalism and criminality. The notion that Albanians are "fundamentalists" is clearly seen in Washington as a forgery. The authors of such disinformation campaigns are increasingly viewed as opportunists who seek to distract America from its mission to eradicate international terrorism. 5. Do you think these positions aim at dismissing the Albanians' claims for more rights in Macedonia and also the reasons of fighting against the Milosevic regime in Kosovo? Clearly, the anti-Albanian campaign is intended to diminish the position and aspirations of the Albanian population throughout South East Europe. It is also aimed at discrediting the NATO missions and American leadership while assisting Russia in its efforts to regain influence in the region. 6. Is the decision of the Clinton administration in 1999, to support the war of Albanians in Kosovo, to be seen under a different approach, after the recent developments? I don't think so. The Clinton administration supported full rights for the Albanians in Kosova and sought to eliminate the chief state terrorist, Milosevic. No one in the Bush administration has seriously opposed this approach. Recent developments have not changed the equation. 7. Do you think that the US needs a presence in the Balkans (such as the ones in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia), also to gather necessary information on terrorism activities, as part of the global campaign with this regard? The US needs a long-term presence in several global trouble spots not only to gain information on terrorism but to prevent any territory from becoming a haven for terrorists. In this respect, the construction of credible institutions and authoritative and legitimate governments is essential in the campaign of " terrorism prevention." 8. What the Balkans ought to do in order to comply with the need of as less as possible conflict hot spots in the world? Balkan governments and all major political players need to find points of collaboration in a number of areas such as institution building, economic cooperation, crime fighting, minority rights, and the marginalization of political, ideological, and religious radicalism. Such initiatives will help to cool down the Balkan "hot spot." This is essential in order not to distract American attention away from the broader struggle against international assassins and murderers. 9. How would you comment on recent protests in Greece against US military actions against terrorism? In one word: shameful. One wonders where Greece will turn if the upcoming Olympic Games in Athens were shattered by a murderous terrorist attack that left thousands dead and mutilated. I am certain that in such a disaster America would be first in line to assist the Greek government and population in hunting down the culprits. All Greek people should try to distinguish between friends and enemies. 10. Sen. Hillary Clinton has said in a recent interview at CBS's Late Show with David Letterman that the two last US wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, were to protect the Muslims. Do you have any comment on that? The US interventions in both Bosnia and Kosova were designed to end wars that were targeting nations in which the majority are Muslims. 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