kosovo-govt-criticises-mayor-s-war-crimes-arrest
24 May 13 Kosovo Govt Criticises Mayor’s War Crimes Arrest

The Kosovo government has criticised the arrest of the mayor of Skenderaj/Srbice, Sami Lushtaku, and four others for alleged war crimes against civilian prisoners during the 1999 conflict.

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kosovo-mayor-detained-for-war-crimes
23 May 13 Kosovo Mayor Arrested For Alleged War Crimes

Police have detained the mayor of Skenderaj/Srbice, Sami Lushtaku, and four other suspects for alleged war crimes against civilian prisoners during the 1999 conflict.

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kla-llapi-group-failed-eulex-prosecutor-says
23 May 13 Alleged Kosovo Guerrilla Jail Bosses ‘Not Heroes’

The ‘Llapi Group’, three leading Kosovo Liberation Army ex-fighters accused of torturing prisoners during wartime, should be jailed, an EU prosecutor said at their trial.

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seselj-testifies-in-defence-of-karadzic
23 May 13 Vojislav Seselj to Testify in Karadzic’s Defence

Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party, is expected to testify at the Hague Tribunal for the defence of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic next month.

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high-police-officer-in-custody-for-war-crimes
22 May 13 Serbia Holds Senior Policeman Over War Crimes

The Serbian special police unit officer detained on suspicion of helping to massacre at least 65 Albanian civilians in a Kosovo village in 1999 is Vladan Krstovic, BIRN can reveal.

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witness-accuses-eulex-in-kosovo-war-crime-case
22 May 13 Kosovo War Crimes Case Witness Slams EU Prosecutor

A witness at the trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters accused of abusing prisoners at the wartime Klecka jail said he was never beaten and accused EU prosecutors of pressurising him.

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serbia-arrested-gendarmerie-member-for-ljubenic-massacre
21 May 13 Serbia Arrests Two Over 1999 Kosovo Massacre

Serbian police have arrested two men, including a current member of the country’s special police unit, on suspicion that they helped murder at least 65 Albanian civilians in a Kosovo village.

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belgrade-plans-to-reconstruct-judenlager-semlin-memorial
20 May 13 Serbia to Rebuild WWII Death Camp as Memorial

The Belgrade authorities plan to reconstruct the ‘Judenlager Semlin’ concentration camp, where more than 7,000 Jewish women and children were killed, turning it into a memorial centre.

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balkan-states-must-back-truth-commission-now
20 May 13 Balkan States ‘Must Back Truth Commission Now’

Campaigners for the RECOM reconciliation initiative said they had done all they could to promote a cross-regional truth committee and it was time for political leaders to act.

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stanisic-and-simatovic-verdict-set-for-may-30th
16 May 13 Hague Sets Date for Stanisic and Simatovic Judgement

The verdict in the war crimes case against two top Serbian security officials will be handed down in two weeks’ time, the Hague Tribunal has announced.

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seselj-inspired-serbs-to-fight-in-croatia
15 May 13 Vojislav Seselj ‘Inspired Serbs to Fight Croats’

A former Serb fighter told the Hague trial of Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic that he volunteered for the war in Croatia because of the Radical Party leader Seselj’s nationalist propaganda.

 

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serb-high-official-apologizes-for-war-crimes-in-kosovo
14 May 13 Serbian Police Official Apologises for Kosovo War Crimes

Former high-ranking Serbian interior ministry official Vlastimir Djordjevic admitted war crimes were committed against Kosovo Albanians during the 1999 conflict and apologised to civilian victims.

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kosovo-mp-s-criticised-on-commemorative-sessions
14 May 13 Kosovo MPs Criticised for War Commemoration Sessions

Lawmakers were advised to find different ways of remembering wartime fighters and victims after a series of parliamentary sessions commemorating individual ‘martyrs’.

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prisoner-says-he-was-advised-by-kosovo-commanders
09 May 13 ‘No Abuse’ at Kosovo Liberation Army Prison

A witness in the high-profile trial of the ‘Llapi Group’ denied that there were beatings and torture at a wartime Kosovo Liberation Army detention centre in Llapashtica/Lapastica.

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bodies-of-56-victims-found-in-mass-grave-in-zadar
08 May 13 Croatia Exhumes 56 Serb Wartime Corpses

The bodies of 56 Serb civilians killed during the Croatian Army’s ‘Operation Storm’ in 1995 were found in a mass grave in the coastal city of Zadar.

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Timeline – Cuska Case

Timeline of events in the case against 13 former Serb fighters charged with committing war crimes in the villages of Cuska, Zahac, Ljubenic and Pavlac in Kosovo in 1999.

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Key dates and events in transitional justice in Serbia.

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