An article about the dangerous lives of witnesses of UCK crimes in Kosovo. The new tribunal to close the last chapters of the Kosovo war has a problem, as witnesses are regularly intimidated, threatened, and in some prior cases, even killed.
– Zeugen leben in Kosovo gefährlich. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 23.05.2017. https://www.nzz.ch/international/aufarbeitung-der-uck-verbrechen-zeugen-leben-in-kosovo-gefaehrlich-ld.1295817
Daily Archives: May 26, 2017
Sweden: Compensation
Roma who were illegally registered in a database by the Swedish police will receive a compensation of 35’000 SEK (roughly 3’500 EUR) paid by the police. This sum will be paid to 4’700 people.
It took a while …
– Sweden’s Roma to receive state compensation. In: New Europe. 25.05.2017. https://www.neweurope.eu/article/swedens-roma-receive-state-compensation/
Slovakia: Police Attack
A video showing random attack of Roma by the police in the small Slovak town of Zborov in the North East of the country has surfaced. The attacks occurred on April 16th but the video was shared only recently with the ERRC.
SHAME
– Police Attack Roma Community in Slovakia: Children and Elderly Injured. In: ERRC. 24.05.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/police-attack-roma-community-in-slovakia-children-and-elderly-injured/4579