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Kosovo and Justice

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Two articles on the lead poisoning and its impact. And on the fact that many years after the fact, the UN refuses to apologise or to help these families. It is the UN who chose and ran the refugee camp for Roma on an industrial dump.

– Au Kosovo, les enfants du plomb attendent la justice. In: Euronews. 06.08.2017. http://fr.euronews.com/2017/08/06/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice
– Les « enfants du plomb » attendent réparation au Kosovo. In: Epoch Times. 08.08.2017. http://www.epochtimes.fr/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice-2-51010.html [link-preview url=”http://fr.euronews.com/2017/08/06/au-kosovo-les-enfants-du-plomb-attendent-la-justice “]

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Kosovo and the UN

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The victims of lead poisoning in the UN refugee camp in Kosovo are still awaiting justice and compensation. The UN had opened a camp for Roma IDPs on an industrial site contaminated by heavy metals.
No apologies, no compensation, nothing has been done.

– Kosovo: les enfants du plomb attendent la justice. In: 24 Heures. 05.08.2017. https://www.24heures.ch/monde/europe/kosovo-enfants-plomb-attendent-justice/story/22657714 [link-preview url=”https://www.24heures.ch/monde/europe/kosovo-enfants-plomb-attendent-justice/story/22657714″]

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Kosovo, Refugees and Lead

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Another article about the lead poisoning suffered by many Roma refugees in Kosovo after having been parked by the UN in a camp build on a toxic waste dump. This has been going on for years and the UN has not done anything yet.

– LES MEHMETI, UNE FAMILLE ROM CONTAMINÉE AU PLOMB. In: Kosovox. 06.07.2017. http://kosovox.com/les-mehmeti-une-famille-rom-contaminee-au-plomb/
– Roma in Kosovo: ‘My children are poisoned by lead’. In: Al Jazeera. 19.06.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/05/roma-kosovo-children-poisoned-lead-160524060039653.html [link-preview url=”http://kosovox.com/les-mehmeti-une-famille-rom-contaminee-au-plomb/ “]

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Kosovo Tribunal

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The special tribunal for Kosovo is close to start its work. This tribunal was set up to investigate crimes committed by the UCK and its leaders during the 1999 war. The UCK, besides ethnically cleansing the region committed several crimes against minorities, especially against Roma.

– Le tribunal spécial sur le Kosovo bientôt prêt à commencer ses travaux. In: Le Vif. 28.06.2017. http://www.levif.be/actualite/international/le-tribunal-special-sur-le-kosovo-bientot-pret-a-commencer-ses-travaux/article-normal-685597.html [link-preview url=”http://www.levif.be/actualite/international/le-tribunal-special-sur-le-kosovo-bientot-pret-a-commencer-ses-travaux/article-normal-685597.html”]

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Kosovo Lead Poisoning: Roma Reactions

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Roma organisations have criticised the lack of actions on the UN part to resolve and compensate the victims of lead poisoning that was the result of the UN opening a camp for Roma in a severely poisoned area of Kosovo.
85 people died.

– Roma Rights Organizations Condemn Lack of UN Action on Lead Poisoning in Kosovo. In: ERRC. 01.06.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/roma-rights-organizations-condemn-lack-of-un-action-on-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo/4582 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/roma-rights-organizations-condemn-lack-of-un-action-on-lead-poisoning-in-kosovo/4582″]

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Kosovo Relief Fund …

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18 years after the facts, a relief fund is being established for displaced Roma in Kosovo. Well, less than 10% of the overall Roma population is still there. The rest have fled.
To late, to little.

– Secretary-General to Establish Trust Fund for Displaced Roma, Askhali, Egpytian Communities in Northern Kosovo Following Human Rights Panel’s Findings. In: Relief Web. 26.05.2017. http://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/secretary-general-establish-trust-fund-displaced-roma-askhali-egpytian-communities [link-preview url=”http://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/secretary-general-establish-trust-fund-displaced-roma-askhali-egpytian-communities”]

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Kosovo – Crimes

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Four people were found guilty of drowning 35 Roma refugees in 1999… A court in Montenegro condemned the people to prison terms – 7 years max.
This, 18 years after the facts

– 4 found guilty for drowning of 35 Kosovo Roma refugees. In: B92. 25.05.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=25&nav_id=101374 [link-preview url=”http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=25&nav_id=101374″]

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Kosovo Witnesses

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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 [link-preview url=”https://www.nzz.ch/international/aufarbeitung-der-uck-verbrechen-zeugen-leben-in-kosovo-gefaehrlich-ld.1295817″]

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Kosovo and Lead Poisoning

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The European Roma Right Centre is demanding justice and compensation for the internally displaced Rroma in Kosovo who were quartered by the UN on a site that was severely polluted, resulting in lead poisoning for many of them.
This was 18 years ago!!!!

– ERRC Demands Justice for Kosovo Victims of Lead Poisoning. In: ERRC. 15.05.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/errc-demands-justice-for-kosovo-victims-of-lead-poisoning/4575 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/errc-demands-justice-for-kosovo-victims-of-lead-poisoning/4575″]

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Germany, Holocaust, and Protests

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In Germany, Rroma protests – for example for the right of refugees from Kosovo an former Yugoslavia – have been held at or around memorial for the victims of the Holocaust.
Not an easy thing, and this is shown in this article.

– Wenn Roma gehört warden. In: Taz. 07.05.2017. https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/Darf-man-an-Gedenkstaetten-protestieren/!5404345/”]

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Hotel Gracanica

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An Arte Documentary on the Hotel Gracanica in Kosovo, a hotel run by Rroma and Serbs.

– http://www.arte.tv/de/videos/073399-014-A/re-projekt-versohnung [link-preview url=”http://www.arte.tv/de/videos/073399-014-A/re-projekt-versohnung”]

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Kosovo: Poisoned Rroma

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The Rroma who were forced to resettle is a UN camp and were poisoned by lead that contaminated the site are still awaiting an apology and a compensation. It looks increasingly possible they will get neither.
SHAME!

– Roma Sickened in U.N. Camps Are Still Waiting for Redress. In: The New York Times. 18.04.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/roma-gypsies-lead-poisoning-un.html?_r=0 [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/europe/roma-gypsies-lead-poisoning-un.html?_r=0″]

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Germany and Refugees

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A German psychiatrist is being indicted for having broken the doctor’s confidentiality following the expulsion of a young Rrom back to Kosovo. He had treated him and found him to be in need of a treatment due to trauma encountered in his home country but was nevertheless sent back.
The psychiatrist openly (and in the press) complained about the expulsion.
At least there are still some people with courage.

– Kreis bleibt bei Anzeige. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 27.03.2017. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/wetterau-kreis-bleibt-bei-anzeige-a-1250530 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/wetterau-kreis-bleibt-bei-anzeige-a-1250530″]

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Kosovo: The Other Victims

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The other victims of the Kosovo war, the Serbs, the Rroma, Moslem Slavs, Turks, and even Albanians are increasingly asking for justice. Many of them were killed by the UCK, were ethnically cleansed from their ancestral homes.
Up till now, no one was condemned for those acts, even in the case of Haradinaj who was judged in the Hague’s tribunal. In that latter case, several witnesses were subjected to extreme pressure not to appear in court.
Let’s hope for justice!

– Les victimes de «second ordre» du Kosovo. In: La Tribune de Genève. 13.02.2017. http://www.tdg.ch/monde/victimes-second-ordre-kosovo/story/22753153
– Oubliées, les victims de la rébellion kosovare réclament justice. In: Media 24. 13.02.2017. https://www.medias24.com/filafp/afp-81110-Oubliees-les-victimes-de-la-rebellion-kosovare-reclament-justice.html [link-preview url=”https://www.medias24.com/filafp/afp-81110-Oubliees-les-victimes-de-la-rebellion-kosovare-reclament-justice.html”]

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Kosovo and Justice

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Years after the end of the Kosovo war, Rroma still await justice for the crimes committed against them in that region by the UCK and Kosovo nationalists. They were evicted from their houses, killed, simply disappeared. And most of all, they were kicked out of their country, a country where they had stayed since their arrival more than 1000 years ago.
SHAME

– Roma in Kosovo: The justice that never came. In: Al Jazeera. 26.01.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/01/roma-kosovo-justice-170112134149767.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/01/roma-kosovo-justice-170112134149767.html”]

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The Story of an Expulsion

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An interview of the young Rromni Leonarda Dibrani who was expulsed from France together with her family (in spite of being in school). While they were expelled to Kosovo, she now lives in Croatia, which says a lot about the “safety” of Kosovo for Rroma. And it is difficult for her.
A worthy read on the damage of mistaken Refugee policies.

– La jeune rom kosovare, expulsée avec sa famille de notre pays en 2013, a raconté son quotidien en Croatie à “BFMtv”. “Je peux venir en France quand je veux !”, a-t-elle notamment lancé. In: Planet.fr. 09.01.2017. http://www.planet.fr/international-la-nouvelle-vie-de-leonarda-en-croatie.1280920.29335.html
– Leonarda Dibrani : “J’ai envie de revenir en France pour remercier les gens qui m’ont aidée. In: France Infos. 09.01.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/roms/expulsion-de-leonarda/leonarda-dibrani-j-ai-envie-de-revenir-en-france-pour-remercier-les-gens-qui-m-ont-aidee_2008851.html [link-preview url=”http://www.planet.fr/international-la-nouvelle-vie-de-leonarda-en-croatie.1280920.29335.html “]

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Cologne: Maybe they Can Stay

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The city council of Cologne, in Germany, is giving long term refugees the hope that they will be able to stay. Many of these are Rroma from former Yugoslavia, especially from Kosovo.
Let’s hope!

– Kölner Rat gibt langjährig Geduldeten Hoffnung auf Bleiberecht. Wenn Köln zur Heimat geworden ist. In: Dom Radio. 10.01.2017. https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2017-01-10/koelner-rat-gibt-langjaehrig-geduldeten-hoffnung-auf-bleiberecht [link-preview url=”https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2017-01-10/koelner-rat-gibt-langjaehrig-geduldeten-hoffnung-auf-bleiberecht”]

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Ramush Harradinaj …

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The former prime minister of Kosovo and ex Leader of the UCK, Ramush Harradinaj has been arrested in France on a Serbian warrant. Harradinaj is being sought for crimes against Serbs, Rroma, and other minorities in Kosovo during the Kosovo war. This resulted in an outrage in Kosovo, but fact is, Kosovo was ethnically cleansed under his rule, and very thoroughly so, with only 10% of the Rroma remaining.
Nothing could ever be proven against him, but many witnesses were pressured and intimidated if not simply vanished (we know such cases).

– Haradinaj to be kept in custody until extradition request. In: B92. 05.01.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2017&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=100158
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France on Serbian warrant. In: Swissinfo. 04.01.2017. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/kosovo-ex-pm-arrested-in-france-on-serbian-warrant/42811398
– Ramush Haradinaj arrêté en France. In: La Libre. 08.01.2017. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/ramush-haradinaj-arrete-en-france-586ff6b0cd708a17d55b3b5f
– Réclamé par Belgrade, un ex-Premier ministre kosovar arrêté en France. In: Romandie. 04.01.2017. http://www.romandie.com/news/Reclame-par-Belgrade-un-exPremier-ministre-kosovar-arrete-en_RP/766355.rom
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France – police sources. In: The Star. 05.01.2017. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/01/05/kosovo-expm-arrested-in-france–police-sources/
– Kosovo calls on France to release its ex-premier Haradinaj. In: Yahoo News. 06.01.2017. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html
– “Unacceptable and unjustifiable” – outrage at the arrest of Ramush Harradinaj. In: Euronews. 05.01.2017. http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/05/unacceptable-and-unjustifiable-outrage-at-the-arrest-of-ramush-haradinaj [link-preview url=”https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html “]

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Bad Taste …

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HEKS, the Protestant help organisation is advertising for donations using all clichés about Rroma. If you watch the pictures, you find them all.
While the situation of Rroma in Kosovo is bad, it is not all ghettoes. Rroma there were integrated and had houses in the cities etc. In brief, this kind of campaign shows that stereotypes also exist in NGOs and simply re-inforce the prevalent views.
BAD.

– https://demandez-lui.heks.ch/?gclid=Cj0KEQiApqTCBRC-977Hi9Ov8pkBEiQA5B_ipcuk-jSHSH35yU1_vWzrBiBiK8xMXXoUynlb_Bv9w4UaAsPD8P8HAQ [link-preview url=”https://demandez-lui.heks.ch/?gclid=Cj0KEQiApqTCBRC-977Hi9Ov8pkBEiQA5B_ipcuk-jSHSH35yU1_vWzrBiBiK8xMXXoUynlb_Bv9w4UaAsPD8P8HAQ”]

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Kosovo: The Forgotten Rroma

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An article about the forgotten victims of the Kosovo War: the Rroma. This time about the Rroma refugees in Montenegro.
As a reminder, there are currently less than 10% of the Rroma in Kosovo than the country had before the war.

– Les Roms, oubliés de la guerre du Kosovo. In: Ouest France. 05.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226″]

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