20. September 2021.
The first witness at the trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army unit commander Salih Mustafa, who is accused of illegally detaining and torturing prisoners in 1999, testified that he was beaten until he lost consciousness.
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17. September 2021.
A Belgrade court has awarded around 6,000 to 8,000 euros each in compensation to three families of people killed by Serbian forces at Ovcara Farm near Vukovar in Croatia in 1991, but rights activists say the payouts are inadequate.
16. September 2021.
The European Court of Human Rights has requested Serbia not to extradite a wanted Kurdish activist to Turkey, where he has been sentenced to life in prison, before it has had time to properly evaluate his case.
16. September 2021.
Under a scheme to give victims a voice in war crime cases, a statement was delivered at the opening of the Hague trial of ex-guerrilla Salih Mustafa, claiming alleged victims of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters have been intimidated into silence.
14. September 2021.
Rights activists urged Serbia and Kosovo to make public a reported agreement to open up or exchange material from their wartime archives, which could reveal the whereabouts of the remaining missing persons from the 1998-99 conflict.
13. September 2021.
Edin Vranj was arrested at the border crossing between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina over accusations that he committed crimes against prisoners of war during the Bosnian conflict in 1993 and 1994.
8. September 2021.
The authorities in the Serbian town of Negotin are supporting a promotional event for a book written by former Yugoslav People’s Army officer Veselin Sljivancanin, who served a sentence for committing war crimes during the conflict in Croatia.
3. September 2021.
A pre-trial judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague rejected a legal challenge by Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaci to the indictment charging him with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
2. September 2021.
Kosovo has begun to develop a national transitional justice strategy, intended to address the unresolved legacies of the 1998-99 war - but questions remain over whether the political will exists to avoid a ‘mono-ethnic’ initiative.
1. September 2021.
The movers and shakers of the video game industry in the Balkans say they are helping to bridge ethnic divides. But what about players in the neon-lit gaming lounges of Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo?
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