PRISTINA, Aug 7 (Hina) - A representative of a union of abducted and missing Serbs from Kosovo on Tuesday announced the relatives of the misfortunate will hold a large protest meeting in Merdar, the administrative border between
Kosovo and Serbia, on Friday. "We will block all crossings towards Kosovo... and we will not stop the blockades until UNMIK's (UN mission to Kosovo) representatives receive us", Sumo Spasic told Serbian media. The relatives of the abducted and missing Serbs have been holding protest meetings for the past 28 days in Gracanica, a Serb enclave near Pristina, while one group went on hunger strike for several days. They claim 1,300 Serbs have gone missing during and after the war in Kosovo. UNMIK said it works intensively on solving the cases of all missing in Kosovo and that the process was time and patience consuming. According to the Kosovo Committee for the Protection of Human Rights and Fre
PRISTINA, Aug 7 (Hina) - A representative of a union of abducted and
missing Serbs from Kosovo on Tuesday announced the relatives of the
misfortunate will hold a large protest meeting in Merdar, the
administrative border between Kosovo and Serbia, on Friday.
"We will block all crossings towards Kosovo... and we will not stop
the blockades until UNMIK's (UN mission to Kosovo) representatives
receive us", Sumo Spasic told Serbian media.
The relatives of the abducted and missing Serbs have been holding
protest meetings for the past 28 days in Gracanica, a Serb enclave
near Pristina, while one group went on hunger strike for several
days. They claim 1,300 Serbs have gone missing during and after the
war in Kosovo.
UNMIK said it works intensively on solving the cases of all missing
in Kosovo and that the process was time and patience consuming.
According to the Kosovo Committee for the Protection of Human
Rights and Freedoms records, and also the International Committee
of the Red Cross, almost 3,400 Albanians have gone missing during
the Kosovo conflict.
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