BONN, Aug 30 ((Hina) - At least 26,000 persons are still considered missing in the region of the former Yugoslavia, Amnesty International said in a statement issued in Bonn on Thursday on the occasion of the international day of
missing persons. Six years after the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina light has not been shed on the fate of 20,577 missing persons registered at the International Red Cross Committee. According to Amnesty International information, after operations conducted by Serb paramilitary forces and police between early 1998 and June 1999, over 3,000 Albanians went missing. After the arrival of NATO units in the southern Yugoslav province of Kosovo, the Kosovo Liberation Army have detained about 1,500 Serbs and Romani who are still missing. Amnesty International expert for Europe Gerd Donner said that "disappearances" or "executions" of persons were harsh vio
BONN, Aug 30 ((Hina) - At least 26,000 persons are still considered
missing in the region of the former Yugoslavia, Amnesty
International said in a statement issued in Bonn on Thursday on the
occasion of the international day of missing persons.
Six years after the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina light has not been
shed on the fate of 20,577 missing persons registered at the
International Red Cross Committee. According to Amnesty
International information, after operations conducted by Serb
paramilitary forces and police between early 1998 and June 1999,
over 3,000 Albanians went missing. After the arrival of NATO units
in the southern Yugoslav province of Kosovo, the Kosovo Liberation
Army have detained about 1,500 Serbs and Romani who are still
missing.
Amnesty International expert for Europe Gerd Donner said that
"disappearances" or "executions" of persons were harsh violations
of human rights.
Amnesty International demanded that competent governments
establish independent investigating commissions aiming at
shedding light on the fate of missing persons and bringing
perpetrators to justice.
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