KOSOVO: DRENICA STILL UNDER POLICE SIEGE

( Editorial: --> 9568 ) PRISTINA, March 14 (Hina) - The Kosovo Committee for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms on Saturday reported that freedom of movement is still not allowed on the territory of Drenica, where 90 Albanians were killed in the last two weeks and the area is still under police siege. The Committee reports that police and military forces are still moving about the territory, and occasionally shots from automatic weapons are heard. According to incomplete data almost 24,000 Albanians have fled the Drenica territory said the Committee. Because of the tense situation in Drenica the Election Commission has decided not to organise presidential and parliamentary elections in the Drenica municipality villages of Prekaze, Lausha, Vojnik and Acarevo as well as some villages in the Srbica municipality, which are to be held in Kosovo on 22 March. (hina) jn mrb 141534 MET mar 98