23 KOSOVO ALBANIANS KILLED IN NOVEMBER - HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

PRISTINA, Dec 8 (Hina) - The Serbian regime violated all categories of human rights and freedoms during November, the Kosovo Human Rights Committee said in a report released on Tuesday. Twenty-three Albanians were killed and massacred only in November. The bodies of another 20 Kosovo Albanians, killed during the earlier Serbian offensives, were discovered during the last month, the same source said. According to the Committee, 11 Albanians were severely injured during the last month, while 821 Albanians were victims of maltreatment, including 27 women, 21 children and 23 elderly persons. Seventy-three persons were abducted and are held missing, while 50 Albanians received long-term prison punishment for 'terrorism', the Committee reported. Despite the agreement on the withdrawal of forces, the Serbian forces have still not withdrawn from many areas of Kosovo and new troops have been sent in, which intensifies the already existing tensions, the Committee said in the report which was sent to several international human rights organisations. The killing of another 14 Albanians in the first days of December bears witness to the severity of the situation in Kosovo, the Committee concluded. (hina) rml