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The web page covers the atrocities committed by all sides during the Kosovo War, which lasted from 1998 to 1999. It focuses on the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Kosovo Albanians by Serbian forces, and the international response and consequences.
Kosovo 16 Albanians Serbian civilians On 17 and 18 March 2004, a wave of violent riots swept through Kosovo, 16 Serbs and 11 Albanians were killed during the unrest. Over 935 Serbian houses and 35 Churches were burned and destroyed. Over 4000 Serbs were expelled from Kosovo. Talinoc Killings: 6 July 2012 Talinoc i Muhaxhirëve: 2 Serbian civilians
The web page provides a comprehensive list of 161 people who were indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for various war crimes and crimes against humanity. It includes their allegiance, charges, case name, verdict, sentence and aftermath.
In 2011, he was found guilty of war crimes against Kosovo Albanian civilians during the Kosovo War before the ICTY. The Minister of Internal Affairs during the Kosovo War Vlajko Stojiljković, who allegedly originated the orders, committed suicide in 2002. [5] The killing of Bytyqi brothers is still being investigated by Serbia's War Crimes Court.
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict between Serbia and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) from 1998 to 1999, which ended with NATO intervention. The war resulted in the displacement and death of thousands of civilians, mostly Albanians, but also Serbs and other ethnic groups.
In 1999, during the Kosovo War, Slobodan Milošević was indicted by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity in Kosovo. Charges of violating the laws or customs of war, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions in Croatia and Bosnia and genocide in Bosnia were added a year and a half later.
NATO carried out an aerial bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 to stop its ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Kosovo. The bombings lasted for two months and caused substantial damage to Yugoslav economy and infrastructure, as well as civilian casualties.
War crimes witnesses to the Kosovo War (1998–99) have been victims to threats, violence, and murder. Those who spoke out about the abuses of their side in the conflict were seen as traitors to their community, and therefore, only a few became witnesses in war crime trials. [1]