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It is dedicated to the female victims of sexual violence during the Kosovo War Widespread rape and sexual violence occurred during the conflict and the majority of victims were Kosovo Albanian women. [33] [34] In 2000, Human Rights Watch documented 96 cases while adding that "it is likely that the number is much higher".
The Kosovo War ( Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës, Serbian: Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. [56] [57] [58] It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the ...
The number of victims is unknown, but is believed by HRW to be 300 (based on missing persons list), although very few bodies have been found. Newer figures raise the number dead to at least 377. Lužane bus bombing: 1 May 1999 Lužane 23–60 NATO Serbian civilians NATO missile attack on bridge. Vushtrri massacre: 2–3 May 1999 Vushtrri, Kosovo
Račak massacre. Location of Račak. / 42.42944°N 21.01639°E / 42.42944; 21.01639. The Račak massacre ( Albanian: Masakra e Reçakut) or Račak operation ( Serbian: Акција Рачак/Akcija Račak) was the massacre of 45 Kosovo Albanians that took place in the village of Račak ( Albanian: Reçak) in central Kosovo in January 1999.
Milica Kostić, who is a former researcher at the HLC and currently working at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, said in 2019 that still estimated over 1,600 people missing after the war of in Kosovo, from them: 1,100 Kosovo Albanians, around 450 Serbs, and over 100 Bosniak and Roma victims. Discovery of mass graves
Perpetrators. Yugoslav security forces and Serbian police. The Meja massacre ( Albanian: Masakra e Mejës) was the mass execution of at least 377 [2] [3] Kosovo Albanian civilians during the Kosovo War, which took place on 27 April 1999. Of the victims, 36 were under 18 years old. It was committed by Serbian police and Yugoslav Army forces in ...
Staro Gracko massacre. The Staro Gracko massacre ( Serbian: Масакр у Старом Грацком, Albanian: Masakra në Grackën e Vjetër) was the mass killing of 14 Kosovo Serb farmers in the village of Staro Gracko in the Kosovo municipality of Lipjan on 23 July 1999. [2] The killings occurred after Yugoslav troops withdrew from the ...
Atrocities against civilians in Kosovo were the basis of United Nations war crimes charges against Milošević and other officials responsible for directing the Kosovo conflict. On 29 March 1999, to escape possible destruction, Jat Airways evacuated around 30 of its fleet of civilian aircraft from Belgrade to neighbouring countries for safekeeping.