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  2. War crimes in the Kosovo War - Wikipedia

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    The crimes by the Yugoslav military, paramilitary and police amounted to crimes against humanity and a war crime of torture. [29] Although numbers are difficult to determine, following the conflict, there were cases of women committing suicide, aborting their pregnancies, giving birth to children and later raising them or placing them up for ...

  3. Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman - Wikipedia

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    On April 30, 2019, Krasniqi spoke to the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in a hearing titled "Kosovo’s Wartime Victims: The Quest for Justice," testifying that the United States should push for justice for victims of war crimes. On March 9, 2020, Krasniqi spoke to the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo about how they could ...

  4. Kosovo Liberation Army - Wikipedia

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    The Kosovo Liberation Army ( KLA; Albanian: Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës [uʃˈtɾija t͡ʃliɾimˈtaɾɛ ɛ ˈkɔsɔvəs], UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the 1990s.

  5. Vjosa Osmani - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu (born 17 May 1982) is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician who has served as the 5th and current president of Kosovo since 4 April 2021. [5] [6] Osmani was born and raised in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia and studied law at the University of Pristina and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

  6. Jack Smith (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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    On May 7, 2018, Smith was named to a four-year term as chief prosecutor for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, investigating war crimes in the Kosovo War. [12] [13] [20] During his time as the chief prosecutor, he brought charges against several individuals, including Salih Mustafa [23] [24] [25] and the sitting President of Kosovo ...

  7. Kosovo War - Wikipedia

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    The crimes of rape by the Serb military, paramilitary and police amounted to crimes against humanity and a war crime of torture. On 27 April 1999, a mass execution of at least 377 Kosovo Albanian civilians, of whom 36 were under 18 years old, was committed by Serbian police and Yugoslav Army forces in the village of Meja near the town of Gjakova

  8. 2021 North Kosovo crisis - Wikipedia

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    Pristina is the capital city of Kosovo. North Kosovo is highlighted in red. Triggered by the Government of Kosovo 's decision to reciprocally ban Serbian license plates, a series of protests by Serbs in North Kosovo —consisting mostly of blocking traffic near border crossings— began on 20 September 2021. The ban meant that individuals who ...

  9. Salih Mustafa - Wikipedia

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    Kosovo War. During the Kosovo War, Mustafa served with the KLA as a commander of a guerilla unit operating in the Llap region of Kosovo. He was a commander in the Battle of Marec. In 2021, Mustafa was charged for war crimes for acts committed against Kosovo Albanian civilians detained in the detention compound in Zllash in April 1999.