(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has learned that on 6 July 1998, two British correspondents, travelling with the so-called Kosovo Observer Mission in war-torn western areas of the breakaway Yugoslav province of Kosovo, were beaten by plainclothes Serbian police near the village of Prekaz. Kurt Schork, of the Reuters news agency, and Anthony Lloyd, of the “Times” […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ has learned that on 6 July 1998, two British
correspondents, travelling with the so-called Kosovo Observer Mission in
war-torn western areas of the breakaway
Yugoslav province of Kosovo, were beaten by plainclothes Serbian police near
the
village of Prekaz.
Kurt Schork, of the Reuters news agency, and Anthony Lloyd, of the “Times”
of London,
were roughed up by Serb security forces that were following the convoy of
international envoys and media around villages which had been destroyed and
captured by the Serbian army. As they ascended a hill overlooking the
village to survey the destruction, Schork was punched in the face by a Serb
security officer in civilian clothes and Lloyd was kicked in the ribs.
CPJ will protest the incident, and the pattern of harassment of journalists
attempting to cover developments in Kosovo, in a letter to Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic as
soon as more details have been gathered.
