(IPI/IFEX) – IPI is strongly condemning the killing of Baton Haxhiu, editor-in-chief of the leading Kosovo Albanian newspaper, “Koha Ditore”. IPI was informed that apart from Haxhiu, four other prominent Albanians, including Fehmi Agani, a member of the Kosovo Albanian delegation to the peace talks in Rambouillet, France, were “executed” on Sunday, 28 March 1999. […]
(IPI/IFEX) – IPI is strongly condemning the killing of Baton Haxhiu,
editor-in-chief of the leading Kosovo Albanian newspaper, “Koha Ditore”.
IPI was informed that apart from Haxhiu, four other prominent Albanians,
including Fehmi Agani, a member of the Kosovo Albanian delegation to the
peace talks in Rambouillet, France, were “executed” on Sunday, 28 March
1999. According to a NATO military spokesman, the killings took place
some
time after the Albanian leaders attended the funeral of lawyer Bajram
Kelmendi, who was shot dead along with his two sons by Serb police on
the
first night of NATO strikes on Wednesday, 24 March.
Acccording to Kosovo Albanian sources, the Pristina offices of “Koha
Ditore”
were destroyed and the caretaker murdered by Serbian police following
the
start of the air campaign.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the President:
increase the suppression of the media in the Former Republic of
Yugoslavia
Appeals To
His Excellency Slobodan Milosevic
President of Yugoslavia
Savezna Skupstina
11000 Belgrade
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Fax: + 381 11 636 775
Email: slobodan.milosevic@gov.yu
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