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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): the forgotten resistance: the plight of conscientious objectors to military service after the conflict in Kosovo

This document discusses the plight of those who, often at the instigation of the international community, conscientously objected during the conflict in Kosovo. It calls on the international community to protect conscientous objectors who have fled the region.

FRY (Kosovo) update from the field: January 2000

This document describes some of Amnesty International’s recent findings from field researchers working in Kosovo (Kosova) in the period from December 1999 to mid-January 2000. It presents background on the situation as well as Amnesty International’s concerns and related recommendations.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): Amnesty International’s recommendations on the return of refugees to Kosovo

This report discusses Kosovar refugees’ protection need both within and without Kosovo, in the context of avoiding forcible return.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: a human rights crisis in Kosovo province: human rights violations against women in Kosovo province

This report aims to illustrate the human rights situation of women, primarily ethnic Albanian women, in Kosovo province of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by highlighting a number of representative cases.

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: a human rights crisis in Kosovo province: the protection of Kosovo’s displaced and refugees

Since March this year (1998) the world has looked on as gross human rights abuses perpetrated in Kosovo province of Serbia have forcibly displaced ever multiplying numbers of people, predominantly ethnic Albanians, who form the majority in Kosovo. Civilians have been the principal victims of the violence and have frequently been deliberately targeted.

A decade of unheeded warnings: Amnesty International’s concerns in Kosovo: May 1989 – March 1999

An index of concerns expressed for Kosovo by Amnesty International

Kosovo province, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Amnesty International memorandum to UN Security Council

Since the beginning of NATO air attacks on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) on 24 March, Yugoslav security forces have intensified their efforts to forcibly expel ethnic Albanians en masse from their homes. More than four weeks later, ethnic Albanian refugees continue to flee Kosovo in large numbers. The United Nations High Commissioner for … Continue reading Kosovo province, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Amnesty International memorandum to UN Security Council

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): killings in the Izbica area

Amnesty International delegates, in cooperation with members of the Albanian Human Rights Group, have interviewed dozens of refugees from the Drenica region of Kosovo province. The testimony of these witnesses, who had fled or been forcibly expelled from villages near Izbica and Kladernica (Kllodernicë in Albanian), in Srbica (Skënderaj) municipality, or had been hiding from … Continue reading Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Kosovo): killings in the Izbica area