Lapušnik prison camp
| Lapušnik or Llapushnik prison camp | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
| Location | Lapušnik, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia |
| Operated by | Kosovo Liberation Army |
| Original use | imprisonment, cruel treatment, inhuman acts, and executions. |
| Operational | 1998 |
| Inmates | Serbs and Albanians[1][2] |
| Number of inmates | 35 +[2][3] |
| Killed | 23[1] |
Lapušnik or Llapushnik prison camp was a detention camp (also referred to as prison and Lapušnik concentration camp[4]) near the city of Glogovac in central Kosovo[a] during the Kosovo war, early 1998, held by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) for the intimidation, imprisonment, violence and murder of Serbs and perceived Albanian collaborators who refused to cooperate with or resisted the KLA by non-military means.[1][5]
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[edit] History
According to the early indictments: In early 1998, KLA forces under the command of Fatmir Limaj and Isak Musliu unlawfully detained Serb and Albanian civilians from the municipalities of Štimlje, Glogovac and Lipljan, for prolonged periods in the camp.[6] On July 25 or 26, the KLA left the camp when the Serbian armed forces were advancing on Lapušnik.[6]
[edit] Indictments
In 2003, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) charged Fatmir Limaj, Isak Musliu and Haradin Bala.[7][8][9][10] In November 2005 all defendants except Haradin Bala, were found innocent and released.[9] Haradin Bala, a guard, was sentenced 13 years for persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds, cruel treatment, murders and rape, for his role in maintenance and enforcement of inhumane conditions in the camp.[11][8]
Although exact number of prisoners and number of killed is unknown, it is known that at least 23[1] people were killed (9 were executed in the Berisha mountains by Haradin Bala and two other guards[5]).
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 86 UN member states. |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Human Rights Reporting By Pramod Mishra
- ^ a b ICTY. Haradin Bala, Isak Musliu, and Agim Murtezi Transferred to the ICTY following their Indictment for Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes
- ^ Skeletal Trauma: Identification of Injuries Resulting from Human Rights abuse
- ^ First case against Kosovo Albanians opens in The Hague.
- ^ a b ICTY document: Bala, p. 2
- ^ a b ICTY, p.3
- ^ Erin H. Kimmerle, José Pablo Baraybar, Identification of Injuries Resulting from Human Rights abuse
- ^ a b Genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity
- ^ a b "UN court acquits top Kosovo rebel". BBC News. 30 November 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4485658.stm. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Press Release: "Haradin Bala, Isak Musliu, and Agim Murtezi Transferred to the ICTY following their Indictment for Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes", The Hague, 18 February 2003. – Retrieved on 7 April 2009.
- ^ http://www.asil.org/insights090610.cfm
