8 minutes agoThaci: Vasfije case calls conscience in Kosovo, Serbia
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, one of the victims of sexual violence, was decorated today with the Presidential Medal and took the title <x0); the worthy citizen of Kosovo”, following her public confession on the torture and sexual violence she had experienced during the war in Kosovo. President Hashim Thaci called Vasfije Krasniqi heroin and said they should feel [...]
Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, one of the victims of sexual violence, was decorated today with the Presidential Medal and took the title <x0); the worthy citizen of Kosovo”, following her public confession on the torture and sexual violence she had experienced during the war in Kosovo.
President Hashim Thaci called Vasfije Krasniqi heroin and said they should feel ashamed that they did not do more, but promised more work in the future, in co-operation with other institutions.
The public confession of Vasfija also called it a call for other victims to confess, and said the issue remains one of the main concerns of all remains the violation of 20 thousand women and men during the Kosovo war, and said the confession of Vasfija must knock on everyone's conscience.
The “is an unprecedented case, I can say, but an authentic tale, a confession calling conscience in Kosovo, should also call the Serbian people's conscience, should also call the conscience of international justice that the truth is being told, but justice is not being applied today in the framework of my constitutional and legal competencies, I have decided that the living heroin Vasfie, for its extraordinary and unreprehensible courage, to share the medal for courage, for courage, for truth, for the contribution to our country, for our society, for our society, said Thaci.
While Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman on behalf of all Kosovo women thanked the president for the decoration, but said the victims are seeking protection and judicial justice.
I want to thank you for the decoration, but we need protection and justice. Thank you”, Goodman said after receiving the decoration.
Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman is the first Albanian woman to go public and have told of the terrible event that happened to her in April 1999 when she was only 16 years old.
In regard to Vasfije's case, two Serb persons have been tried and, in the end, have been acquitted of the Supreme Court.
One of the suspects, Jovica Dejanovic, has been a member of the Kosovo Police for more than 16 years.
