Bloomberg brings confession of sex violence victim during Kosovo war

Although 20 years have passed since the intervention NATO in Kosovo towards Serb targets, the terrible conflict between Albanians and Serbs continues to be current in their lives.

The American newspaper Rollberg, has written about a 22-year-old Kosovo pregnant, with the initials L.A, which at the time, thought that if covered with a diaper, it would save Serbian soldiers. But the opposite happened. The night the intervention began NATO, in the evening, was sent to her father's house, and as her two sisters were raped.

It was April 1999, just less than a month after NATO launched attacks on Serbs to drive Serb forces out of Kosovo. Two decades later, the consequences continue to remain in her life, and her history shows one of thousands of others why a political reconciliation between the two countries remains elusive, Koha.net broadcasts.

While Kosovo politicians, the newspaper writes, speak openly about victims of Serb rapes at various events, their statements are rejected by the Serb side.

Such a row occurred during the Security Conference in Munich during February, where Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq raised doubts about the number of women raped during the war in Kosovo, referred to by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, at the same event. But there, Thaci and Vucinqi had gone to discuss integration into the European Union, and to forget past history.

Authorities in Kosovo report there are nearly 20 thousand women who were abused and raped by Serbian soldiers. This means that victims of sexual violence exceed the figure of 13,595 people who were killed in the war. The newspaper also reports that militants on both sides have been indicted for war crimes.

When returning to the story of the girl, then 22 years old, writes that for that day sisters had discussed what had happened to them. Of her husband's family, she had never told him what had happened to her. She was just her mother, who had managed to give her any support.

It would have been better if I had been killed that day”, the woman said, whose initials are L.A. by Gjakova.

In fact, as this paper writes, it took 15 years for politicians in Kosovo to break taboos for victims of sexual violence, then President Atifete Jahjaga took the first step to bring to light the horrors that many women experienced in the war broadcast Koha.net.

This theme was kept under body masks because of the mentality in our country and was taboo”, Jahjaga was expressed in an interview given to Kosovo media on March 11th in Pristina. According to Jahjaga, it took years to create funds for victims, which can apply to receive a pension of up to 230 euros a month, if the Commission approved their application.

So far, over 1,300 women have applied, and only about 400 Ssh have been approved.

“Recognising our mentality, I don't think many of them will be able to walk before”, Jahjaga was expressed.

Mirlinda Sada, who is director of the women's association in Gjakova, has said that they still need a lot of work to meet with women to help you tell their sad stories. It tells of a case that had occurred two years earlier when a boy had gone to the association to ask for help for his mother, who was a widow who was being held by her father - in - law for 17 years.

Since the war ended, she was allowed out of the room alone. She wouldn't even go out to the yard. It took nearly a year to convince her father-in-law to let her leave the house and offer help from raftists”, Sada said.

When L.A. appeared before the nine-member commission, and a man was on the panel, she was sad and failed to provide details and report on her past. Her case was rejected. L.A. will try to apply again.

The negative response re-opened my wounds”, the mother of four children, now 42 years old, said.

“Everything returned to my life from that time on”, it ended.