4 hours agoKurti after Vukotic's sentence: No amnesty for war crimes
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Prime Minister Albin Kurti has reacted after his ten-year sentence to lift the freedom of Serbian police officer Zoran Vukotic for war crimes in Kosovo, saying there can be no amnesty for such crimes committed by the Serbian occupier. He wrote in a Facebook post that sexual violence during 1998 '99 [...]
He wrote in a Facebook post that sexual violence during 1998 ' 99 has been used as a constant war tool in Kosovo, and that thousands of women and men, girls and boys have been victims of this crime, while two decades after the war, not even one person has been convicted of such a crime.
This day, after 23 years of impunity for the crime of sexual violence, someone is first convicted. Zoran Vukotqi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the case of sexual violence against an Albanian woman in Vushtrri. Justice is essential, even when it comes too late. Victims of sexual violence need justice, but even for our social support to fight the stigma that is conveyed to”, Kurti wrote.
War crimes are not defined, nor can they have amnesty for this crime committed during the war in Kosovo, this war weapon used by Occupytor”, he has added.
