The Serb genocide in Kosova should be stopped

Dramatic news are coming from Kosova. It is now two days that considerable armed forces are assaulting the Albanian population there. The target of these measures are in particular the villages of the Drenica area. According to some preliminary sources, there are already 28 people killed, much more the injured, among them even women and children.

This marks a further escalation of the oppressive policy of the Belgrade authorities in Kosova, a policy which takes clearly the shape of a genocide at the expense of the Albanian majority of this region. All reports show that Belgrade is resorting to violence and armed repression instead of the initiatives taken by different forums of the international community to find a peaceful solution to the Kosovo problem. Milosevic is preparing a second Bosnia, which is likely to have most dangerous consequences for peace in the Balkan region as a whole.

It is a moment of high responsibility, requiring the highest engagement. All the Albanian, wherever they are, are following with great concern and pain the fate of their brothers in Kosova. This moment wants, first of all, that all the Albanian political forces leave behind their differences and form a united front against Serb violence. We can express our firm belief that the Albanian Government will not refrain from using all its links and means to urgently call the attention of the international circles. Efforts should be deployed so that these circles react with the resoluteness and rapidity imposed by this dramatic situation to put an end to the genocide in Kosova.

The AHC calls on in particular the similar HR organizations abroad to raise their protest, to sensitize the international community against the Serb nationalism against this bloody fury which is sowing innocent victims among the peaceful population.