euronews
War crimes
06/01 15:59 CET
The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church has accused former UN and NATO administrators of turning a blind eye to organ trafficking in Kosovo during the 1998-99 war. Patriarch Irinej said in his annual Orthodox Christmas message that the “terrible crime” was aided by the “complicit silence of the international community” and that foreign officials “certainly knew what was happening in the field.” Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty released a report last month which alleged that kidneys and other organs were removed from Serb prisoners held by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army and sold on to Western customers. As a leader of the KLA, Kosovo’s current prime minister Hashim Thaci was implicated in the trafficking. He has categorically denied any involvement. Kosovo came under UN and NATO control in 1999 after a crackdown on ethnic Albanians led by Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic. In 2008, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia although Serbia has never recognised this. The influential Serbian Orthodox Church considers Kosovo as the cradle of the Serbian state and has its headquarters there.
read more: euronews
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου