ERRC: Violence against ‘Gypsies’ in Kosovo Continues, Unabated

Article image European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) Letter of Concern to Kosovo and European Authorities over Violence against Roma, Ashkaelia, Egyptians and Others Regarded as "Gypsies" in Kosovo, and Long-Term Impunity for their Persecutors
ERRC PHOTO: The Albanian riots in Vushtrri/Vucitrn were first directed at UNMIK under the slogan "Stop arresting liberators!", then turned against the former Orthodox citizens of the town now lying in this graveyard, and from there assaulted the only living non-Albanian community at hand, the Ashkaelia. Serbs and Roma were burned out of their houses in the summer of 1999, leaving behind only the local Ashkaelia, who have now also been burned out of their houses.

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