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Valley Albanians complain of Serbian police repression
By AP
Published: July 5, 2007
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MEDVEÐA -- Ethnic Albanians from a southern Serbian village say police there discriminate against them.
Albanian villagers from Grbavce, near Medveða, wrote to municipal president Slobodan Draškovic to warn that “unsolved problems could lead to undesired consequences.”
“Please tell us how we can remain peaceful citizens under these conditions of police repression, whether or not we can continue to work our fields, exploit the forests, support our families and survive in this area,” the letter said.
The villagers referred to police officers’ behavior in the area as “a kind of repression,” and complained about local police chief, Radomir Radovanovic.
The letter said that after a recent verbal exchange between a group of Albanians and a Serb from a nearby village over felling of trees in a forest, the Serb, identified as Ratko Stošic, fetched his rifle and fired in their direction.
Naim Muratovic, also a local, said that the Albanians then reported the incident to the police.
“They told us to go to the police checkpoint in Marovac, which we did, to find Radovanovic there.”
“Another officer, who was with Radovanovic, warned Stošic not to do anything of the kind again and that the next time he will not get away with only a warning. The chief then turned to us and told us not to bother Stošic. ‘You will have trouble with me, I’ll put you in jail,’ he threatened us,” Muratovic said.
He also claimed that Stošic continued to make phone calls to some Albanians, “threatening to kill them.”
Albanians from Grbavce and Medveða say police and local courts “habitually discriminate between Serbs and Albanians who commit similar offenses.”
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Dani
Vetëm përpara djema... this is
a true about balkan killers
Rian
Just dont give UP, trooth is
in your side
Dragan
God site, hello from Belgrad
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