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Post by kasso on May 5, 2008 8:09:57 GMT -5
Bajram Kelmendi, (1937-1999), lawyer and public figure. Bajram Kelmendi was born near Peja. At age of eighteen, he was imprisoned for eighteen months for criticizing the forced expulsion of Albanians to Turkey. He later studied law and became a lawyer. Kelmendi was among the founders of Council for Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms in Prishtina and, on 3 may 1998, he filed charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hauge against Slobodan Milosevic for crimes committed in Kosova. At the beginning for the bombing campaign of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), on 24 March 1999, the Serb police broke into his home and arrested him and his two sons. Their dead bodies were found at a gas station outside of Prishtina the next day.
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Post by Pejoni on May 5, 2008 12:04:16 GMT -5
Because he protested against the injustice of the Albanians population, they had to execute his family and many more!
May misery effect all those involved on this cowardly act!
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Post by redbaron on May 6, 2008 20:49:03 GMT -5
Respect to him and his family.Nothing new to say about the scum that caused so much pain to our nation.
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Post by engers on May 7, 2008 1:36:25 GMT -5
He was very brave, smart and I think the best lawyer in Kosova. I have respect for his family. Prominent human rights lawyer Bajram Kelmendi and his two sons, Kastriot and Kushtrim, were murdered by Serbian security forces on the night of March 24, 1999. Photo courtesy of Koha Ditore.
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Post by worldcit on May 7, 2008 20:01:22 GMT -5
This is very tragic.
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Post by filomen on May 8, 2008 2:59:52 GMT -5
i dont think so, cose if it was, some serb securiti force will follow them in the other world
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Post by engers on May 8, 2008 6:35:12 GMT -5
Did he and his sons have KLA ties ? vinjak they are executed, not killed in a battle. They have been executed together.
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Post by vinjak on May 8, 2008 17:25:35 GMT -5
^^
Yep I read that, but if they where spies for the KLA then executing them is within normal paractise, in a time of war. I would say that given his background he most probably was.
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donnie
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Post by donnie on May 9, 2008 11:15:16 GMT -5
Vinjak
Your army and police massacred thousands of civilians. You don't think they would execute intellectuals who were perceived as threats? Even if Bajram Kelmendi was a KLA 'spy' ... executing him without a trial is still a criminal act.
But Kelmendi wasn't a spy. There are other examples just like this. Fehmi Agani for instance was a prominent political leader and member of the LDK (Rugova's party). He was defined pacifism and was against the use of violent means to liberate Kosova. The Serbian authorities executed him as well ... despite him having nothing to do with the KLA.
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Post by vinjak on May 9, 2008 17:07:49 GMT -5
Stop lying man. You derail the topic right here in this post where you say"executing them is within normal paractise, in a time of war".
That aint derailing, and what Lie ? I was on topic with my posts and instead of answering you chose to bring up a totaly different topic all together, you where off topic and as such you where edited ...simple and within the rules. This topic is the execution of Bajram Kelmendi and co not about pictures of massacred children.And your outburst didnt help either. Now as I said to you before if you want to talk about pictures of massacred children then open a topic.
Donnie
Even if Bajram Kelmendi was a KLA 'spy' ... executing him without a trial is still a criminal act.
Actualy it is not, in a time of war spies are executed on the spot.
The Serbian authorities executed him as well ... despite him having nothing to do with the KLA.
Is that speculation or do you know for certain. Wasnt it everymans duty to rally to the KLA cause not just armed combat but intellectual capacities,spieing,reporting Serbian positions,etc ?
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Post by donnie on May 9, 2008 17:26:26 GMT -5
As well as their family? And he wasn't "shot on the spot" while carrying out his "spy activities"; he was abducted and executed!
In that case, the KLA's numbers would have swelled ... yet it reached a "mere" 15,000-20,000 at its height in 1999.
To answer you; no. As I mentioned earlier, quite a few were fervent supporters of Rugova's pacifist line, such as Agani. They were executed as well. There's nothing to proove Kelmendi's "ties" with the KLA. He was executed because he was perceived as a threat who through hs work exposed Serbian crimes and barbarism. As simple as that.
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Post by vinjak on May 9, 2008 20:14:11 GMT -5
Ok, I will have to take your word as I dont know, and thats why I was asking if he had ties with the KLA. However I dont think he was as innocent as you would put it, but I have no proof so I will leave it at that.
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Post by redbaron on May 9, 2008 21:34:40 GMT -5
Why do you keep deleting my posts vinjak?Why do you hide your ignorance behind the delete button?Have the balls and stand up for your ideas and don't be afraid of words.
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Post by Pejoni on May 10, 2008 5:53:18 GMT -5
vinjak, I hope your are not deleting post on this section. Unlike SF, we like to give ppl a chance to give their opinions exclude insults.
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Post by redbaron on May 10, 2008 10:37:53 GMT -5
Oh for f%$ks sake how many times STAY ON TOPIC LIKE EVERYONE ELSEPut my posts back and let other moderators see who is off topic.You are writing about KLA while the topic is about Kelmendi.
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Post by fannoli on May 10, 2008 16:38:08 GMT -5
RedBaron, Im watching this thread now. Your comment will stay here if they are bound to by the rules.
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Post by redbaron on May 10, 2008 17:23:15 GMT -5
RedBaron, Im watching this thread now. Your comment will stay here if they are bound to by the rules. My posts are by the rules,but not Vinjak personal rules. He tries to justify the annihilation of a whole family by saying that this is"normal paractise, in a time of war." based on his made up excuse that they probably were KLA spies.But when i tell him that i can post pictures of kids that were killed by the serbs,and if that constitute " a normal practice " he deletes my posts because i am off topic.No balls to get involved in a conversation without the help of delete button.Very pathetic.
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Post by vinjak on May 10, 2008 18:43:05 GMT -5
So calling me a C&^%suker is in the rules ? you are nothing but a freakin liar. And since one of you found it fit to delete me this is now locked and transfered.
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