Kosovo Serbs Blacklisted for Voting in Election Press Charges Against Officials

Text of report in English by Pristina-based independent internet news agency KosovaLive

["Serbs Included in 'Black list' Charge Their Compatriots" - KosovaLive headline]

Peje [Pec], 14 Dec (KosovaLive) – Serbs of the village of Gorazhdec [Gorazdevac] in Peje who have been included in the “Blacklist” of the so called “Serb Coordination Centre for Kosova [Kosovo] and Metohija” in this village have charged the two officials of the Serb parallel institutions in Gorazhdec and the authors and signatories of this list, leader of the district administration in Peje, Milisav Petrovic, and the municipal coordinator in Peja, Radojko Dunic – both from the village of Gorazhdec.

They have pressed charges due to the threats that Petrovic and Dunic have made towards them, who in the day of the elections of 17 November in Kosova have taken the names of those who have voted and have put them on a “Blacklist” as a citizens that work against the Serbian state and this list have been delivered to the Serb Ministry for Kosova and Metohija.

The lawyer from Peje, Naser Husaj, told KosovaLive that the Serbs that have been included in this list have been announced as “Albanian Serbs” [preceding two words in Serbian in original].

Originally published by KosovaLive website, Pristina, in English 14 Dec 07.

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