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8 German L.J. 81 (2007)
Birth of a Nation: Kosovo and the Persecution of Pariah Minorities

handle is hein.journals/germlajo2007 and id is 83 raw text is: S.f~ tfY$ E;~ W I ATIUTt -F0 X ,6 Birth of a Nation: Kosovo and the Persecution of Pariah Minorities By Claude Cahn* In August 1998, at the 'Black Eagles' unit headquarters at Rznic, Idriz Balaj detained as prisoners Zenun Gashi, a former policeman, Misin Berisha and his son, Sali Berisha, all of Roma ethnicity. Zenun Gashi was last seen in the village of Kosuric/Kosuriq, municipality of Pec/Peja. On the day of his abduction, he was observed to have been badly beaten in a car with three KLA soldiers, in the neighbouring village of Barane/Baran. While detained, Sali Berisha's nose was cut off, in the presence of ldriz Balaj and of two other KLA soldiers. Idriz Balaj cut each of the three men on their necks, arms and thighs, rubbed salt into the cuts and sewed them up with a needle. Idriz Balaj then wrapped Zenun Gashi, Misin Berisha and Sali Berisha in barbed wire and used an implement to drive the barbs of the wire into their flesh. Idriz Balaj also stabbed Zenun Gashi in the eye. The three men were then tied behind Idriz Balaj's vehicle and dragged away in the direction of Lake Radonjic/Radoniq. They have not been seen alive since this day and are presumed to have been killed. ' Programmes Director, European Roma Rights Centre, ccahn@errc.org. The author gratefully acknowledges that resources of the European Roma Rights Centre have been indispensable in the preparation of this article. I Prosecutor v. Haradinaj, Balaj, & Brahimaj, Case No. IT-04-84-, Indictment Decision, 64 (4 March 2005) [hereinafter Haradmaj ICTY Indictment].

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