10_February_2007_protest_in_Kosovo

10 February 2007 protest in Kosovo

10 February 2007 protest in Kosovo

Protest against the Ahtisaari Plan

On February 10, 2007, Kosovo Albanians protested against the Ahtisaari Plan. The crowd in Pristina protested against a UN plan on the future status of Kosovo. Many ethnic Albanians were unhappy that the plan fell short of granting full independence for Kosovo. The proposals, unveiled on February 2 by chief UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari, recommended a form of self-rule - which in itself was strongly opposed by Serbia. [1]

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Arben Xheladini and Mon Balaj were killed on February 10, 2007, during a demonstration after the Romanian Police serving in the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, fired rubber bullets. Others were seriously injured. The international rights watchdog Amnesty International urged the UN Special Representative in Kosovo to persuade the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, to apologize for the “failure to protect the lives of Mon Balaj and Arben Xheladini ... and provide the complainants with full reparation for the damage suffered”. [2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Two dead following Kosovo clashes". Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Amnesty Seeks Justice for Killed Kosovo Protesters". Retrieved 7 October 2018.


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