Serbian human rights activist Nataša Kandić has stated that Serbia is not an ordinary (normal) state and must confront the facts surrounding the crimes committed during the war in Kosovo.
In a statement published on the social media platform X, Kandić criticised the way some Serbian media outlets reported on the period of NATO’s bombing campaign, specifically mentioning the newspaper Vreme.
She recalled that Albanians were killed and that mass graves were also discovered at police training camps in Serbia. Kandić said that students who have won elections, as well as those who may become part of a new government, will have to answer questions about these issues.
“Serbia is not an ordinary (normal) state. When NATO’s bombing began, time seemed to lose all meaning, and not only in the newspaper Vreme… As if someone else had killed the Albanians and then ‘planted’ mass graves in Serbia’s police camps,” she wrote.
According to Kandić, there are activists, intellectuals, researchers and civil society organisations in Serbia documenting victims regardless of their ethnic background.
She also recalled the convictions of members of the Serbian police unit known as the “Scorpions,” who executed six prisoners from Srebrenica and 14 women and children in Podujevo.
“They identified members of the ‘Scorpions’ police unit, who executed six prisoners from Srebrenica and 14 women and children in Podujevo. All of them were convicted,” Kandić stated.
Kandić concluded by emphasising that documenting these crimes is essential for upholding the rule of law and building accountable institutions.
