Two books titled “Voices from the Kosovo War” and “Serbian Crimes in Llap – From Apartheid to Genocide” were presented in Pristina as part of April 27, the National Day of Forcibly Disappeared Persons from the last war in Kosovo.

On this occasion, the books were handed over to the Government Commission for Missing Persons, the Institute of Forensic Medicine, and the Directorate for the Investigation of War Crimes within the Kosovo Police.

The event was attended by the author, Kushtrim Gara from the Government Commission for Missing Persons, representatives of institutions, civil society, and citizens.

Kushtrim Gara said this is highly important work based on concrete data and facts.

The editor of the books, Ymer Avdiu, described them as unique, noting that they include direct interviews from the field.

Meanwhile, author Latif Mehmeti said his work said fieldwork has been very challenging and that there were moments when they considered withdrawing from it.

“My work in the association for missing persons and war victims in Podujeva started during the war, and the result of my 27 years of work is the publication of these two books. Fieldwork has been very challenging; there were moments when we wanted to withdraw from fieldwork,” he said.

He also stated that the books contain accounts of war-related crimes and atrocities against civilians during the conflict in Kosovo.