The Minister of Internal Affairs, Xhelal Sveçla said that with the return of 11 Kosovo citizens from the conflict zones in Syria, Kosovo institutions are exercising responsibility not only to our citizens, but also as members of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS. .

Sveçla wrote on Facebook that Kosovo is proud to be a global leader in the fight against extremism and terrorism.

“Kosovo will always be the home of its citizens. Those who have committed crimes, here or abroad, will be prosecuted. The woman and children we have returned today need our help and support. We urge everyone to respect their privacy in the days, weeks and months ahead. They have and deserve to have the time and space needed to adapt. Our government is helping them return to their families so that they can reintegrate into their district. “We will not stop serving our citizens,” he wrote.

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June 22, 2021 – 09:18

The number of children abducted and raped in crisis regions has increased dramatically by 2020, the United Nations said.

The office of Virginia Gambas, the UN special representative for children and armed conflict, said abductions have increased by 90 percent, while rape and other forms of sexual violence have increased by 70 percent.

The office documented violence against more than 19,300 girls and boys in conflict zones during 2020.

Its annual report states that in 8,400 cases children have been killed or maimed – mainly in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and Somalia.

Nearly 7,000 minors have been recruited as soldiers or used in the war – mainly in Somalia, Syria, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The report notes that the coronavirus pandemic has increased children’s vulnerability to abduction, recruitment and sexual violence.

“Measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus have complicated the work of United Nations child protection monitors and experts,” the report said.

It states that attacks on schools and hospitals have occurred at “extremely high rates”, while many schools have also been used for “military purposes”.

Human rights watchdog criticized the UN office for not including Israel and Saudi Arabia in their list of actions against children. / REL

The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published a report on its recent visit to Hungary from October 20-26, 2017, together with the response from the Hungarian authorities (see also the main findings of the CPT in the summary of the report).

The main aim was to investigate the treatment and conditions of detention of foreigners detained under the Aliens Act. The CPT delegation visited two transit zones in Röszke and Tompa on the border with Serbia and several other institutions and interviewed people on the Serbian side of the border who had recently been “pushed back” to Serbia.

Although the delegation did not receive allegations of staff ill-treatment at any of the facilities visited, many interviewed foreigners who had been arrested in Hungary and escorted through the border fence into Serbia by the Hungarian police through the border fence shortly before the delegation’s visit, they claimed had been physically abused by Hungarian police officers in connection with their arrest and their return through the border fence (push-backs).