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May 1998 – 26 July 1998 · 1998

The UÇK prison camp at Llapushnik

According to the final ICTY judgment, from May to late July 1998 the UÇK ran a prison camp in a farm compound in Llapushnik holding mainly civilian Albanian and Serb prisoners, with appalling conditions, beatings and torture.
Evidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.The 1998–1999 warDetention and prisonsCrimes

Editorial status: Awaiting verificationDrafted from the cited sources; not yet fully reviewed by the editors.

Key facts

Date
May 1998 – 26 July 1998
Place
Llapushnik
Coordinates
Approximate location
Sources
2
Evidence status
Evidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.

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Sources

  1. [1]Tribunali Penal Ndërkombëtar për ish-Jugosllavinë (ICTY). Prosecutor v. Limaj et al. (IT-03-66) — faqja e çështjes. IT-03-66. https://www.icty.org/en/case/limaj. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]Tribunali Penal Ndërkombëtar për ish-Jugosllavinë (ICTY). Prosecutor v. Fatmir Limaj, Haradin Bala and Isak Musliu, Judgement. 2005-11-30. IT-03-66-T. https://www.icty.org/x/cases/limaj/tjug/en/lim-tj051130-e.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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