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April 1999 · 1999

The BIA unit's detention compound at Zllash

According to the final judgment of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, in April 1999 detainees were arbitrarily held and tortured at the KLA BIA unit's compound in Zllash, and one detainee was murdered.
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
April 1999
Place
Zllash
Coordinates
Approximate location
Sources
3
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]Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës dhe Zyra e Prokurorit të Specializuar. Specialist Prosecutor v. Salih Mustafa (KSC-BC-2020-05) — faqja e çështjes. KSC-BC-2020-05. https://www.scp-ks.org/en/cases/salih-mustafa. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës dhe Zyra e Prokurorit të Specializuar. KSC Appeals Panel imposes new sentence of 15 years of imprisonment in the Salih Mustafa case. 2024-09-10. https://www.scp-ks.org/en/ksc-appeals-panel-imposes-new-sentence-15-years-imprisonment-salih-mustafa-case. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. [3]Dhomat e Specializuara të Kosovës. Specialist Prosecutor v. Salih Mustafa, Trial Judgment (public redacted version). 2022-12-16. KSC-BC-2020-05. https://repository.scp-ks.org/LW/Published/Filing/0b1ec6e9811218d4/Further%20redacted%20version%20of%20Corrected%20version%20of%20Public%20redacted%20version%20of%20Trial%20Judgment.pdf. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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