Kosovo: Documentary on war crimes leads to death threats against newspaper editor
by Ana Ribeiro
Leonard Kerquki, editor of Kosovar newspaper Gazeta Express, has allegedly received hundreds of death threats after screening a documentary he co-produced on an underreported aspect of the Kosovo War of the 1990s.
Leonard Kerquki, editor of Kosovar newspaper Gazeta Express (photo: private/facebook)
The film deals with crimes "against Serbian and Bosniak minorities" and the possible role the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) played in them. Leading political figures in Kosovo are connected with the now dismantled militant group made up of ethnic Albanians.
According to Reporters Without Borders, the day after the 23 October broadcast on…