Level 5 Hospital mortuary, two days after they domestic violence continued. A hydropower were arrested by officers from Manyatta company withdrew its lawsuits aimed at police station for allegedly breaking the silencing activists. curfew. Six police officers suspected of BACKGROUND involvement in the murders were arrested and charged on the IPOA’s recommendation. Following snap elections in February, the They were released on bail of KES 3,000,000 Vetëvendosje (Self-determination Movement) (about US$26,291) on 4 November and party won power, replacing the government of barred from entering Embu County to guard Avdullah Hoti. The parliament elected Vjosa against any potential interference with Osmani as president. evidence and witnesses. RIGHT TO TRUTH, JUSTICE AND REPARATION 1. “Kenya: Release and cease attacks on Edwin Mutemi wa Kiama”, In September, the trial began of Salih 5 October 2. “Kenya: Statement on Joannah Stutchbury’s murder”, 16 July Mustafa, commander of a Kosovo Liberation 3. “Kenya: Kibos land and demolition case: High court finds Kenya Army unit, indicted on charges of arbitrary Railways Corporation and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of detention, cruel treatment, torture and National Government guilty of gross human rights violations”, murder. Pristina Basic Court sentenced 1 September former reservist policeman Goran Stanišić to 4. “Kenya: Press statement on the forceful mass eviction of the Nubian 20 years’ imprisonment for war crimes community of Kibos, Kisumu County”, 8 February against ethnic Albanians committed in 1999. 5. “Kenya: Amnesty International statement on the proposed closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps”, 6 April ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES 6. “Kenya: Clarification on our statement on revised roadmap for the More than 1,600 people remained missing. closure of Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps”, 30 April In June, 11 bodies of Kosovo Albanians were 7. “Kenya: Amnesty International statement on the killing of Ugandan exhumed from a mass grave at the Kiževak refugee Chriton ‘Trinidad’ Atuhwera” 13 April mine in Serbia. In September, the remains of 8. “Kenya: Fix loopholes that facilitate unlawful killings”, 9 August seven Kosovo Albanians were returned to Kosovo authorities. Kosovo authorities KOSOVO* returned the remains of three Serbs to Serbian authorities. Kosovo* WARTIME SEXUAL VIOLENCE Head of state: Vjosa Osmani (replaced Glauk Konjufca In Kosovo’s first conviction for wartime sexual in April) violence, Pristina Basic Court sentenced Head of government: Albin Kurti (replaced Avdullah former Kosovo Serb police officer Zoran Hoti in March) Vukotić to 10 years’ imprisonment for raping *This designation is without prejudice to positions on a 16-year-old girl in 1999. status, and is in line with UN Security Council As of December, a government commission Resolution 1244 and the International Court of Justice had granted the status of survivor of wartime Advisory Opinion, Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect sexual violence to 1,048 of 1,618 applicants, of Kosovo. although over 4,500 rape survivors had been counselled by the NGO Medica Gjakova. Proceedings continued at the Kosovo VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS Specialist Chambers established in The Hague in 2016. Journalists faced indirect Impunity for cases of institutional negligence pressure and online violence. Kosovo courts in addressing domestic violence continued. issued their first conviction for wartime The murders of two women, Sebahate Morina sexual violence. Impunity for cases of and Marigona Osmani, both victims of institutional negligence in addressing femicide, sparked public protests against Amnesty International Report 2021/22 223