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Refugee Children It took us seven years to bring Bosnia to this moment of hope. It must not take us that long to resolve the crisis that is growing in Kosovo....This time, we must respond before it is too late. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, March 9, 1998

Refugee children in Kisna Reka, Kosovo holding a shell casing.

Tragedy in Pictures
This collection features photographs taken by Human Rights Watch researchers in Kosovo in September and October 1998. Each gallery offers a narrative of human rights abuses that took place in different locations in Kosovo. Please be aware that many of these images are graphic and upsetting.

If you or your organization is interested in using these pictures, they can be obtained from Saba Photo at 1 (212) 477 7722.

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Galleries
Update: Photographs from New HRW Report, "Detention and Abuse in Kosovo" [December 8, 1998]
Massacre in the Forest (Part I)
Massacre in the Forest (Part I)

Massacre in the Forest (Part II)
Massacre in the Forest (Part II)


Golubovac—Thirteen Executed


Gornje Obrinje, Shelled to Death

klina
Exhumation near Klina

A Village Destroyed
Decan, A Village Destroyed

Pocica
Plocica, Scorched Earth (Part I)

Pocica
Plocica, Scorched Earth (Part II)

Vranica
Vranic, Demolished Convoy

Vranica
Executions in Vranic


Kisna Reka, Refugee Settlement (Part I)


Kisna Reka, Refugee Settlement (Part II)