Every time an unexpected guest shows up, I think maybe he's back. I still think he can come back one day, says Lutfie Ademi, who has been looking for her brother for 25 years, KosovaPress reported for BTA.
All these years, Ademi carries his brother's picture as one of the few memories of him, and thus suppresses the absence of Adem Ademi. Spring reminds her of the last meeting, but also of the day family members last had information about his location. Since April 19 this year, the woman from Mitrovica has been living in the hope that one day at least his remains will be found.
Lutfie tells KosovaPress that she is not satisfied with the work of the institutions and mentions the declaration of missing persons, which remains only on paper. Every time she talks about her brother, who was in his 50s at the time, she can't help but cry. Her last meeting with her brother, who works as a doctor at the hospital in Mitrovica, was a few days before he disappeared. He treated members of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
Luftie continues to hold out hope to the international community, but not to Serbia, that one day she will be given information about her brother's remains. She adds that not knowing the fate of a missing person means too much in Kosovo. Despite the long wait, she hopes that Adem will knock on the door at any moment.
A year ago, Kosovo and Serbia agreed on a joint declaration on missing persons. The declaration was signed in Brussels and provides full access to important documents for determining the fate of the missing persons.
Members of the families of the disappeared say, however, that this problem remains solved only on paper.
The Kosovo Government Commission on Missing Persons has sent requests for access to the archives of the 37th Brigade of the former Yugoslav Army, but has not yet received a response from the Serbian side.
Even the head of the association “Voice of parents” Bayram Kerkini says that a year ago they hoped things would move forward with the signing of the declaration. According to the Kosovo Ombudsman, Naim Kelai, concealing the fate of the missing persons is a continuation of the war crime.
Lutfie Ademi, who will wait for information about her brother until her last breath, demands justice and pressure on the international community. She called on the institutions to be involved with every family that has not known anything about their loved ones for 25 years.
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