Toxic Waste Kills Children in Kosovo. Latest News

5th April: Russia Today transmits film featuring the Roma IDP camps, as the death toll rises to 85. Meanwhile, EU countires continue to deport Roma to Kosovo. View film HERE

10th March: "LEAD MOUNTAIN REFUGEES" points finger of responsibility for Kosovo's death camps at Bernard Kouchner. VIEW FILM HERE

11th March: Scientists from Aberystwyth University published findings on Mitrovica lead pollution, concluding that UNHCR's camps should be closed as matter of urgency. Additional tests at Roma Mahalla identify it as one possible relocation site. Download FLUVIO Report HERE.

15th February: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg reports on his visit to toxic camps and forced returns to Kosovo. Download CoE Press Release HERE

Special Appeal for Ergin Salihi and children like him CLICK HERE

3rd February: In a statement released today, the United Kingdom Association of Gypsy Women (UKAGW) has called for immediate evacuation and proper medical treatment. Download their statement HERE

29th January: After repeated requests and intervention by the office of Catherine Ashton, Vice President of the European Commission, EULEX Chief prosecutor agrees to meet KMEG representatives on 4th Feb to discuss the investigation of serious crimes against Roma families in the camps.

21st January: After repeated stalling by UNMIK, Leigh Day & Co are forced to write again to Lamberto Zannier, SRSG. FOLLOW THE LEGAL CLAIM HERE

21st December: Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, calls on Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, to cease all forced repatriations of Roma families to Kosovo while toxic camps remain occupied. Download his letter HERE

15th December: THE SUN, the UK's top circulation paper with 10 million readers, exposes the scandal of the UN's poison camps for Gypsies in Kosovo. ONLINE STORY HERE or download printed version including excellent interview with one of the families HERE

10th October: Leigh Day, the international human rights law firm that successfully won £30 million in compensation in the largest ever group compensation case involving toxic waste, has now lodged a claim at the United Nations for its ongoing abuse of Roma at toxic camps. Follow this action on the "LEGAL CLAIM" page.

1st October 2009: WHO release offical statement calling for immediate camp closure READ IT HERE

26th August 2009: WHO Head in Serbia and the Head of the WHO Anti-lead team call for immediate evacuation and destruction of the camps during meetings with the Kosovo Minister of Health, the Kosovo government, UNMIK, KAAD, the camp administrators, Mercy Corps, Institute of Health in both N and S Mitrovica. As at least 11 Roma families relocate to S Mahalla, most vacant dwellings are immediately occupied by returning Roma families from Serbia, without any action being taken by the Kosovo government or the camp administrators to prevent this from happening.

Aug 9th 2009: Doctors in Pristina hospital admit they cannot treat Ergin Salihi for his behavioral problems or lead poisoning. They agressively demand that Paul Polansky, who was visiting, take him back to the toxic conditions at Osterode camp. He refuses. The next day, they get his illiterate mother to sign his discharge papers, before sending him home.

Aug 3rd 2009: Ergin Salihi discharged to Osterode after Belgrade doctors say there is nothing more they can do for him. On 4th Aug, he will be taken to Pristina hospital. Alush Gashi, Kosovo's Minister for Health states. "Regarding the Ergin Salihi, he can be admitted to hospital and if there is need for treatment abroad we will do outmost to make it happen" (email to GfbV:8th June 2009)

July 21st 2009: Ergin Salihi returned by ambulance to hospital in Belgrade. His condition is reported as "very weak & life in danger". While the UN, the Kosovo government and the EU continue to wring their hands and fail to evacuate the children, and while the WHO fails to provide advice on medical treatment, once again a young boy is the needless victim of ongoing abuse.

July 4th 2009: Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner, condemns camps and forced repatriations of Roma to Kosovo. DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE

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