1989-1999

Blood-feud reconciliation at the gathering at Verrat e Llukës, May 1, 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Blood-feud reconciliation, 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Leading figures in the blood-feud reconciliation movement: Anton Çetta, Zekeria Cana, and Mark Krasniqi. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The poisoning of schoolchildren, March–April 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The poisoning of schoolchildren, March–April 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The poisoning of schoolchildren, March–April 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

An Albanian soldier returned in a coffin from service in the Yugoslav People’s Army. Prishtina, 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo (BSPK), a confederation of Kosovo workers founded in 1990 to oppose the Serbian regime’s oppression of Albanian workers. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo (BSPK), a confederation of Kosovo workers founded in 1990 to oppose the Serbian regime’s oppression of Albanian workers. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

American lawyer Eva Brendle during the proclamation of the Constitutional Declaration in front of the Assembly of Kosovo. Prishtina, July 2, 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

An elderly man reads about the closure of the newspaper Rilindja. Prishtina, 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Nationwide opposition to the occupation of Kosovo, known as the September 3rd Strike. Prishtina, September 3, 1990. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Prishtina, 1991: the Serbianization of Kosovo through the official use of the Serbian language and Serbian signage in public spaces. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Independence referendum, Fushë Kosovë, September 26–30, 1991. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Shaban Jashari’s stone house, Prekaz, November 22, 1991. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Shaban Jashari’s stone house, Prekaz, November 22, 1991. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Children playing in the snow. Prekaz, December 30, 1991. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Children playing in the snow. Prekaz, December 30, 1991. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

A broken window in the Jashari family home after an attack by Serbian police. Prekaz, December 30, 1991. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Bullet marks on the walls of the Jashari family home. Prekaz, December 30, 1991. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Shaban Jashari with his grandsons, Lulëzim and Fitim. Prekaz, December 30, 1991. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Protest in defense of the University of Prishtina and its campus, Prishtina, 1992. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Protest in defense of the University of Prishtina and its campus, Prishtina, 1992. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

President Ibrahim Rugova at the opening of the United States Information Service Office (USIS), alongside the U.S. diplomatic delegation led by John Kornblum. Prishtina, 1996. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

President Ibrahim Rugova at the opening of the United States Information Service Office (USIS), alongside the U.S. diplomatic delegation led by John Kornblum. Prishtina, 1996. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Mark Krasniqi, Ibrahim Rugova, and Adem Demaçi at the end of year reception. Prishtina, December 31, 1996. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Ibrahim Rugova and Adem Demaçi at the end of year reception. Prishtina, December 31, 1996. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Terry Heselius, head of Mercy Corps International in Kosovo, during a meeting with President Ibrahim Rugova, 1997. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Terry Heselius, head of Mercy Corps International in Kosovo, during a meeting with President Ibrahim Rugova, 1997. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Organizers of the University of Prishtina student protest—Albin Kurti, Muhamet Mavraj, Bujar Dugolli, and Driton Lajçi—at a press conference ahead of the October 1st protests. Prishtina, late September 1997. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

University of Prishtina students, led by Rector Ejup Statovci, facing a Serbian police cordon during the October 1st protest demanding a return to university buildings. Prishtina, October 1, 1997. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Participants in the student protest of October 1st, 1997. Prishtina, October 1, 1997.

Participants in the student protest of October 1st, 1997. Prishtina, October 1, 1997.

Protesters disperse after Serbian police intervene in the student protest. Prishtina, October 1, 1997. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Serbian police beat Albanian protesters during a peaceful student protest demanding access to university buildings and the restoration of Albanian-language instruction. Prishtina, October 1, 1997. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

Protestë masive pas masakrave në LikosMass protest after the massacres in Likoshan and Çirez. Prishtina, March 2, 1998. Photo: Alban Bujari / KOHA.an dhe Çirez. Prishtinë, 2 mars 1998. Foto: Alban Bujari / KOHA.

Funeral of the 24 victims of the Likoshan and Çirez massacres, March 3, 1998. Photo: Alban Bujari / KOHA.

An Albanian family fleeing the fighting through the Qyqavicë mountains. March 5, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

A mother with her ten-day-old baby hiding from Serbian forces in the Qyqavicë mountains. March 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Bali Bejta, Hatixhe and Zenë Jashari, Shaqir and Zukë Jashari, and Sherif Goxholi, among the first witnesses to the aftermath of the March 5–7, 1998 massacre in Prekaz. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Nationwide protest, Prishtina, March 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

Peaceful protest in Prishtina, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The Blank Paper Protest, Prishtina, March 8, 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

The Blank Paper Protest, Prishtina, March 8, 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

The Blank Paper Protest, Prishtina, March 8, 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

Thousands of Albanian women demonstrate at the ‘Blank Paper Protest’, holding blank sheets as a symbol of a ‘peaceful divorce’ from Serbia following the killing of dozens of Albanians by Serbian forces in Drenica. Prishtina, March 8, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

Albanian women during the ‘Blank Paper Protest’, making the victory sign and holding blank sheets. The protest followed the killing of dozens of Albanians by Serbian forces in Drenica. Prishtina, March 8, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

Serbian police watch Albanian protesters during a demonstration in Pejë against violence committed by Serbian forces in Kosovo. Pejë, March 9, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

Mass protest in Prishtina, March 9, 1998. Photo: Alban Bujari / KOHA.

Mass protest in Prishtina, March 9, 1998. Photo: Alban Bujari / KOHA.

Albanian protesters during a mass peace demonstration in central Prishtina. Prishtina, March 15, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, held in solidarity with the people of Drenica. Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, held in solidarity with the people of Drenica. Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, held in solidarity with the people of Drenica. Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, held in solidarity with the people of Drenica. Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, held in solidarity with the people of Drenica. Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

The ‘Bread for Drenica’ protest, held in solidarity with the people of Drenica. Prishtina, March 16, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Albanian protesters face a Serbian police cordon during a demonstration for Kosovo’s independence. Police blocked Prishtina’s main road, while the protest ended without incident. Prishtina, April 9, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

Albanian girls kneeling during a silent protest in Prishtina. Thousands of Albanians marched through the city center demanding Kosovo’s independence. Prishtina, April 10, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

Albanians release doves as symbols of peace during a protest in central Prishtina as fighting intensified in Drenica. Prishtina, May 9, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

Nationwide protest, Prishtina, March 1998. Photo: Ridvan Slivova.

A Serbian police officer checks the documents of an Albanian family returning home near Rahovec after displacement caused by the fighting in Kosovo. Rahovec, August 19, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

The destroyed school in Gradicë during the September 1998 offensive. Gradicë, Drenas. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

Slavko Ćuruvija, owner of the independent newspaper Dnevni Telegraf, displays a disputed issue of his newspaper. Belgrade, October 14, 1998. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

People gathered at the site where Serbian opposition journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, owner of Dnevni Telegraf, was killed. Belgrade, April 11, 1999. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.

The funeral procession of Serbian opposition journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, owner of Dnevni Telegraf, who was killed in Belgrade on April 11, 1999. Belgrade, April 14, 1999. Photo: Goran Tomašević / Reuters.PEK/WS - RP1DRIIPBPAB

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. London, October 4, 1998. Photo: Besnik Mehmeti.

Children in Polac, Skenderaj, September 1998. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

Children playing with corn, 1998. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

An Albanian family near their home, 1998. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

An elderly man with a child near their home, 1998. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

An Albanian family preparing food, 1998. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

An elderly woman with food prepared for her family, 1998. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

An injured child receiving treatment in a makeshift hospital, 1998. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Inside a destroyed hospital, 1998. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Children playing near a destroyed hospital, 1998. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Besarta Jashari, the only survivor of the attack on the Jashari family in Prekaz. November 28, 1998. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Rilindja journalists visit the villages of Korroticë, Zabel i Naltë, and Vasilevë. Drenica, January 1999. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Rilindja journalists visit the villages of Korroticë, Zabel i Naltë, and Vasilevë. Drenica, January 1999. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Rilindja journalists visit the villages of Korroticë, Zabel i Naltë, and Vasilevë. Drenica, January 1999. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Rilindja journalists visit the villages of Korroticë, Zabel i Naltë, and Vasilevë. Drenica, January 1999. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Children in Açarevë, Skenderaj, January 7, 1999. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

Children in Açarevë, Skenderaj, January 7, 1999. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

A stone house destroyed by a tank in Sverkë e Gashit, Klinë, January 1999. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

Bodies of victims of the Reçak Massacre, January 1999. Photo: Thomas Dworzak / Magnum Photos.

Funeral of the victims of the Reçak Massacre. Reçak, Shtime, January 1999. Photo: Alban Bujari / KOHA.

Children in front of a makeshift school in Dejnë, Rahovec, January 1999. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against Serbian violence in Kosovo and in support of the Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet Conference. Rambouillet, France, February 13, 1999. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against Serbian violence in Kosovo and in support of the Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet Conference. Rambouillet, France, February 13, 1999. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against Serbian violence in Kosovo and in support of the Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet Conference. Rambouillet, France, February 13, 1999. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against Serbian violence in Kosovo and in support of the Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet Conference. Rambouillet, France, February 13, 1999. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

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Protest by the Albanian diaspora against Serbian violence in Kosovo and in support of the Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet Conference. Rambouillet, France, February 13, 1999. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against Serbian violence in Kosovo and in support of the Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet Conference. Rambouillet, France, February 13, 1999. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against Serbian violence in Kosovo and in support of the Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet Conference. Rambouillet, France, February 13, 1999. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Protest by the Albanian diaspora against Serbian violence in Kosovo and in support of the Albanian delegation at the Rambouillet Conference. Rambouillet, France, February 13, 1999. Photo: Paul S. Refsdal.

Children going to school in Krajkovë, Drenas, March 15, 1999. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

The destroyed school in Jabllanicë, Gjakovë, March 18, 1999. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

The school in Cërmjan, Gjakovë, March 18, 1999. Photo: Flaka Surroi.

Adem Demaçi during a press conference. Prishtina, 1999. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.

Adem Demaçi and Albin Kurti. Prishtina, 1999. Photo: Ilaz Bylykbashi.