The Racak case – 27 years of dispute: Who will believe verdicts from Pristina?

The event of 15 January 1999 in Racak, in which more than 40 Kosovo Albanians were killed, is viewed by Pristina as a massacre of civilians, and by Belgrade as a legitimate anti-terrorist operation. The indictment filed two weeks ago by the Kosovo Special Prosecution in the Racak case against 21 individuals is, for some, a quest for justice, and for others, intimidation of Serbs. William Walker, former head of the OSCE Verification Mission, who 27 years ago claimed that civilians were killed in Racak, is seen by Pristina as the man who revealed the truth, while for Belgrade that “truth” is fabricated and Walker is an Albanian lobbyist.