AI appeals to the authorities for independent and impartial investigations of all allegations of ''disappearance'', torture and ill-treatment and calls for perpetrators to be brought to justice. In October an opponent of Milosovic, Milo Djukanovic, is elected President of Montenegro. Situation in Kosovo continues to deteriorate. Hundreds of ethnic Abanians and smaller numbers of Serbs are killed in armed conflict in Kosovo. AI report human rights abuses by both sides in conflict.
Serbian authorities apply pressure on independent media with new media laws.
Five newspapers closed down, radio stations closed. Conflict in Kosovo escalates, human rights abuses increase, with summary killings, deaths in custody and the jailing of prisoners of conscience. In June Serbian students beaten by police as they protest in Belgrade against a new law which they claim restricts independence of universities. It also calls for political prisoners to receive fair and prompt trials and that displaced persons be allowed to return to their homes. Extrajudicial executions, ''disappearances'', arbitrary detention, torture, ill-treatment, forcible expulsions and the deliberate destruction of homes widespread and systematic.