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2007
2008
2011
On behalf of the AACL, Cloyes DioGuardi launches a campaign with legal efforts to unmask the politics behind the partial retrial of former Kosova Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj in the International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, after being acquitted of all war crimes charges before the court
January The AACL Urges Reps. Tom
The United States, the United February 18 Kingdom, France, Italy, and March
Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi makes two presentations at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs, one on Kosova and the other on the future of the Western Balkans.
Cloyes and DioGuardi Travel to Halifax to Present Papers at Dalhousie University
Lantos and Ileana Ros- Lehtinen to Introduce
H.Res. 36, in Support of Kosova’s Independence Now
Germany recognize Kosova’s independence. In the week that follows, eighty nations give their endorsement.
2007
At the Civic League’s urging, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos and Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen introduce H.Res. 36 in support of Kosova’s independence now.
July 2008
DioGuardi and Cloyes take an AACL fact-finding mission to Kosova, where they meet with Mustafa and Lekë Rezniqi of the Kosova-Israeli Friendship Association to discuss
April 2011
February Cloyes publishes “The Ahtisaari Plan:
creation of a Bosnia-style, aid- 2007 dependent state under the provisions
plans for bringing to international attention the role that Kosovar Albanians played in saving Jews during the
Cloyes (on Kosova) and DioGuardi (on the global economic crisis) are selected to present papers at the 5th annual European Union Centre for Excellence at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, entitled “The EU, Security, and Transatlantic Relations.
March
DioGuardi and Cloyes travel to The Hague for the opening of Ramush Haradinaj’s trial before the International War Crimes Tribunal, after working for months with British-
August 2011
Caveat Emptor” to warn Kosova of the
July-Nov. 2008
of the plan.
Holocaust.
Cloyes DioGuardi publishes “Kosova Adrift” and “Saving Kosova,” warning that Kosova lacks genuine sovereignty and that the time has come for Kosova’s political elite to stop relying on the international community to solve its problems.
and US- based public relations professionals and internationally human rights activists, to unmask the attempt by the ICTY to establish a moral equivalence between the perpetrators and the victims of the Balkan Wars of the 1990s
2009
2007
January
Cloyes DioGuardi Documents the Torture, Arrest, and Imprisonment of Ten Albanians in the Presheva Valley
April Congressman Tom Lantos, Joe DioGuardi, and Shirley Cloyes
2011 in 2008.
2007
Cloyes DioGuardi Is Selected by the International Oral History Association to Present Kosova’s Role in Saving Jews during the Holocaust
address the National Committee on American Foreign Policy about the need to bring independence to Kosova to stabilize the Balkans.
Cloyes DioGuardi publishes “The Unfolding Crisis in the Presheva Valley” to bring attention to the torture, arrest, and imprisonment of ten Albanian men in Southern Serbia for alleged war crimes during the 1999 war in Kosova, and the Civic League embarks on a year-long effort to convince international human rights organizations, the media, and Western governments to respond to their plight and obtain their release.
September
he Civic League holds a two-hour meeting in Manhattan with Representative Ileana Ros Lehtinen, Chair of the House International Relations Committee, about U.S. foreign policy in the Balkans and the challenges facing Albanians throughout the region.
The Civic League begins a campaign to urge the government of Albania to open up the Communist archives for national examination and to finally address the plight of the politically persecuted.
The AACL Board Opposes the Removal of “Republic” from Kosova’s Name
Cloyes DioGuardi Reveals Montenegro’s Arrest, Torture, and Imprisonment of Fourteen Albanian Men, Three of Whom Are American Citizens
2010
2010 violations of the human rights of the
October 2011
February 2012
Cloyes DioGuardi publishes “The Terrors of Justice in Montenegro/Free the Tuzi 14” to reveal the Montenegrin government’s arrest, torture, and imprisonment of fourteen Albanian men, including three American citizens, and the politics behind the story. The Civic League engages the help of Congressmen Tom Lantos, Dana Rohrabacher, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Senator Joe Biden in what would become a two and a half-year effort to secure their release.
January The Civic League hires an international
July
Albanian Americans in the Tuzi case.
human rights lawyer to begin the process of filing a lawsuit against Montenegro for the torture and other
November DioGuardi and Cloyes Travel to
2008
Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi and international law expert Roland Gjoni publish “It’s Time to End the Appeasement of Serbia,” exposing Belgrade’s call for new talks with Kosova as an attempt to undermine Kosova’s status as an independent state.
Jerusalem to Participate in Yad Vashem’s Recognition of Albanians for their Saving Role during the Holocaust
Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi is selected to make a presentation before the International Oral History Association’s conference in Prague about Kosova’s role in saving Jews during the Holocaust. She invites Lekë Rezniqi of the Kosova-Israel Friendship Association to join her panel.
The AACL Board issues a public declaration, “Saving ‘the Republic’ of Kosova,” addressing Serbia’s intention to make the de facto partition of northern Kosova a de jure reality and calling on the Kosova government to oppose the removal of “Republic” from Kosova’s name as a condition for its admittance to regional meetings. Cloyes DioGuardi appears on Voice of America, challenging EU Representative Catherine Ashton and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for encouraging Kosova to remove “Republic” from its name.
DioGuardi and Cloyes travel to Jerusalem to participate in the public recognition at Yad Vashem of the unique role that Albanians played in saving Jews during the Holocaust.
September 2010
February 17 Kosova’s Declaration of
Independence
The Kosova Assembly unilaterally declares the independence of Kosova.
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