Group condemns Kosovo violence

In a scathing report, a leading human rights organisation blamed Nato and UN police today for failing “catastrophically” to protect minorities in Kosovo during ethnic violence earlier this year.

Among other charges, the New York-based Human Rights Watch accused Nato-led peacekeepers of locking their gates and standing by as Serb houses went up in flames just outside their bases during the mid-March riots that left 19 killed and 900 injured.