‘Cross-legged’ in Pristina, Kosovo

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

During the 1990 protests, thousands of Kosovo Albanians gathered peacefully in Pristina to oppose the Serbian regime. Among them was Faik Rexhepi, a chemical engineer from nearby Presheva, who joined the protesters after learning of a visit by a US delegation and the publicity it might bring to the Albanian cause. When Serbian police moved in to disperse the crowd with batons, everyone fled except Rexhepi, who remained seated and was brutally beaten. Photographer Hazir Reka captured the definin