and feared for their lives and work. They were being dismissed from their jobs by means of the notorious "differentiation" process, an ideological purge which had resulted in thousands of workers losing their jobs because of their political views. According to official figures, over 1,800 Albanian policemen had been dismissed for refusing to carry out orders from Serbia after it had suspended the provincial authorities. 25. The Serbian authorities were exerting continuous pressure and provocation in order to make the Albanian people react violently and renounce peaceful resistance so that Serbia could then use all its repressive machinery against the population on the pretext of defending the constitutional order. Since 1981, according to official sources, some 100 Albanians had been killed, over 500 wounded, over 600,000 mistreated in one way or another by the police and security organs and over 3,000 had been given long prison sentences. 26. In March 1990, over 4,000 persons had sought medical treatment, complaining of symptoms of poisoning. The authorities had called that complaint a fake, preventing people from reaching hospital, persecuting those who had transported the sick and mistreating and threatening doctors and medical staff who tried to offer their professional help. 27. The only thing that did function today in Kosovo were the emergency measures and the Serbian police force. All democratic and pluralistic E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l4 page 6 processes were blocked. The Serbian authorities refused to recognize political pluralism in Kosovo, stubbornly continuing to deny the Albanians their right to equal status in the Yugoslav Federation. 28. The only hope of the Albanian people in Kosovo lay in the pressure that could be exerted by democratic European communities and international bodies like the Sub-Commission. He therefore appealed to the Sub-Commission and to the Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights that a rapporteur be sent as a 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on a human rights situation in Kosovo, specifically focusing on the persecution of Albanian people by the Serbian authorities. The text describes various forms of violence, intimidation, and human rights violations, including dismissals, killings, wounding, mistreatment, and imprisonment. The report also mentions the lack of democratic and pluralistic processes in Kosovo and the need for international pressure to address the situation. Based on this content, it is likely that the text falls under a category related to human rights and humanitarian issues.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights