Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes
- On Wednesday, the European Union-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers convicted Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of war crimes, sentencing him to 25 years in prison for crimes committed during the 1990s conflict with Serbia.
- Prosecutors charged the former Kosovo Liberation Army leader with murder, torture, and arbitrary detention; Thaci resigned from office nearly six years ago to face proceedings in The Hague.
- The tribunal found the former president guilty of murdering 96 political opponents and perceived collaborators with Serbian security forces, after prosecutors had sought a maximum 45-year prison sentence for Thaci and co-defendant Jakup Krasniqi.
- Thousands of supporters rallied in Pristina over the weekend, viewing the accused as national heroes, while Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated, "Our war was just, a war of liberation."
- Thaci remains detained in The Hague and faces a separate trial beginning later this month on charges of intimidating witnesses, while out of 15 people indicted by the KSC, three are serving sentences.
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The Kosovo Special Tribunal in The Hague sentenced former President Thaci to 25 years in prison for war crimes. In Pristina, the verdict triggered protests. Many consider Thaci to be a national hero.
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The former rebel leader committed atrocities.
Das Kosovo-Surdertribunal in Den Haag hat den ehemaligen Prässidenten Thaçi wegen Kriegsverbrechen zu langjähriger Haft verurteilt. Er hatte die Vorwürfe
The war crimes tribunal in The Hague sentenced former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci to 25 years in prison on Wednesday, the court said.
Hashim Thaci was the commander-in-chief of a militia that fought for Kosovo's independence from Serbia during the war in Yugoslavia. As such, he was guilty of the most serious crimes. A special court in The Hague is now ruling against the former President of Kosovo.
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