Kosovo Protesters Rally in Support of Ex-President Ahead of War Crimes Trial Verdict
Thousands backed Hashim Thaci and three former KLA commanders as prosecutors seek up to 45 years for war crimes convictions.
- On Saturday, thousands rallied in Pristina to support former President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters ahead of their upcoming war crimes verdicts.
- A Netherlands-based court is trying the four men for alleged war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 separatist war from Serbia, which ended after a 78-day campaign of NATO airstrikes.
- Prosecutors have requested a maximum 45-year prison sentence for Thaci, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi, and Jakup Krasniqi, who are accused of murder and persecution during the fighting that killed 13,000 people.
- Politician Bedri Hamza told the crowd, "We will not allow history to be rewritten," while Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama urged "freedom for the liberators" on Facebook.
- Portraits of the four men line Pristina alongside digital clocks counting down to Wednesday, when the court in The Hague will deliver verdicts on the charges all four have denied.
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Kosovo protesters rally in support of ex-president ahead of war crimes trial verdict - Regional Media News
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Thousands of people rallied in Pristina on Saturday in support of Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci and three other ex-fighters ahead of their verdicts next week in a war crimes trial. Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commanders [...]
Thousands rally in Kosovo ahead of ex-leader's war crimes verdict
A Kosovo court based in The Hague will on Wednesday issue a ruling that will end a more than five-year legal fight for Thaci, the former political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) who resigned as the country's president when he was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2020. Prosecutors allege that Thaci and fellow former fighters Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi were responsible for a campaign of persecu…
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Thousands of people demonstrated in Pristina on Saturday in support of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other ex-combatants, before next week their verdicts are heard in a trial for crimes of...
Kosovo protesters rally in support of ex-president ahead of war crimes trial verdict – WTOP News
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Pristina on Saturday in support of Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaci and three other ex-fighters ahead of their verdicts next week in a war crimes trial. Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commanders are facing alleged war crimes charges connected to the 1998-1999...
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Kosovo protesters rally in support of ex-president ahead of war crimes trial verdict
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Pristina on Saturday in support of Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci and three other ex-fighters ahead of their verdicts next week in a war crimes trial.
Representatives of the civic platform "Freedom has a name" today invited the citizens of Kosovo to participate in the "March for Freedom", which will be held tomorrow at Skanderbeg Square in Pristina, as a sign of support for members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselji, Jakup Krasnići and Redžep Seljimi.
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