What Comes Next After The Conviction Of Kosovo's Former President?
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Former President Hashim Thaçi has expressed gratitude for the great support that he and other former KLA leaders, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, have received from the citizens of Kosovo and their supporters abroad. Through his lawyer, Thaçi has called on the citizens of Kosovo to maintain calm after the verdict announced the day before in The Hague.
There are judgments that establish the guilt of individuals, but at the same time open much more difficult questions for the societies from which these individuals come. The first-instance verdict against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselji, Redžep Seljimi and Jakub Krasnići is exactly one of those.
What Comes Next After The Conviction Of Kosovo's Former President?
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army are preparing to challenge their war-crimes convictions, while the prosecutors will also review the full judgment, including the four men’s acquittal on several counts of crimes against humanity.
In The Hague, a special court sentenced former Kosovar President Hashim Thaçi and three co-accused for war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 conflict.
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison for war crimes committed during the conflict over the independence of the territory from Serbia in the 1990s. The Special Court for Kosovo in The Hague held him responsible for murders, illegal arrests, torture and cruel treatment. Thaçi was convicted [...] Content Kosovo: Former President sentenced to 25 years for war crimes appears first in e-Global.
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