Venera Ademi and Ermira Sekiraqa say they regret joining I SIS

After reading the indictment by special prosecutor Africa Shefkiu, the accused have been found guilty of criminal offense.

I admit guilt, I've never been convicted before this is the first time. I'm a mother of three minor children, and I care as I mentioned in the statements issued by the prosecutor earlier. I regret my actions, and that's because I was young and I didn't think about the consequences of”, Ademi said.

I don't have anything to blame for, except the statement issued earlier in the prosecutor. I asked for the punishment to be lower since I'm a mother of two since my husband's not in freedom and my going there was by accident and that I don't have a day to go, and now I regret and now I realize that I've done wrong<1>, Sekiraqa said.

This guilty plea has not been rejected by prosecutor Shefkiu, nor by the defendants, lawyers Marija Shabani and Saranda Beqiri, and, as such, has been approved by Judge Albina Shabani-Rama, arguing that the admission was made voluntarily by the accused, without pressure and that she found support in the material paperwork.

The declaration of justice in this criminal case will take place on January 27, 2020, at 10:00.

Before the start of the session, defender of the accused Sekiraqa, lawyer Beqiri at the request of her defense has demanded that the media be expelled for reasons of her personality and her family, as well as to use initials, which the proposal has rejected by Judge Shaban-Rama.

In this regard, prosecutor Shefkiu has said there is no need to be expelled from the public and has demanded that personal data be removed from the face in case of identification.

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo has filed an indictment on December 20, 2019, against Venera Ademi and Ermira Sekiraqa, for criminal work “Organisation and terrorist group participation”, from Article 143, paragraph 2 of KPRC.

According to the indictment, accused Ademi on May 18, 2014, deliberately and deliberately, and with preliminary preparations in order to join the terrorist organisation I SIS in Syria, through Pristina International Airport “Adem Jashari” has travelled to Istanbul, then to the town of Gazientep, where it has stood 2-3 days, then according to instructions from ISIS members, with “combybus” has arrived in the Syrian town of Girablus, was hosted by Kastriot Ademi, ISIS fighter.

According to the indictment, it is said to have married the same, and during his stay in these conflict areas, he has been supplied with a firearm, type “Makarov”, property of I The SIS which he even used according to his instructions and also contributed to logistical views of her husband, as a fighter of I SIS, and has been funded by the Islamic state of 50 dollars per month per person, as well as a food package, and also after her husband's murder, has remained in these conflict areas, and since December 2018, along the border with Turkey has been arrested by Syrian democratic forces, where even on March 19, 2019, the accused has been repatriated to Kosovo.

Always according to the indictment, accused Sekiraqa, initially reportedly on December 17, 2014, deliberately and deliberately, as well as with preliminary preparations in order to join the terrorist organisation I The SIS in Syria, along with its husband, Mendush Selimovic, through the border crossing of Elez's Khan, has left the territory of the Republic of Kosovo to Istanbul of Turkey, and then to the town of Gazinentep, from where they were transported by vehicles from the ISIS members, towards the border area with Syria, where they have crossed the border on foot and after registration into this terrorist organisation, her husband has taken an active part in Syria wars, while the same has contributed to the logistical views of the ISISISI fighters.

The indictment is said to be funded by I simultaneously The SIS for the amount of money of $100-150 a month, as well as food packages, with chips in December 2018 along the border with Turkey being arrested by Syrian democratic forces, where even on April 19, 2019, it was repatriated to Kosovo.