2 minutes agoThird witness presented in war crimes trial against Salih Mustaf
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Third witness to Kosovo's Specialised Chambers ( In The Hague, which will be heard in the case where former Kosovo Liberation Army member (UÇK) Salih Mustafa is charged with war crimes. Monday's Seanza, Salih Mustafa is following through video connection, and third witness, like two other witnesses, yes [...]
Monday's Seanza, Salih Mustafa is following through the video connection,
The third witness, like the other two witnesses, is also undergoing protective measures, such as distorting voice and appearance in order to protect his identity.
The first protected witness, W03593, began his statement on September 20th and testified for four straight days, until September 23rd, reports “The Battle for Justice”.
The second protected witness, W04600, has given his testimony for three consecutive days on September 23, 24 and 27.
Otherwise, Mustafa has been declared innocent at the session held on September 15th.
The act against former Kosovo Liberation Army member (UÇK), Salih Mustafa, has been confirmed on June 12th 2020.
The confirmed “Acuza stipulates that approximately between April 1st 1999 and April 19, 1999, at a detention complex in Zlatko, Kosovo, arbitrary crimes, cruel treatment and torture against at least six people were committed. Also, the indictment says that on a date between April 19, 1999, or about this date, and about the end of April 1999, a detainee” was killed at that location, the Special Court announced through a communiqué.
It becomes known that in the confirmed indictment, Salih Mustafa is charged in the context of various forms of criminal responsibility -- for arbitrary bans, cruel treatment, torture and unlawful murder as war crimes committed in the context of the non-international armed conflict in Kosovo, or in connection with that conflict.
