7 minutes agoOn May 18th, Haradinaj's Gucati Act announced
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(4 years ago)The panel headed by Charles L Smith II on Wednesday set the date for the proclamation of the trial in the case against Hysni Gucatit and Nasim Haradinaj, where it decided that this date would be May 18th 2022, 10:00. Haradinaj's shell is being charged with criminal acts linked to obstructing justice administration, reports “betim [...]
Haradinaj's shell is being charged with criminal acts linked to obstructing justice administration, reports the “Justice Trust”.
The Specialised Prosecutor's Office (ZPS) has demanded that Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj be sentenced to 6 years in prison and 100 euros in fines.
Otherwise, four witnesses of the prosecution, six of Gucatt's defence and four Haradinaj were heard in the trial against Hysni Gucatit and Nasim Haradinaj.
In writing, 18 witnesses' testimony, 12 from the Gucatt defence and four of Haradinaj's.
The number of days of judgment was 31, until the length of the preliminary procedure was 12 months and 12 days.
During this trial, the prosecution's opening statement was first presented, where part of the opening statement was made by the specialised prosecutor Jack Smith himself.
After that, prosecution witnesses -- including employees of the Specialised Office and Prosecutor (ZPS), Zenka Pumper, investigators and Miro Yukiq, head of the team for security and treatment of witnesses -- were heard.
After reporting for the conclusion of the prosecution case, defenders filed motions to drop charges, but these motions were rejected by the court, led by Charles L Smith II.
On the other hand, it continued with the prepared defence conference and after that were held hearings where the defence presented their cases.
Among the defence witnesses they testified were former Kosovo Police General Director, currently deputy of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Rashit Qalaj, as well as a signalling expert and former chief of operations at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (TPNJ).
As the defence also announced the closure of their cases, procedures were made with final statements of the prosecution and defence.
The accused continue to be placed under the measure of detention at The Hague detention headquarters and are already awaiting the proclamation of the court's decision.
Hysni Gucati, along with Nasim Haradinaj, is being charged with criminal acts against justice administration, namely obstructing official persons in performing official duties, fearing witnesses, revenge and violating the secret of the procedure.
The “The charges presented in the confirmed indictment rely on well-based suspicion that at least between 7 September and 25, 2020, Mr. Gucati and Mr. Haradinaj uncovered without authorisation protected information from the Specialised Chambers Law, among which identifying data of several (possibly) witnesses, in three press conferences and other broadcast activities, as well as further distribution involving statements on social networks”, it was said in the announcement of the Specialised Chambers.
Gucati and Haradinaj are charged with making derogatory comments against potential witnesses and repeatedly expressed their intention to undermine the work of the Specialised Chambers.
With these actions, Mr. Gucati and Mr. Haradinaj violated the secret of the procedure and feared witnesses (possibly) of the Specialised Prosecutor's Office and subsequently prevented the work and investigations of SPS”, the Kosovo Specialised Chambers announced.
