The Special Continues Prison of Kadri Wessel

According to the prosecution, continuing custody remains necessary.

They have cited such risks as dangers, the risk of escape, the prevention of specialised chamber procedures and the risk of committing further crimes

Different, On April 29th, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office (ZPS) has handed over an amended indictment to Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi.

The prosecution is claiming that the four indictees have committed war crimes even in Gjilan, Budakov and Semetish, reports “Justice bet“.

In the published annex concerning crimes allegedly taking place in Seminishh and Budakova, the prosecution has listed war crimes such as arrest and unlawful or arbitrary detention, cruel or inhuman treatment, torture, murder. Meanwhile, as crimes against humanity have listed imprisonment, other inhumane acts, torture, murder, forced extinction of persons and persecution.

And for crimes claiming to take place in Gjilan, as war crimes, he has listed the arrest and illegal or arbitrary ban, cruel or inhuman treatment, torture and murder. While as crimes against humanity have listed imprisonment, other inhumane acts, torture, murder, and persecution.

After that, the preliminary procedure judge after confirming the new charges has set May 10th as the date the accused will appear before the tribunal.

Thaci is expected to emerge between 10:00 and 10:45, Wessel from 11:15 to 12:00, Krasniqi from 2:45 and Selimi from 15:15 to 4: 00 p.m.

Otherwise, in the decision of the preliminary judge, by which he has set the date of their presentation, the ZPS reportedly submitted an act amended to be confirmed by the preliminary judge on September 3, 2021.

In turn, it is said that on April 22, 2022, after ordering parties to present and received the defence and SPS response, on supporting material of amendments considered to constitute new charges supporting the agreement of well-based suspicion in accordance with Rule 86 (4), the pre-procedure judge confirmed the amended indictment.

And it is said that on April 29, 2022, Z The SP handed it over to a publicly modified indictment and relevant documents

On November 9th of last year, in their first appearances, Hashim Thaci's Jakup Krasniqi has pleaded innocent to charges placed on them.

Wessel has been declared on November 10th, as has Selimi on November 11th.

The incident against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselin, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi is confirmed on October 26, 2020.

According to the prosecution, at least between March 1998 and September 1999, Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Rexhep Selimi, Jakup Krasniqi and other members of the joint criminal enterprise had the common goal of securing and exercising control over all of Kosovo through methods involving intimidation, mistreatment, violence and the unlawful elimination of those considered opponents.

“Set up these opponents included persons who were, or who were considered to have been: (a) collaborators or forces, officials or state institutions of RFJ, or who (b) otherwise did not support the purposes or methods of the KLA and later QPK, among whom persons linked to the LDK and Serbs, Roma and persons of other nationalities (joinly, non-combatorsors). This common goal included crimes of persecution, imprisonment, arrest and arbitrary or illegal arrest, other inhumane acts, cruel treatment, torture, murder and forced disappearance of persons”, the indictment said.

In addition, Azem Syla, Lahi Brahimaj, Fatmir Limaj, Sylejman Selimi, Rrustem Mustafa, Shukri Buja, Latif Gashi and Sabit Geci are also mentioned.

According to the indictment, the accused along with other KLA leaders contributed to achieving the common goal.

“As an alternative, some or all of these individuals were not members of the joint criminal enterprise, but were used by members of the joint criminal enterprise to commit crimes for the realisation of the common goal (with members of the NKP, jointly members and NKP instruments)”, says the accusation act. /Betimy for Justice