12 minutes agoSpecial Court Continues Prisoning Peter Shala
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The preliminary judge, Nicolas Guillou, has made the decision that continued the detention measure to Peter Shala, who is being charged by the Specialised Prosecutor's Office (ZPS) for war crimes. This was made known by the decision published on the official page of the Specialised Chambers. It says that the judge of [...]
This was made known by the decision published on the official page of the Specialised Chambers.
It says that the judge of the preliminary procedure has come to the conclusion that there are still risks Shala will escape, prevent progress in the procedures of the Specialised Chambers, or commit further crimes against those perceived as KLA opponents, including witnesses who have offered evidence to the SPO and/or who will be submitted to specialised rooms.
Shala was arrested on March 16, 2021, by Belgian authorities and transferred to The Hague on April 15th 2021, on a request for co-operation in implementing the warrant and order for transfer issued by Kosovo's Specialised Chambers.
In the confirmed indictment, Shala is charged with individual criminal responsibility in various forms of war crimes as arbitrary bans, cruel treatment, torture and illegal murder committed in the context of the armed conflict in Kosovo and in connection with this conflict.
The “commands that Mr. Shala was carried out approximately between May 17th 1999 and June 5, 1999, against persons who were held in the metal factory in Kukes (Albania), allegedly used by the Kosovo Liberation Army”, it is said in the communique. /Betimy for Justice
