14 minutes agoSix more are accepted as victims in the trial process against Peter Shala
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Kosovo's Specialised Chambers have announced that on September 19th, Prosecution Judge Nicolas Guillou has issued the third decision on the victims' participation in the case against Peter Shala, where six other victims were admitted in the trial. “Six prehesors of requests were accepted as participating victims in the judicial process. They [...]
“Six prehesors of requests were accepted as participating victims in the judicial process. They will be included in the existing group 1 (which counted 2 participating victims) and will be represented by the same representative of victims”, the tribunal's report reported, “Justice Vow”.
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. /A Vow for Justice
