Three years from publishing the indictment against Thaci, Veselin, Selimi and Krasniqi

Specialised Chambers in The Hague on November 5th 2020 made public the indictment against former KLA leaders Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi.

The alleged acts against them include “war crimes, unlawful or arbitrary detention, cruel treatment, torture and unlawful murder, and crimes against humanity of imprisonment, other inhumane acts, torture, unlawful murder, forced extinction of persons and persecution”, which, according to the Special Chambers, were committed between March 1998 and September of 1999.

The defendants, said further in the indictment “superiors, are responsible for crimes committed by their subordinates. They knew either the reasons that the crimes presented in this indictment would be committed or committed by their subordinates and failed to take appropriate action to prevent such crimes or punish perpetrators of these crimes”.

But on November 5, 2020, Thaci, Wessel, and Selimi were transferred to the detention centre of the Specialised Chambers at The Hague, while Krasniqi was transferred the day before, on November 4th. While the trial process against Thaci and others began on April 3, 2023.

Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi were acquitted of all points of indictment, with which he charges the Specialised Prosecutor's Office and related to war crimes. / KP/