9 minutes agoThe special comes up with new details concerning court processes against former KLA leaders
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Kosovo's Specialised Chambers spokeswoman at The Hague, Angela Greep, has indicated that the Specialised Prosecutor in The Hague has confirmed that on April 1, 2025, the target date for closing the evidence presentation for the judicial process in the case of former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders will remain. [...]
She, at a media conference, has indicated that this decision was made at the conference held on March 20th on the performance of this court case. According to her, it was discussed with the parties on various aspects regarding the development of the process with the aim of quick preparation for judgment.
The introductions from the Prosecutor's Office, the protector of the victims and the defence are scheduled to be held on 3, 4 and April 5th 2023, while presenting evidence by the prosecution is scheduled to begin on April 11, 2023. Please be aware that preliminary registration is required for members of the media or public wanting to forward the opening statements from the public gallery to The Hague, and because of high interest and small space, there may be certain restrictions. For those recorded in advance, more detailed information will be provided next week”, Greep said.
Among other things, it has become known that in the same court case, Tijana Kostic has been appointed as a protector for seven individuals who were denied requests to participate as victims in the judicial process.
But in the court case, the court court on 17 March 2023 ordered the continuing detention of Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi. The indictment against Thaci, Veselin, Krasniqi and Selimi over the war crimes claim has been confirmed on 26 October 2020, while in their presentations at the Specialised Chambers in The Hague they have been declared innocent. They are in custody from November 2020.
Also, Greep provided details in the case of Salih Mustaf, of whom he said: “in the trial case Salih Mustafa, the panel of the Court of Appeals dropped Mr. Mustafa for appealing the panel's decision on the Modalities of the victims' participation in the Appeal Procedures, in the Supreme Court's Specialised Chamber. The panel found, among other things, that the Law restricts appeals examined by the Supreme Court's Specialised Chamber only to appeals against bias by the Court of Appeals panel, when the court turns the guilty verdict into guilty verdicts, or when it is given a life sentence, which is not the case here. The panel further found that the legal framework of the DHSK does not provide intermediate appeals during appeals procedures”. /Klankosova. tv
