3 minutes agoWitness hearing begins tomorrow in case of former KLA leaders in The Hague
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Tomorrow, April 11th, the process of presenting evidence by the Special Prosecutor's Office, hearing witnesses in the case against former KLA leaders Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselin, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi respectively. According to the calendar on the site of Kosovo's Specialised Chambers in The Hague, the session is expected to begin at 0900. Session expected [...]
According to the calendar on the site of Kosovo's Specialised Chambers in The Hague, the session is expected to begin at 0900. The hearing is expected to be broadcast about 45 minutes late for the public. Such hearings are expected to take place on 11, 12 and 13 April. The hearing is expected later on 17, 18, 19 and April 20th.
On April 4th, 2023 has begun the trial against four former KLA leaders after more than two years.
Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi are staying in custody in The Hague since November 2020.
They are being charged by the Prosecutor's Office with charges of crimes against humanity, such as persecution, imprisonment, inhumane acts, torture, extinction and murder, as well as four counts of war crimes as arrest, arbitrary detention, torture and unlawful murder.
According to the indictment these crimes have been committed in different territories of Kosovo and Albania, as in Likoc, Jablanica, Llapsnik, Drenoc, Malisheva, Bajgora, Majac, Zlatko, Klecka, Kukes and Rahovec.
The Specialised Prosecutor's Office had announced the Special Court on July 23rd of the criminal investigation against the four KLA leaders.
Meanwhile, April 2022, Z. The SP has filed a changed indictment where it has expanded the charges of war crimes even in Gjilan, Budakov and Semetish.
The persons who were detained and sent to these areas were described as Serbs, their associates, or LDK supporters.
