Rexhep Selimi seeks his lawyer's dismissal

Selimi has sought to terminate his contract. He asked that Young be replaced by Geoffrey Roberts.

“Based on Rules1 and Article 16K1's Law Act on Lawyers, the secretary requires the approval of the Judicial Chamber for the premature suspension of Mr. David Young ( As Mr. Mr. McKuryung's lawyer. Rexhep Selimi. (God Selimiʹ). On April 25, 2023, the Defense Office received a letter from Mr. Selimi looking for Mr. Young was attracted to be a lawyer appointed by him, and appointed as substitute lawyer Geoffrey Roberts. Selimi included a brief description of the motivation of his request. The Office of Defense also received from Mr. Selimi a signed form and date for appointment, as well as a authorization for Mr. Roberts. Same day, Mr. President. Young filed a corresponding request to withdraw as a lawyer appointed to Mr. Selimi, based on good reasons, and describing the reasons for this”, says the Special Decision.

Further in the decision, “z is said to be. Roberts confirmed to the Defense Office that he was contracted with a request to represent Mr. Selimi and that he would accept the appointment. Mr. Roberts is admitted to the list of lawyers specialising in accordance with Article 7 of the Direct Law for Lawyer”.

The first act against former KLA leaders was confirmed on October 26, 2020, and became public on November 5, 2020.

According to the indictment, the crimes presented in it were committed at least from March 1998 to September 1999 at several locations in Kosovo, as well as in Kukes and Chahan, in northern Albania. These crimes were allegedly committed by KLA members against hundreds of civilians and persons who did not participate in the fighting.

The indictment claims that Thaci, Veselin, Selimi and Krasniqi have individual criminal responsibility for crimes committed in the context of an international armed conflict in Kosovo and were part of a widespread and systematic attack on persons suspected of opposing KLA.