Court hearings for 2024 against former KLA leaders begin Monday

In Kosovo Specialised Chambers ( DPSK) in The Hague on Monday, 15 January, court hearings for 2024 begin in the trial of Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi.

A total of 38 witnesses of the Specialised Prosecutor's Office (ZPS) have been heard in this court case so far.

In DPS' weekly announcement Thursday, the court was said to have partially accepted the request of the Specialised Prosecutor's Office (ZPS) to be accepted as evidence of written statements by several witnesses who have testified in other matters. According to the spokesman, Michael Doyle, this request included statements by some witnesses who have already died.

Similarly, four sessions, which were scheduled for February in this court case, have been cancelled.

Otherwise, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office, on September 30th, 2022, has handed over the confirmed amended indictment against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi, which consists of ten points of charges, where the latter are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

On April 29th 2022, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office had handed over a amended indictment to Hashim Thaci, Kadri Wessel, Rexhepi and Jakup Krasniqi, where four indictees have committed war crimes even in Gjilan, Budakov and Semtish.

On November 9th 2020, in their first appearances, Hashim Thaci's Jakup Krasniqi has been declared innocent of the charges placed on them. Wessel has been declared on November 10th as well as Rexhep Selimi on November 11th, 2022.

The incident against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselin, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi is confirmed on October 26, 2020.