Roses: Prosecutor May End KLA Leaders Case in Early April 2025

Special Court Chairman Ekaterina Trendafilova has said today that the case against Kosovo Liberation Army leaders Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi could end in April 2025. She has said that the prosecution has communicated to her that there are 43 witnesses and that the last date is April 8th [...]
She has said that the prosecution has communicated to her that there are 43 witnesses and that the last date is April 8th to hear, while also mentioning the fact that the prosecution has decided to dismiss 14 witnesses.
This is a strong policy that has been conducted in a series of conferences with the parties. The initial number of witnesses was 152, and then the prosecution said it could add another number of 350. This is one of the data that was taken for efficiency in this case. Many steps have been taken, the judge's opinion is that perhaps the prosecutor could finish the case in early April, possibly even earlier”, Trendafilova said.
She said this is a volume case.
We have ten counts of each charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. 153 victims of different ethnic, Albanian, Serbian, Roma, Egyptian affiliations. That's why we have different human ethnicitys. I want to explain to all who are interested, you don't have to think that judges are giving all the participating status, they give the status of alleged victims, and we have strict criteria that must be met so that someone is able to participate in the procedure as a witness.
I have my duties not only of the president but also of the judge, what has been communicated to me by the prosecution is that there are 43 witnesses and the last date is April 8th to hear. Last week the prosecution decided to dismiss 14 witnesses”, it has been expressed.












