Cedomir Akek sentenced to 15 years in prison for war crimes in Kosovo

The Act against Aksic was proclaimed Thursday by the head of the court, Violet Namani- Hajra, reports “The Justice Act“.

According to the trial, the accused Akek is guilty of the impeachable criminal offence and sentenced to 15 years in prison, which is executed when the indictment becomes of a formal form.

The accused is obliged to pay 200 euros for the judiciary and 100 euros for the crime victims' funding, while parties damaged for the realisation of the property-juridic demand are directed in civil conflicts.

Disgruntled parties have a right to complaint against this act of judgment.

Otherwise, on November 2023 at the Constitutional Court in Pristina, trial had begun in absentia against indictees Cedomir Akek, accused of war crimes. The lack of judgment is envisioned with the New Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Kosovo.

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) on May 4th 2023 has filed an indictment against Cedomir Akek, who was accused of war crimes in the Development Community, namely in the villages of Recak, Mulapolc and Petrov. He is charged that since January-May 1999, by interacting with a group of uniformed criminal people, they have caused great suffering or violation of body integrity or health and fear of the civilian population.

In the indictment, it is said that at the point called “The Shooting Framework” country between the villages of Recak, Mulapolc and Petrova, along with other members of the Serbian forces, had ordered the expulsion of residents of the neighbourhood, and then along with other members of Serb forces, burned the homes of the injured, causing moral and material damage of up to 300 thousand euros.

In the place called “The Lugu of Nash”, in Petrova Shtime, Akek is said to have now executed the late Halil Hyseyan with a ten-pound rifle, where the family of the deceased had been stopped by the accused Akek, where the same had later found the body of the deceased without life. And in the village of Recak, Akek was said to have participated in the murder of Hajriz Brahim, Hakin Murati, Sabri Murati, Arif Murati, Ahmet Mustafas, Sadik Mujota, Skender Halit and Hanumshahe Mujota.

Initially, Akek was said to have been co-ordinating with the other Serb forces, shooting toward Hajriz Brahim, while the latter was fleeing from his house towards the mountain, and after Hajriz Murat, Akek was said to have shot at Hakin Murat, Sabrin Murat and Arif Murat. On the other hand, in the presence of the woman (the victim), Akek was said to have killed and the person named Ahmet Mustafa and as he was leaving the home of the late Mustafa, with Serb forces reportedly fired even in the direction of Sadik Mujota, Hanumshahe Mujota, Skender Halit and Mehmet Mustaf.

Random Witnesses are listed: Ruzhdzhi Jashari, Sadri Jashari, Rizau Union, Shukrije Hysenaj, Agim Hysenaj, Hajdin Hysenaj, Blerim Hysenaj, Hyzer Hysenaj, Suyota, Tefik Halili and Avdullah Krasniqi.

With these actions, Akek was accused of committing the criminal work “wage war against the civilian population”, punished with Article 142 of the Penal Law of the former Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, currently punishable even under the Geneva Convention as “War Crime” in grave violation of Article 3 of this convention and Article 4. Protokoli 2 on 8 to 1977 and currently punishable under Article 146 and 147 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.

We remember that the trial process against Akek took place in absentia, as the Prosecutor and Court have seized all possibilities for securing his presence in court.