Nuredin Abazi: There's never been a Military Court in the KLA.

That statement, the witness made Tuesday in front of Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, reports “Justice bet”.

There's never been a Military Court, nor has any Military Court ever been created, as far as I know. The Military Court is not behind the need in Kosovo after the establishment of a Military Court, specific conditions that we have then lacked and were unable to establish such a court after the offensives have not left us behind. We have no idea about it except to protect ourselves and participate in shares”, Abazi said.

The same one added that the Military Court today is not after 25 years of peace.

We're not gonna be able to establish now the Military Court and leave it at war terms. Still, as far as I know I've never had the Military Court, nor is there after the Military Court”, the witness said.

Prior to that, Thaci's defender, lawyer Luka Misethic, introduced several fragments from the book of Ilaz Caldol, titled “The Eye of Eagle”, in which a initiative for the creation of a Military Court was mentioned.

<x) One of the soldiers at the guard informed me that he was looking for a guard from the General Staff. I asked him: Who was he? Baca Kola we called Sokol Dobrun from Gjakova”, Misethic said, while reading this passage.

According to Misethic, this book also mentioned Nuredin Abazi, who is now a witness, who has been able to serve at the Military Court because in wartime he was a graduate lawyer.

“Kola informed me of the reason for coming to the Postrick Operative Zone, the meeting with me respectively, and that she was assigned to extend the branches of this court to all military areas. At first, they would act as judicial services, while where there were conditions both as courts and that they would be connected in the center with the General Staff. Kola made me know that I was assigned to host the Military Court at the Posteric Operative Zone, and the ordinance would come late through the courier”, read Misethic.

According to the lawyer, it was also meant for soldiers who could serve at the Military Court.

“Baca Cole was considering me because of the previous recognition of my jury profession. We also talked to other soldiers who could serve at the Military Court and mentioned the jurists' names like Nuredin Abazi, the name Gashi and others with whom the legal service would initially be formed within the area, while later the military court itself,”, Misetic said, reading fragments from this book.

In this hearing, there was a discussion between prosecutor James Pace, the court and defence attorneys regarding the testimony of this witness and the truthfulness of statements he had given to the authorities of justice over the years.

Prosecutor Pace proposed that the witness's statement given under the 154 rule be taken into account. However, the court remains to make a decision.

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 also been declared in his presentation on November 10th, as has Rexhep Selimi on November 11th.

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