The defence awaits a free trial for Fazliu: We believe that the Court will decide in reliable facts and not in speculation

Fazliu's defense says they believe the Special Court will decide based on credible facts and not speculation. They expect Fazliu to be cleared of the charges, reports the “Justice Trust“.

According to the preliminary file, Fazliu's defense claims that the prosecution's case, as presented in the preliminary statement, is based on speculation, vague materials and unconfirmed facts.

The defence says no reliable or direct evidence indicates that Fazliu tried to participate in any common plan to prevent justice or to help violate judicial orders.

In addition, Fazliu's defense has said in its preliminary file that it disputes the prosecution's preliminary file regarding Falzie's visit to Thaci on July 2, 2023, follows. Periscope.

According to the defence, the parts quoted by the Prosecutor's Office by audio recordings are partly indistinguishable from the Para-burg Centre.

The “The parties quoted by the SPS are composed of partially non-distinguishable audio recordings from the detention centre, where alleged statements are important from non-invisibility indicators and the uncertainty of transcription, and are born in the context of conversations on all types of topics, most of which were not related to the case. These materials do not prove, according to the criminal standard, that Mr. Fazliu has attempted to give instructions, convince, or intervene at Fazlius' defense file, says Fazlius.

In addition, it states that the respective parts do not indicate that Fazliu agreed, intended, or took on counsel at witness 1. Defence Stresses P Tribes The ZS on Fazliu's state of mind or later behavior are speculation and unsupported by any direct evidence.

The file also states that there is no record, message, or independent evidence showing any conversation between Fazliu and Witness 1 on issues from which the prosecution's claims arise.

The defence says that according to the prosecution's file, the latter admits that he called Remi to answer claims of interference in his testimony, which the witness had clearly said did not affect him.

According to the defense, as seen in the Prosecutor's File, the witness had stated it spontaneously before the question began.

Having this denial by Remi, the defense claims that there is no reliable basis for Fazliu's attempt to intervene or influence Remi's testimony. The defense has also contested the prosecution's claims dealing with what they call the Fazliu “Group.

According to defence, these materials show no clear guidelines for mutual agreement or plan between Fazlius and others to influence witness Rrustem Mustafa. They say the prosecution's claim that this joint group is speculating.

The defense also says there is no evidence that Fazliu was aware that any of the topics discussed had court orders to remain confidential.

The decisions that were supposedly violated were in English, a language that Mr. Fazliu did not speak, and were not subject to any media reporting in Kosovo when it first became public. Albanian translations were released only at the beginning of 2024”, says the file.

And part of the information allegedly divided during the July 2, 2023 visit of individuals and materials, according to protection, were issues that were also available to the public as information.

The defence says Remi's status as a witness and will soon testify was reported on July 1st in the media.

“Witness status 1 as a witness to the SPS and his close testimony was widely reported on July 1, 2023. The recommendations that will be used during his testimony were made only from parts of a publicly available book on the general topic of discussion. W04758 and [ REDAKU] referred to their names, without any indication of their status as witnesses. As familiar figures, their links to [the] REDAKU] was discussed openly in the media, and the mention of W04758 and [ REDAKUED] was natural”, the defence file said.

The defence says Thaci and Fazliu are two people who experienced the war that led to Kosovo's independence and that what the Prosecutor has called part of the testimony and confidential evidence during the July 2nd visit is the personal experience of these two persons on history.

According to defence, nothing in the recorded conversation indicates that Fazliu had been informed that it came from random non-public material.

He was an uninformed recipient of comments made by another person on issues he understood to be familiar with the public. In fact, a layman without knowledge of the basic materials of the case could not reason that any subject of discussion was confidential. There is not enough evidence to establish the “element rea” to convict Mr. Fazliu”, says in the file.

The defence therefore says that evidence cited by the SPS is speculation and fail to prove the essential elements of each criminal act.

In this line, the defence has said it believes the Court will reaffirm that criminal responsibility before this court should be based on clear, reliable and proven facts, not speculation. According to this, the defence says the Court will free Fazliu.

Otherwise, Hashim Thaci has been at The Hague's Prosecution Centre since November 2020. He is being tried for war crimes, as well as last year, has been subjected to charges against justice administration.

In terms of the case against justice administration, the Smaj Union, Fadil Fazliu and Isni Kilaj were arrested on December 5th 2024 in Kosovo and transferred to the detention facility in DrsK, on December 6th 2024 under the confirmed indictment and spoke on arrest issued by The Hague.

While, Thaci has been handed over to the warrant at the detention facility at The Hague on December 5th, 2024, always according to the DK's announcement.

And Hajredin Kuci has been handed over to the confirmed indictment and the call to appear before the court of preliminary procedure for the initial presentation, which was held. December 9.

According to the indictment, Thaci individually and through joint actions with groups; The band Fazliu (Fadil Fazliu and Fahri Fazliu), the Smaj Group (Bashkim Smaj, Blerim Shala and Artan Behrami) and the Kilaj Group (Isni Kilaj and Vlasnim Kryeziu) have followed a pattern of conduct to prevent official persons from performing official duties.

The indictment says Thaci has led and participated in these efforts through his visits to detention facilities during the time he was detained under his trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

It says that members of the Fazliu Group, the Smaj Group and the Kilaj Group were co-ordinated to influence SPS witnesses during the unprincipled visits of July 2nd, September 9th and October 6th 2023.

As a result, three counts of obstructing the official person in carrying out official duties bear against Thaci three counts of violations of the procedure's secrecy and four counts of disobedience to the court.

While, Kilaj, Smaj and Fazliu are accused of trying to prevent official persons from performing official duties and disobeying the tribunal. However, Kuci has two counts of contempt of court. In this case, the prosecution submitted the preliminary file and you can find it. THESE.