Grid: A victim abandons turnout in case of former KLA leaders

According to Greep, the victim's defender has said that the reason for this withdrawal is due to security concerns.

On March 17th, the defender of the victims announced to the court that a victim decided to withdraw from the ongoing turnout due to security concerns. Currently, 154 victims participate in the process in this court case through the defenders of victims”, she said.

The spokeswoman indicated that on March 18th in the case of former KLA leaders a testimony of a written-shaped witness has been accepted, while the non-calling side of the defence could question the witness.

On the same day, Greep said the evidence of four witnesses has been accepted on material evidence, but without investigation from the defence.

While, on March 13th 2025, according to the spokeswoman, a SPS requirement for accepting material evidence has been partially adopted only in written form six statements of witnesses since they have changed their lives. The request has only been approved by five of the statements, while in part, the sixth declaration was approved.

With regard to five of the statements, the court approved the request, stating that the evidence is not about the actions and conduct of the accused and that their provative value is not undone by the damaging effect on the accused. The court also found that the evidence is consistent and confirmed by statements from other witnesses whose defence had the opportunity to question. In terms of the sixth statement, the court approved the request in part and ordered the prosecution to exclude the testimony parts concerning an incident not included in the indictment”, Greep said.

She added that as regards the claim that certain aspects of this evidence are speculation or unsupported, the court stressed that this will be taken into account when it examines the weight and promotional value it will give her evidence.

Greep also pointed to continuing the detention measure for Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi.

While in Thaci's case against the administration of justice, he said several decisions concerning the indictment have been made in the past week, raid operations and alleged prosecutions.

In the case of Salih Mustaf, however, she showed that two reports of the manager from May and July 2024 regarding the implementation of the order for injury were made public.

Greep said the manager has stressed that the victims have received a certain percentage of damages they have been awarded. Other details on this subject continue to be confidential.

Greep reiterated again that they are not in a position to provide information regarding any requests or decisions concerning Thaci's provisional release to Kosovo after his father's death. He said that any demand is initially confidential and that after the visits are carried out, they are usually re-rescripted to the public.

Greep during this conference has announced that on 4 March, the court body partially approved the prosecution's request for evidence of documents related to the area of Shala and Karadaku, as they were assessed as authentic and closely related to the subject.

Otherwise, Kosovo Specialised Chambers in The Hague every Thursday at 14:30, via online platform “Zoom” hold weekly information offering updated information on recent developments regarding judicial procedures and activities in this court. /Betimy for Justice /Periscopi/