Pristina court rules for Caslav Joliqi, charged with war crimes

Also, the court of special decision during the verdict's declaration said the same continues the detention measure until the court takes on a formal form, but no more than the timing of the conviction pronounced in the indictment.

The accused Joliq was not present during the proclamation of judgment. Nor is the prosecutor of the case, Ilir Morina.

“The accused Kaslav Jokilq, the court, finds it guilty of the actual point or description of the indictment, respectively for criminal work “war crimes against the civilian population” by Article 142 related to Article 22 under the law that has been in force at the time of the criminal act, so the same is judged for criminal work “war crime against the civilian population of Article 142 related to Article 22 in force at the time of carrying out of criminal work and deems the same sentence for term of five months, where the term of detention will be calculated in the measure of detention at the sentence of the court, the APC said. KALLXO, broadcast Perixopi.

“Linked to points b and c of the actual description this court has found that it has not been proven that accused Caslav Jolic has performed those” Judge Arren added further.

This decision was made by the court in its composition: Arrini (head of the court) and two members Arben Hoti and Lutfi Shala.

Disgruntled parties against this ruling have a right to complaint through this court at the Court of Appeals within 30 days.

Final words concerning the case have been given at the hearing of 20.05.2025.

We remember that in 10,06,2024, Caslav Joliq was sentenced by the Pristina Court to prison terms of eight years under the Penal Law of Is h - RSPJ. So two years and six months more than the last decision. But that the Court of Appeals had retriald the case once more.

We also remember that, even in the retrial, at 05.02.2025, accused Caslav Joliq had declared he was not guilty of charges charged.

What does the DA's file say about Chaslav Joliq?

According to the Kosovo Special Prosecutor's File, secured by KALLXO.com in 1998, in the neighborhood of “Blagaq” of the village of Gurakoc, a Serbian forces helicopter had been crashed and therefore injured Mr.M. was escorting two journalists to the scene: one English and the other Belgian, along with an Albanian translator.

Upon arriving at the scene from Rosa Pejochinovic's house, five men dressed in Serbian Police uniform appear: Radule (Dule) Pejocinovic, Caslav Joliq, Darko Pejochinovic, Milos Jolic and another unidentified person. The same accuses the injured Mr.M. of bringing reporters to the scene. After these charges, the superiors physically attacked him, and two of the policemen grabbed him by the arm and in front of the journalists had begun to punch and kick him for a period of 20 minutes, until at one point the person with the nickname “dule” had hit him with boxing on the head, with Z.M. crotch. Lost consciousness and fell to the ground causing serious bodily injury

According to the Prosecutor's File, on 15,03,1998, until the other N.F. was injured. He was drinking coffee in the restaurant “The taste of” in Gurakoc, accompanied by several people, had gone to the locals by five Serb police officers and had dragged him out of the bar. Then, all begin to physically attack him in different parts of the body.

According to Aktakuza, a police officer named Rade Pitulic had hit the gun's barrel several times in his head, covering his entire body in blood and dragging him to the Gurakoc Police station.

On the other hand, it is reportedly sending the damaged one to the station and reporting that he will be executed.

On March 28, the same year, however, the injured had been forced to leave his home as any village resident did.

War Crimes Judgments

For the massacres and other war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo by Serbian and Yugoslav forces during the 1998/1999 war were tried, and some even convicted, former political and military leaders of remaining Yugoslavia and Serbia.

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Serbian and Yugoslav forces in Kosovo. Milosevic was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed even in wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as in Croatia.

His trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), headquartered at The Hague, had not received epilogue after Milosevic had died in 1103.2006 in jail while being held in custody.

Milan Milutinovic, former head of Serbia, had been acquitted of war crimes charges during the Kosovo conflict.

Nikola Shainovic, deputy prime minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.

Dragolub Ojdanic, former Yugoslav Army Chief of General Staff, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against humanity.

Nebojsa Pavkovic, former commander of the Yugoslav Army's Third Army, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.

Vadicmir Lazarevich, former commander of the Yugoslav Army's Pristina Corps, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for crimes against humanity.

Sreten Lulic, former chief of staff of Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs for Kosovo, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war. /Periscope/