Haxhiu requested extradition of her brother-in-law, North Macedonia declared

Albulen Haxhiu had applied for the transfer of her brother-in-law and four others convicted in the case “Koumanova” to northern Macedonia.

The justice minister in August last year had asked her counterpart from Northern Macedonia that five convicts be transferred to Kosovo prisons, which she manages, showed a letter Paparac has secured. Muhamet Krasniqi, the brother-in-law of Haxhi, is sentenced to life in prison.

Through this letter, Haxhiu had asked the Justice Ministry in Northern Macedonia to allow the transfer to Kosovo prisons of her brother-in-law Muhamet Krasniqi and four others.

Five convicts for terrorism in the case of '%Kmanova: Muhamet Krasniqi, Bajran, Beq Bajra, Betim Kabashi and Deme Shehu are in northern Macedonia prisons.

Paparacy Three weeks earlier he had also requested clarification by the justice ministries of both states, while on Monday the North Macedonia government has returned answers.

Why not directly, the Ministry of Justice in Skopje has confirmed that the transfer has not yet been realised.

The extradition procedures are complex and supervised by international agreements and national legislation. The sharing of information is strictly regulated by laws and regulations, and for these reasons we will not share information that could endanger the guidance of the” procedures, Paparac sent in this brief response.

In the August 21st letter, Haxhiu had written to her counterpart, Igor Filkov, at the request for the transfer of five convicts from northern Macedonia's correcting institutions to Kosovo's.

In addition to her brother-in-law, Muhamet Krasniqi, on the list for transfer were Bajram Elshani, Beq Bajra, Betim Kabashi and Deme Shehu.

Andy Krasniqi was sentenced by the Constitutional Court of Skopje in 2017 to life imprisonment. 37 members of the group were accused of terrorism.

Life sentence also suffers Becker Bajra from Gjilan and Demas Shehu from Decani.

Meanwhile, Bajram Elshani is sentenced to 40 years in prison, along with Betim Kabashi from Prizren.

The Skopje Foundation Court has sentenced members of the Kumanovo group, accused of terrorism for events on May 9th and 10th of 2015, to a total of 746 years.

Two days of 9 May and 10 May 2015, eight members of the police force and 10 members of the armed group have been killed.

The group had declared that the deployment in Kumanovo was due to Albanian rights violations in Macedonia. /Periscope/