Special Decision: Publicizing parts of the session where Thaci had expressed concern for the prosecutor who once worked as staff at the Pre-burg unit

Kosovo Specialised Chambers ( DPSK) in The Hague has taken the decision that some classified parts as confences in the transcript of the March 27th 2025 session in the trial of Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselin, Rexhep Selmi and Jakup Krasniqi, be made public.

It is the parts of the transcript in which Hashim Thaci had reacted to the presence of a prosecutor of the Specialised Prosecutor's Office (ZPS) in this session, reports “Justice Vow“.

John Devani was introduced to that session as part of the Specialised Prosecutor's Office, which had worked in the Pre-burg Management Unit..

That same day, Kadri Wessel's defense had searched through the e-mail that transcripts of the session where Thaci had given his remarks regarding Devani to re-proscript as public. While, the prosecution had declined, saying there is a process in force for re-laundering transcripts.

On April 4th, 2025, Wessel's Protection responded to the SPS enamel by failing to comply with the SPS request and re-exert that there is no reason why Mr. The Thaci remain confidential”, the court document said.

Later, on June 24, 2025, the court had announced Wessel's defense that if they wanted, they could make the parapets for rescripting the transcripts of the hearings in question. Thus, on July 1st, defence teams had submitted this request.

The defence had indicated that the issues discussed at the March 27th 2025 session are not confidential and do not concern issues that are subject to protection measures ordered by the TSF. As a result, it demanded that they be re-republished as public to ensure that procedures are open to public control so that the right to fair and public judgment is respected.

While, the prosecution had said that that part of the session, which is private and private, private and professional discussions and details, as well as groundless accusations against staff and internal information of the manager. So the prosecution predicted that part of the hearing should continue to be confidential.

In line with the prosecution, he also introduced the Administrative Office, which pointed out that issues related to the operational functioning of the detention facility, which are not appropriate for the public, were said.

In its response, however, the defense was hired for some limited editing, while the rest must be made public.

The court has later estimated that the editorials of transcript fragments related to internal and sensitive security issues and the operation of the Para-burger Centre, including those recommended by the administrator, are necessary to keep inside information.

While, in terms of other parts, the court has said that any confidential information or issues that are subject to protection measures ordered by TSK is not discussed there.