“Jakup Krasniqi is not like Milosevic”: Defence Teams End Word at The Hague

Jakup Krasniqi's lawyer, Vanketeser Alagedra, has said Jakup Krasniqi is not like the Serbian criminal, Milosevic.

She has demanded that Krasniqi be acquitted, reports National journalist Bessian Beha of The Hague.

Now it's the judges' questions.

Lawyer Mentor Beqiri at The Hague: Requesting a sentence of 45 years, out of all reasons

Jakup Krasniqi's lawyer, Mentor Beqiri, has kept his last word at The Hague. Beqiri has compared the sentences of Serbian leaders to The Hague prosecution's request.

He has said that the 45-year sentence requirement is out of the question. Beqiri said someone's personal revenges cannot be attributed to the KLA.

Throughout the week, the trial process against former KLA leaders is continuing with final words.

Initially, the Prosecutor and Lawyer for Victims spoke from Wednesday continued the lawyers of KLA leaders.

Hashim Thaci's lawyer was first launched by Luka Misetic. He stressed that the former Kosovo president is and will remain innocent. He cited The Hague Prosecutor's contradictions, stressing the case of former Serbia's president, who was released by The Hague Tribunal.

Until now, the Tributal Jurisprudence has concluded that NATO has intervened militarily in Kosovo, in response to the Serbian Criminal Company. Z The SP wants you that the KLA was what had an NPK manager month or years ago, not March 1998. T The UNJ has concluded that it was Serbian leader Milutinovic, there was no criminal responsibility in Kosovo, as he was a political figure who had no control over RFJ forces, and did not make significant contributions to the NKP. The SPS is asking your side to conclude despite the fact that a Serb head of organised state has not had criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity, you must conclude that the leader of Kosovo Albanians, an armed group for several months, has had control and responsibility. This would be historical injustice”, He said.

Mistic criticised the prosecution for intent on undermining international testimony, while on the other hand, the same names were invited to testify.

“The SPS is trying to refute international testimony, saying they were not informed of the KLA's functioning. The SPS claim that they were not informed is uniquely characteristic given the centralised nature of the KLA communiqués, political statements, media interviews. We heard from the ZPS that said that politics against opponents was openly articulating. All these public documents must have been available to the Bureau of Defence Witnesses”, Croatian lawyer said further.

Harsh with the prosecution was Thaci's other lawyer, Pierre Prosper, who reacted sharply after the prosecution said international diplomats had no information.

“Duday I communicated with a senior diplomat, the ambassador, the special envoy, read some of Monday's quotes from the SPS. Especially because judges have heard evidence from seven internationals. They sincerely tried to bring peace to Kosovo. But their involvement in this matter and their limited observations, whether they are valid or not, this is a separate subject. The seven international witnesses were brought here, in a difficult situation, because they had little knowledge with the actors involved, the language they did not speak, they only communicated with key actors, they did not read KLA communiqués, they did not know the structure. And the prosecutor goes on to say they had limited information. My colleague told me terrible, so little respect for our profession. Honored gentlemen, we should take this matter differently because these comments indicate arrogance, disrespect, which has been present since the beginning. To take down experiences the evidence of these professionals who have been assigned to go, analyze situations, look at events”, Prosper said, reports Nacional.

He even believes that governments are losing faith in international tribulls.

For me it's a gesture of despair. It's no wonder that governments suspect the credibility of international tribulats, because when professionals themselves come out and tell what happened, and their statements are rejected, this is problematic”, these tribunaals are tools, instruments, the international rule system, the people who have been before you are part of this system, if there should be tribunales of justice. You were there, but you don't know because we'll interpret differently. Don't trust your eyes, your ears, we know more than you do. It's important to remind yourself of the importance of witnesses, may not like it, you may not replay international witnesses, but you must respect the role they have had, their professions, and the states they represent, America, Britain, NATO”, He said further.

Prosper said that General Clark, Ruby, Duncan, Williams, came with first-hand information. According to him, the prosecution is naming them as going for tourism in Kosovo.

The information these people have belongs to the relevant institutions, when they gave them their perspectives, were prudent, product of cooperation. They had information from military, civilian organisations, reports from NGOs, internal debates, personal findings on the ground. From their field reports, they had completely based views. James Rubin worked for Senator Biden, adviser to the secretary of state, had a duty because he was at every meeting with the secretary, he was the person who was assigned to go and see who Hashim Thaci was. He had the opportunity to make his own observations. Paul Williams, professor of honor. Here was a person who helped the weak states find peace. And he did this for free. He was there, in the hall, listening to conversations with his ears. He came here voluntarily like the others. Duncan, Durke, career diplomat. Very experienced. Again, the prosecution dismissed their words. Ambassador Hill, six times ambassadors. The fact that he was sent to Kosovo. One task has had him, revealing the role everyone had, what happened. The prosecution wants us to believe that he has limited information, that he was simply forced to come here, I'm sorry, is that reliable? If America, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, these countries had to know who everyone was and what everyone did, you believe that these people have returned and said I have surface information. Like the DA wants us to believe. But General Clark, four-star General, was in Dayton, general of the Allied-Supture Forces in Europe. He came here and gave his views, based on information he received from professional meetings and other sources. He told them I read everything. They had not gone to Kosovo for safari. The prosecution will believe they were only passing through. On this trip, they made some superficial findings. They want to minimize their role, it's disrespectful. This shows the extent of this process. These diplomats, the experts, it's about their life's work, they volunteered to speak with you to say these things we know, we've seen in”, Prosper said.

Kadri Wessel's defense continued next with her final word.

Kadri Wessel's lawyer, Rodeny Dixon, has continued with the final address at the session in The Hague.

He has said the prosecution has no case against Wessel.

There is no case against Wessel, and should be distributed on all issues like in the circus, despair made you ridiculous. When there is no evidence, the evidence is the only way prosecutors should go, if you don't have proof not to file an indictment, the standards should not be reduced to the pretext of fighting for justice. The ones who could have given evidence were surprisingly never called witnesses. Witnesses according to the SPS claim that my client was involved in criminal acts, not called in, called on persons who heard words from the second and third parties. We have no direct words, except for empty words”, Said Dixon.

Dixon has said that evidence from Serbia can't be treated like sheep they spend overnight.

“It's good to see the wider context of developments. You cannot ignore what Serbia has done, as if Serbia were just sheep to spend the night. This is a classic case of two SPS standards. Evidence shows that the apartheid system has been exercised by Serbia at this time. While the perpetrators of the works demanded reconciliation in North Africa and apologised for what they had done, Serbian architects and performers in Kosovo did the opposite; they accused people who had suffered in that system and demanded that those who had suffered were tried. They also gave evidence to do so. To tell the internationals that these KLA are streetmen, indictees“, Wessel's lawyer stated.

The final word also reached Rexhep Selimi's defence, and today, Jakup Krasniqi's will continue.

Rexhep Selimi's lawyer, Yeoffrey Roberts, has challenged The Hague prosecutor.

He asked whether Adem Jashar was part of the Criminal Company.

A name mentioned is Adam Jashar, which has been very mentioned. It was mentioned in the 1998 Prekas fight, early March by the Prosecutor. They overlook the massacre of this family. Some cases are mentioned as having met in 1992. Or that he was introduced to Mr. Selimi of Sylejman Selimi in 1994. The Logical Outcome That He Has Made Z The SP of these situations is that these links between the accused and Mr. Yasar is relevant to SPS arguments for NPK. I think they do because they think Mr. Yasar is an alleged member of the Crimean Enterprise, which is not named after him. You can't discuss the core of the NPK, and pretend that every senior member in the KLA was part of the NKP. If you ask the DA, it was Mr. Yasar part of the NPK, because if that's the case, they should prove it. I hope you can ask these questions one moment, He said.