Over 100 thousand signatures in petition for KLA leaders, handed over to The Hague next month

So far there have been over 100,000 signatures, has confirmed Fatmir Sopi from OVL-KLA.

So far, according to the information we have from the ground, about 100,000 signatures have been made, 28 thousand are online, while the rest are physically”, Sopi for Dukagjin has declared.

Sopi also indicated the next steps to be taken to challenge special decisions on the KLA's quarter in The Hague.

The next steps we take as an organisation will depend entirely on the decision and developments that will be in the special court”, he stressed.

The petition had begun online but also physically.

The petition was also signed by Ramush Haradinaj and Bedri Hamza.

It is the duty of each of us to stay close to those who contributed for years to our freedom and state. The liberation war was defensive, fair and I am convinced that justice will soon reconfirm this”, Hamza wrote on Facebook.

I signed today the national petition initiated by war-free categories in support of our fellow fighters who are being tried unjustly at the Special Court in The Hague. We believe that this time again international justice will reconfirm the purity of our fair liberation war”, Haradinaj wrote.

Petition requires respect for principles essential to human rights. It requires justice, and evacuation of evidence from Serbia.

Below, the complete petition text:

We think so.

The decision should be based exclusively on evidence and evidence administered in the trial. Any direct or indirect political influence would seriously damage the credibility of international justice, which we expect to be impartial and without double standards.

WE ARE LING

Full and unconditional respect of the fundamental rights of the accused, respect of the Law for Specialised Chambers adopted by the Parliament of Kosovo, and full respect for the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo; guaranteeing fair, transparent and impartial processes, in line with the highest standards of justice.

Dignified and human treatment, in line with international conventions on the rights of the detainees, guaranteeing full respect for their physical and psychological integrity; including immediate removal of the detention measure, taking into account the extraordinary length of the process and the principle of judgment within a reasonable term.

Rigorous, professional and fully impartial assessment of evidence, in line with international standards of compliance, excluding any evidence that does not meet the criteria of credibility, authenticity and procedural legitimacy.

The immediate and complete expulsion of any evidence obtained or accepted by the authorities of Serbia, given that Serbia was at the time a party in the war and that it was internationally documented including its forces in crimes and massacres committed in Kosovo. Accepting evidence produced by them poses a serious danger to the integrity of the process and conflicts with the principle of impartiality and equality.

Eliminating the expanded application of the concept of “command responsibility”, as in the context of the war in Kosovo, the Kosovo Liberation Army has been presented as armed organisation born from the circumstances of self-protection of the population and not as a state-bound and institutionally commanded army. The principle of criminal responsibility in international law is individual and cannot be expanded collectively or abstractly without concrete evidence of effective control and direct ordinance.