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Kosovo war crimes tribunal sentences former KLA member to 18 years

Judges have ruled that Pjeter Shala committed war crimes during the 1998-99 Kosovo uprising against Serbian troops. Judges at the Kosovo tribunal in The Hague have sentenced former Kosovo Liberation Army member Pjeter Shala to 18 years in prison for war crimes committed during the 1998-99 Kosovo uprising against Serbian troops. “Having considered all the evidence, the panel finds you, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Opposition protesters in Kosovo use flares and tear gas to protest against a war crimes court

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Opposition protesters in Kosovo on Wednesday used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the capital. Opposition leftist Social Democratic Party members tried to enter a hotel in Pristina, where Kosovo Specialist Chambers court President Ekaterina Trendafilova was holding a meeting with members of civil society. The demonstrators believe that …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Ex-Kosovo president tells international judges he’s innocent

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci on Tuesday insisted he is an innocent man as he addressed a panel of international judges hearing his trial on 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. At the end of his lawyers’ opening statement to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Thaci stood up, buttoned up his gray pinstripe suit …

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1 year, 9 months ago

‘Nobody is above the law:' Kosovo ex-president’s trial opens

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An international prosecutor declared Monday that “nobody is above the law,” as the trial opened for Kosovo’s former president and three other defendants on charges including murder and torture in a case that their supporters claim is unjustly targeting revered freedom fighters. “I am fully not guilty,” Thaci, who went by the nickname The Snake during …

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1 year, 9 months ago

‘Nobody is above the law’: Kosovo ex-president’s trial opens

LA Times

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, in headphones, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal in the Hague on Monday. An international prosecutor declared Monday that “nobody is above the law,” as the trial opened for Kosovo’s former president and three other defendants on charges including murder and torture in a case that their supporters claim is unjustly targeting revered freedom fighters. Prosecutor …

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2 years ago

Former Kosovo rebel commander convicted of 1999 murder

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army was found guilty Friday of arbitrarily detaining and torturing prisoners perceived as supporters of Serbia and murdering one of them during a late 1990s war for Kosovo’s independence. Mustafa was arrested in 2020 in Kosovo and sent to the Netherlands to stand trial at the European Union-backed Kosovo …

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2 years ago

Kosovo tribunal convicts ex-rebel leader for war crimes

Al Jazeera

A Kosovo court seated in the Netherlands sentences Salih Mustafa to 26 years in prison in its first war crimes verdict. In its first-ever war crimes verdict, the court on Friday sentenced Salih Mustafa to 26 years in prison for war crimes, including murder and torture in a detention centre where prisoners, mostly fellow Kosovo Albanians who were political opponents …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in The Hague

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Three former presidents of Albania and one of Kosovo on Wednesday visited ethnic Albanian former commanders in the fight against Serbian rule in Kosovo who are being held in a Netherlands prison pending trial for alleged war crimes. support and solidarity with their last battle in defense of Kosovo’s war for freedom and independence.” An EU-backed war …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Albania asks human rights body to cancel stolen organ claims

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian Parliament has asked Europe’s top human rights body to rescind a 2011 resolution that cited since-unsubstantiated allegations of human organ harvesting during the 1990s war in Kosovo. In 2011, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly passed a resolution calling for a European Union mission in Kosovo to investigate “war crimes and organ trafficking” in Kosovo …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Same Script, 22 Years Apart: War in Ukraine is a Grim Reminder of Kosovo War and NATO Bombing

News 18

When we look at everything happening in Ukraine today, we need to understand that as per international law, it is entirely illegal. Equally though we need to understand that every illegality perpetrated here has a legal precedent that the West has set — be it wanton aggression, supporting terrorists, blatantly violating or exceeding the UN charter, and pretending that some …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Pleads Not Guilty to War Crimes Charges

News 18

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci on Monday pleaded not guilty to all war crimes charges brought against him in his first appearance before a judge after being taken into custody in The Hague. Thaci, who led the guerrilla uprising against Serbian forces in 1998-99 as commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, faces 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Arrested, Moved to The Hague to Face War Crimes Charges

News 18

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, a wartime hero turned politician, was arrested and transferred to the detention center of the Kosovo Tribunal in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Thursday to face charges of war crimes. Thaci and three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army are accused of overseeing illegal detention facilities where the movement’s opponents were kept in …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Resigns to Face War Crimes Charges in The Hague

News 18

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, a wartime hero turned politician, resigned with immediate effect on Thursday after learning that a tribunal in The Hague had confirmed a war crimes indictment against him. Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said the indictment against Thaci gave hope to thousands of victims of the war “who have waited for more than two decades to find …

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4 years, 3 months ago

1st Kosovar Albanian arrested on war crimes charges

Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A special international court said Thursday that a former commander of the separatist fighters in Kosovo’s 1998-1999 war has been arrested on charges including torture of detainees and the murder of one prisoner held at a compound in Kosovo during the conflict. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers, based in The Hague, said former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Salih …

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4 years, 6 months ago

President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci indicted on war crime charges related to country's war of independence

ABC

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci has been indicted on war crimes charges, including murder, along with nine other former separatist fighters. Key points: The 1998-1999 conflict left more than 10,000 people dead Both President Hashim Thaci and former parliament speaker Kadri Vaseli have been indicted and are former top commanders in the Kosovo Liberation Army War crimes allegations against the KLA …

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5 years, 11 months ago

Kosovars remember 45 killed by Serb forces 20 years ago

Associated Press

RECAK, Kosovo — Thousands gathered Tuesday in the southern Kosovo village of Recak to mark 20 years since 45 ethnic Albanians were slain by Serb forces in a mass killing that sparked international anger. The Serbian government of President Slobodan Milosevic claimed at the time that the dead were all members of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army killed in combat …

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Kosovo war crimes tribunal sentences former KLA member to 18 years

Opposition protesters in Kosovo use flares and tear gas to protest against a war crimes court

Ex-Kosovo president tells international judges he’s innocent

‘Nobody is above the law:' Kosovo ex-president’s trial opens

‘Nobody is above the law’: Kosovo ex-president’s trial opens

Former Kosovo rebel commander convicted of 1999 murder

Kosovo tribunal convicts ex-rebel leader for war crimes

Albanian politicians see jailed Kosovo leaders in The Hague

Albania asks human rights body to cancel stolen organ claims

Same Script, 22 Years Apart: War in Ukraine is a Grim Reminder of Kosovo War and NATO Bombing

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Pleads Not Guilty to War Crimes Charges

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Arrested, Moved to The Hague to Face War Crimes Charges

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Resigns to Face War Crimes Charges in The Hague

1st Kosovar Albanian arrested on war crimes charges

President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci indicted on war crime charges related to country's war of independence

Kosovars remember 45 killed by Serb forces 20 years ago