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A Hague Court Convicts Kosovo’s Former President Thaci of War Crimes and Sentences Him to 25 Years
A European Union-backed court has convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia
By Stephanie van den Berg and Fatos Bytyci THE HAGUE/PRISTINA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The Kosovo war crimes tribunal on Wednesday will deliver its judgement in the case of former president Hashim Thaci and several wartime commanders accused of murder and torture during the territory's violent break from Serbia in the 1990s.
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will learn his fate on Wednesday as international judges in The Hague deliver verdicts in his war crimes trial.
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The Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers sentenced former president Hashim Thaci to 25 years for wartime detention, cruel treatment, torture, and murder (1998–99). Co-defendants Krasniqi, Veseli, and Selimi got 25, 18, and 13 years. All pleaded not guilty and can appeal. Time in custody since 2020 counts.
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague are scheduled to deliver their verdict tomorrow in the trial of four former leaders of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), who are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.