Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes
Prosecutors said he led a campaign against political opponents and civilians, with judges finding 96 killings and 385 illegal detentions.
- On Wednesday, the European Union-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers convicted Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of war crimes, sentencing him to 25 years in prison for crimes committed during the 1990s conflict with Serbia.
- Prosecutors charged the former Kosovo Liberation Army leader with murder, torture, and arbitrary detention; Thaci resigned from office nearly six years ago to face proceedings in The Hague.
- The tribunal found the former president guilty of murdering 96 political opponents and perceived collaborators with Serbian security forces, after prosecutors had sought a maximum 45-year prison sentence for Thaci and co-defendant Jakup Krasniqi.
- Thousands of supporters rallied in Pristina over the weekend, viewing the accused as national heroes, while Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated, "Our war was just, a war of liberation."
- Thaci remains detained in The Hague and faces a separate trial beginning later this month on charges of intimidating witnesses, while out of 15 people indicted by the KSC, three are serving sentences.
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On 16 September, the Kosovo Specialized Chambers sentenced former President Hashim Thaçi, and his principal judge, Mr. Jakup Krasniqi, to 25 years' imprisonment for "war crimes". / Kosovo, France, War Crime, Balkans, Federal Republic of (...) / Kosovo, France, War Crime, Balkans, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992-2003, Serbia, International Justice
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Hague court convicts Kosovo’s former president of war crimes
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A European Union-backed court on Wednesday convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a special court in The Hague on charges of war crimes committed during the struggle for independence from Serbian rule.
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