US EditionProtesters march in Kosovo, as ex-president's war crimes trial nears end
Protesters oppose the trial of former KLA leaders accused of war crimes; prosecutor seeks 45-year sentences amid political tensions, with tens of thousands rallying in Pristina.
- Kosovo is marking its 18th anniversary of independence with protests and celebrations, as the trial of former President Hashim Thaci overshadows the occasion.
- Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders are accused of war crimes and have been in pretrial detention since November 2020.
- The prosecution has requested a 45-year prison sentence for Thaci, alleging the KLA committed crimes to consolidate control over Kosovo, while the defense rejects the allegations.
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Pristina to support four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commanders who are on trial in The Hague for crimes committed during the 1999 Kosovo war. Support for the accused was also expressed by government representatives at a military parade held on Independence Day.
In Kosovo, tens of thousands of people demonstrated for the release of former President Thaci, who was imprisoned in The Hague. They marched through Pristina on the National Day with flags of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) through the capital, according to their own figures, with 200,000 participants.
Four former war leaders in the conflict against Serbia in the 1990s, including former President Hashim Thaci, are being tried in Haia for war crimes.
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Independent EspañolBy ZANA CIMILI PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — An air of defiance marked Kosovo’s independence celebrations, while thousands joined a march in support of ex-combatants facing trial in a court in Holland for alleged war crimes during the 1998–1999 war against Serbia. Protesters, many wrapped in red and black Albanian flags, challenged the cold and snowy climate in the capital, Pristina, to express their opposition to the trials in The Hague against forme…
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Pristina today in support of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commanders who are on trial in The Hague for crimes committed during the 1999 Kosovo war. Support for the accused was also expressed by government representatives at a military parade held on Independence Day, foreign news agencies report.
The Straits Times
Thousands in Kosovo rally against war crimes trial of ex-KLA commanders
PRISTINA, Feb 17 - Thousands gathered in Pristina on Tuesday bearing banners of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army to protest against the trial of former KLA leaders, including a former president, accused of war crimes during the 1998-99 war for independence. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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