War crimes tribunal to announce verdict in trial of former Kosovo president Thaci
Prosecutors seek 45-year sentences as the tribunal weighs command responsibility and allegations of persecution, murder, torture and forced disappearances.
- On Wednesday, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague will deliver its verdict in the war crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders.
- Pristina established the tribunal in 2015 under international pressure from the EU and US to prosecute alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by KLA fighters during the 1998-1999 conflict against Serbian forces.
- Prosecutors are seeking 45-year prison sentences for the accused, alleging command responsibility for persecution, while defense lawyers argue there is no evidence linking Thaci and his co-defendants to the alleged crimes.
- Supporters have staged demonstrations in Pristina and installed countdown clocks across Kosovo, with many residents displaying photos of the defendants inscribed 'Heroes of War and Peace.'
- This first-instance ruling allows both sides to appeal, and Thaci faces a separate obstruction of justice trial; the verdict could further inflame ethnic tensions across the region.
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On Wednesday, the INTERNATIONAL war crimes court will announce the verdict against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci in the proceedings for crimes committed during the conflict in Kosovo in the late 1990s, in the fight for independence from Serbia.
On Wednesday, the verdict was passed against former Kosovar President Hashim Thaçi. He was an important partner of the West during the NATO war against Serbia in 1999.
Kosovo Braces For War Crimes Verdict For Former President Thaci
An international tribunal is due to deliver a verdict in the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and later Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in a case that could shape how the country’s 1990s war of independence from Serbia is remembered.
The Kosovars await with apprehension and indignation the verdict of the trial of the former leaders of the KLA, the Liberation Army of their country. Verdict expected the day after tomorrow, (16 September 2026), twenty-seven years after the conflict in Kosovo. This is the last major trial linked to the wars that have torn the former Yugoslavia.
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