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Kosovo Guerrilla Leaders’ Orders Show War Crimes Guilt, Trial Told
Hashim Thaci (centre) with Rexhep Selimi behind him in court on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE/Koen van Weel/Pool.
Using video footage of statements from the 1990s as well as documents found in some of the defendants' homes, lead prosecutor Alan Tieger showed the court KLA communiques and orders for arrests, which he said was evidence that the guerrilla force targeted political opponents.
Live Blog: Kosovo Wartime Guerrilla Leaders on Trial
Follow BIRN's reporters for the latest developments as the war crimes trial of Kosovo's ex-president Hashim Thaci and three other former leaders of the guerrilla Kosovo Liberation Army begins in The Hague.
Albanians Rally for ‘Liberators’ Outside Hague War Crimes Court
"We refuse to have our history distorted," one protester said when he took loud speaker in his hand to address the protest.
Tahir Citaku made a trip of more than 700 kilometres from the Swiss city of Basel to The Hague to protest against the trial.
Tahir Citaku. Photo: BIRN.
Kosovo Ex-President Thaci’s War Crimes Trial Opens in The Hague
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and his three co-defendants went on trial at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers on Monday morning, charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed between at least March 1998 and September 1999 in Kosovo and neighbouring Albania during and just after the war with Serbian forces.
Kosovo Albanians Sceptical About Hague Trial of Liberation Fighters
Sejdi Zymeri's house in the village of Likovc/Likovac is close to where the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA used to have its headquarters in the Drenica region, the guerrillas' wartime heartland.
From Trenches to Courtroom: Kosovo’s War Leaders Face New Battle
On April 3, the four wartime leaders will be together again, this time before the prosecutors at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague courtroom to hear the charges against them read out in the courtroom as their trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity begins.
Prosecution Case in Kosovo Ex-Guerrillas’ Trial ‘Could Take Six Years’
The prosecution's presentation of evidence in the case against former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former senior Kosovo Liberation Army, KA guerrillas at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague could go on for six-and-a-half years, presiding judge Charles Smith III told a case status conference at the court on Monday.
Hague Court Publishes Details of Hashim Thaci’s Alleged War Crimes
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague has published a less redacted version of the indictment of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, who goes on trial with three other Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA ex-officers next month, giving more details of the war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against them.
Albin Kurti and the United States of America directly accused: "It's clear"
Today, Grenell assessed that the bad situation in the region, especially between Belgrade and Pristina, is the result of the USA leaving the initiative to Europe in solving the Kosovo problem, as well as the fact that the Prime Minister of the temporary institutions of Pristina, Albin Kurti, does not bear the consequences for his actions.
Albania PM to Submit Resolution in Strasbourg Against Marty Report
During a joint meeting on Monday in Pristina between the governments of Kosovo and Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama said that he will personally submit a report to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg being prepared in Albania's parliament querying the Dick Marty report and what he alleged was its Russian influence.