His report focused on the "Drenica Group", led by Hashim Thaci, then Kosovo's prime minister and now foreign minister. Publicly Kosovar leaders called this a chance for those indicted to clear their names and that of the KLA. Privately they have tried to block the court.Anonymous...
PRISTINA — Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci said he will travel to the Netherlands on July 13 to be interviewed by international prosecutors following his indictment for war crimes and crimes against humanity over his role in its independence conflict. Article content On June 24 a special prose...
This is Kosovo's holiday-and-wedding season, but some in the small Balkan state don't feel much like celebrating this year. On July 29th Clint Williamson, an American prosecutor leading a special European Union task-force investigating war crimes, came out with a damning report. His team was...
Kosovo President Resigns Over War Crimes Charges RECKONING Hashim Thaci went from being the disputed nation-state’s most powerful leader to a suspect in custody of The Hague over alleged war crimes from the late 90s. Patricia Kelly Yeo| Published Nov 05, 2020 ...
troops, the mujahideen were accused of war crimes, an allegation Abu Hamza rejects: “In our squad we had several groups that fought the war only with cold weapons [i.e., steel blades, knives, etc.]; according to their understanding of war, this is the way to instill fear in the ...
In June, a government led by the LDK's Avdullah Hoti and backed by several smaller parties, took office. Hoti's government ended all trade barriers with Serbia. Thaçi resigned as president in Nov., 2020, in advance of going on trial for war crimes at the Hague Kosovo tribunal; Vjosa...
That was actually the trigger that set off the combats and a full-blown war 大多数阿尔巴尼亚人至少 The majority of the Albanians had at the least 或明或暗地站在他们一边 sided with them, implicitly or openly 有一个例子:KLA发出了一封信 There is an example of a letter sent by the KLA ...
Western officials have vehemently rejected Putin’s reasoning, saying the NATO intervention in Kosovo was triggered by mass killings and other war crimes committed by Serbian troops against ethnic Albanians. That was not the case in Ukraine before Russia's full-scale invasion. ...
Around the Bloc: EU Prods Kosovo on War Crimes Court, Kazakhstan Looks for New Oil RoutesPlus, the U.S. and Poland target Hewlett-Packard in a graft probe and Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan prep to sign trade tready amid disagreements. Around the Bloc is TOL's daily digest of the ...
But whereas the ICTY, which began indicting former KLA members in 2003, consistently found that some KLA members did commit atrocities, prosecutors were not able to prove that the KLA itself had a policy of targeting civilians or engaging in war crimes. As a result, higher-ranking KLA leaders...