Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes
Prosecutors said Thaci and three former KLA leaders targeted political opponents and civilians, and judges found 96 murders and hundreds of 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 Wednesday, Hashim Thaçi was sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes against Serbian forces in the 1990s, causing the anger of the Kosovars, who saw it as a condemnation of the liberation struggle of Kosovo Albanians.In Pristina, hundreds of people gathered in the morning to follow the statement of the verdict, broadcast on a giant screen. Huge wall clocks had been installed in the country's major cities. For several weeks, they had bee…
EADaily, 16 September 2026. Hashim Thachi, former President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, was sentenced by a court in The Hague to 25 years ' imprisonment, as reported by European media.
The statement of then-Vice President Joe Biden, who called Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi, who was visiting the White House, the “George Washington of Kosovo,” has aged badly. The Hague court sentenced Hashim Thaçi to 25 years in prison on Wednesday. The politician was found guilty of murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention, along with three former guerrilla comrades. Thaci, now 58, was the leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army gu…
The Special Court for Kosovo in The Hague sentenced Hashim Thaci, the former leader of the unrecognized republic, to 25 years in prison. Thaci was charged with 10 counts relating to the period of the conflict in Kosovo in 1998-1999. The court recognized the former commander-in-chief of the Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague announced the first-instance verdict for four former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders, Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi. The court sentenced them to 81 years in prison for war crimes. Thaçi and Krasniqi, from 25 years in prison Former President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, were [...]
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