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Kosovo’s Former Leader Is Sentenced to 25 Years in War Crimes Case – PR Informa

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By AMELIA NIERENBERG Hashim Thaci, the former leader of Kosovo who led its bloody independence fight against Serbia in the 1990s, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for war crimes, including arbitrary detention, torture and murder. Thaci’s sentence concluded a trial that has deepened divisions in his Balkan homeland over whether he should be feted as a war hero or condemned as a leader of violent rebels. Thaci, 58, who has long denied…

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Former President Hashim Thaçi has expressed gratitude for the great support that he and other former KLA leaders, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, have received from the citizens of Kosovo and their supporters abroad. Through his lawyer, Thaçi has called on the citizens of Kosovo to maintain calm after the verdict announced the day before in The Hague.

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The Chamber announced that the prosecution had not proven that the defendants committed crimes against humanity. The Specialized Chambers in The Hague have completed the pronouncement of the first-instance verdict against four former commanders of the so-called KLA – Hashim Thaci, Kadrija Veselji, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, who were... Read More › The article The Hague: Thaci and Krasniqi sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes, Ve…

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The verdict therefore remains subject to appeal, in which the defense will be able to challenge the legal and factual conclusions of the trial chamber. The post Mišetić after the verdict for Thaçi: Defense announces appeal and claims that the trial was unfair appeared first on narod.hr.

Hashim Thaci sent a message through his lawyer: "I call on the people to remain calm despite the injustice" - Former President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci spoke out after the Specialized Court in The Hague sentenced him to 25 years in prison

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The former president of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, spoke through his lawyer Luka Mišetić after the verdict of the Specialized Court in The Hague, which sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

·Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Le Monde broke the news in Paris, France on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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