Front Page: Former President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
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Admitted to Pristina, celebrated previously by the West, the former leader of the KLA and president of Kosovo has just been sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes. A verdict that strikes the heroic story of Kosovo's independence.
Judge Charles L. Smith III, who presided over the panel that on September 16 announced the verdict against Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selim and Jakup Krasniqi, has been a familiar name to the public in Kosovo for years. The panel headed by Smith sentenced Thaçi to 25 years in prison, Veseli to 18 years, Selim to 13 years and Krasniqi to 25 years – a total of 81 years in prison. The verdict is of first instance and can be appealed. But lo…
A press review prepared in collaboration with The Balkans Courier.
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes, including murder, torture and illegal detention, before the Specialized Chambers of Kosovo in The Hague on Wednesday.
The verdict against Hashim Thaci and his associates, pronounced on September 16 before the Kosovo Specialized Chambers in The Hague, has reopened numerous questions about the legal character of that court, its jurisdiction and the manner in which the sentences were imposed. The author, Dr. Milan Blagojević, specifically analyzes the reasoning of the verdict and the statement of the presiding judge, Charles L. Smith, as well as the legal framewor…
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