Balkans | The detention of former KLA commanders Krasniqi and Selimi will continue

The arrests of former UKosova Liberation Army (UCK) commanders Jakub Krasniqi and Rexab Selimi will continue in a broadcast session on the media platform ‘Zoom’, Michael Doyle, spokesman for the Kosovo Special Tribunal for International War Crimes in The Hague, reported.

“In the same case, on May 17, 2023, the court ordered the continued detention of Jakub Krasniqi and Rexeb Slimi and the relevant decision of each,” Doyle said.

State Department Spokesperson Doyle also announced that the statements of the fifth, sixth, and seventh witnesses called by the prosecution in the case of Hashem Tachi et al. were completed this week.

Kosovo Private Offices and Private Investigators

The Special Court, also known as the Offices of Experts in Kosovo and the Office of the Special Prosecutor, and its Prosecutor’s Office were established in 2011 in The Hague, Netherlands.

This judicial body, set up to investigate and prosecute war crimes allegedly committed in Kosovo between 1998-2000, is made up of international judges and prosecutors.

Since the beginning of 2019, the Office of the Special Prosecutor has invited dozens of former KLA members to testify.

The first indictment against former KLA commander and President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci and three other defendants was approved on 26 October 2020.

source: Kosovaport