Hague rejects Haradinaj’s release request

The Hague Tribunal has rejected Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj’s request for a temporary release during the winter break.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 23.12.2011.

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The Hague Tribunal has rejected Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj’s request for a temporary release during the winter break. According to the Hague Tribunal, his release could jeopardize the trial. Hague rejects Haradinaj’s release request The defense has requested that Haradinaj be released from December 16 until January 8, 2012. The KLA commander’s attorneys explained that all of the witnesses who were supposed testify in the retrial had already done so and that there was no reason not to approve Haradinaj’s request. The defense counsels gave guarantees that their client would only stay at his home in Pristina and that he would not appear in the media or take part in any public activity. Haradinaj’s trial has been adjourned and it should continue on January 13, when a protected witness should testify. The retrial of the KLA commander started on August 18, 2011 and this is the first time that a trial is being repeated in the Hague Tribunal. Based on individual criminal responsibility, Haradinaj is accused of crimes committed by Kosovo Albanian forces in the Jablanica camp in 1998 against opponents from the KLA and those believed to have been the opponents. The prisoners were abused and starved and some of them were murdered. KLA members Idriz Balaj and Lah Brahimaj’s names are also on the indictment. They are accused of crimes against humanity and violation of law and customs of war in 1998 in Kosovo. At the initial trial Haradinaj and Balaj were acquitted on all 37 counts of the indictment and Brahimaj was sentenced to six years in prison. Prosecutor Paul Rogers said in the opening argument that Haradinaj and his associates Brahimaj and Balaj were responsible for the crimes, regardless of whether the victims were Serbs, Albanians, Egyptians or Roma, Muslim, Orthodox or Catholics. The trial is being repeated on six counts of the indictment. Ramush Haradinaj (FoNet)

Hague rejects Haradinaj’s release request

The defense has requested that Haradinaj be released from December 16 until January 8, 2012.

The KLA commander’s attorneys explained that all of the witnesses who were supposed testify in the retrial had already done so and that there was no reason not to approve Haradinaj’s request.

The defense counsels gave guarantees that their client would only stay at his home in Priština and that he would not appear in the media or take part in any public activity. Haradinaj’s trial has been adjourned and it should continue on January 13, when a protected witness should testify.

The retrial of the KLA commander started on August 18, 2011 and this is the first time that a trial is being repeated in the Hague Tribunal.

Based on individual criminal responsibility, Haradinaj is accused of crimes committed by Kosovo Albanian forces in the Jablanica camp in 1998 against opponents from the KLA and those believed to have been the opponents.

The prisoners were abused and starved and some of them were murdered.

KLA members Idriz Balaj and Lah Brahimaj’s names are also on the indictment. They are accused of crimes against humanity and violation of law and customs of war in 1998 in Kosovo.

At the initial trial Haradinaj and Balaj were acquitted on all 37 counts of the indictment and Brahimaj was sentenced to six years in prison.

Prosecutor Paul Rogers said in the opening argument that Haradinaj and his associates Brahimaj and Balaj were responsible for the crimes, regardless of whether the victims were Serbs, Albanians, Egyptians or Roma, Muslim, Orthodox or Catholics.

The trial is being repeated on six counts of the indictment.

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