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Kosovo rebel veterans’ leaders deny charges over leaked witness data

October 7, 2021 by David Barret Leave a Comment

October 7, 2021

By Stephanie van den Berg

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) veterans’ association pleaded not guilty at a war crimes tribunal on Thursday to charges of obstruction and intimidation for allegedly revealing names of protected witnesses.

Prosecutors allege Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj, who run the association, gave Kosovo media and politicians confidential court documents last year that included names and personal data from witnesses involved in war crimes cases.

According to specialist prosecutor Jack Smith there is a “small but powerful group” in Kosovo that opposes the court and will do anything to push “a false narrative” that there were no KLA crimes during the 1998-99 conflict with Serbia.

“These accused are a part of this group that wants this court to go away at any cost,” Smith told judges.

Gucati and Haradinaj risk a fine and a jail sentence of up to 10 years if they are convicted.

“I am innocent, I have no connection to any of the points in the confirmed indictment,” Gucati said. Haradinaj also pleaded not guilty at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers tribunal.

The veterans’ association wields considerable influence in Kosovo, where many former KLA fighters are now in political positions and KLA veterans are celebrated as national heroes.

More than 13,000 people are believed to have died during the war, when Kosovo was still part of Serbia under the rule of late Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Fighting ended after NATO air strikes against Milosevic’s forces, and Kosovo is recognised as an independent country by the Unites States and the majority of European countries.

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers was set up in 2015 under pressure from the European Union and the United States specifically to try crimes committed by ex-rebels, but veterans’ supporters see it as unfair.

Witness intimidation has been a problem for local prosecutions of alleged KLA crimes in the past. It is one of the reasons the Kosovo Specialist Chambers is seated in The Hague and has international staff.

The trial of the KLA veterans’ leaders is the second trial that has opened before the Kosovo war crimes tribunal so far.

(Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg; Editing by Alison Williams and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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David Barret
David Barret

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