Former Kosovo president Thaci gets 25 years in prison for war crimes

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci was found guilty of ‌war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. Thaci, 58, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the territory’s violent break from Serbia in the 1990s. The tribunal said ⁠he was guilty of the murder of 96 political opponents and perceived collaborators with ‌Serbian security forces by...

Thousands of people watching the verdict in Pristina on a big screen booed the verdict Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci has been jailed for 25 years after being found criminally responsible for war crimes following a trial in The Hague. A Hague tribunal ruled that Hashim Thaci, a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), is responsible for war crimes carried out during the war of independence with Serbia.

A Hauge tribunal ruled that Hashim Thaci, a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), is responsible for war crimes during the war of independence with Serbia.