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Hashim Thaci war crimes conviction and sentencing
The story so farFormer Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been convicted of war crimes by the EU-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers tribunal in The Hague and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The tribunal found Thaci, 58, guilty of crimes including murder, torture, illegal detention, and cruel treatment committed during Kosovo's late-1990s war of independence from Serbia. Prosecutors had sought a 45-year sentence for Thaci and three other wartime commanders also accused of war crimes.
Still watching
- Where will Thaci serve his sentence?
- How has Serbia responded to the verdict?
- How have the Kosovo government and public responded to the verdict?
- Will Thaci appeal the conviction and 25-year sentence?
- What sentences, if any, were handed down to the three other wartime commanders tried alongside Thaci?
How it developed
Hashim Thaci war crimes conviction and sentencing
- Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been convicted of war crimes by the EU-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers tribunal in The Hague and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
- The tribunal found Thaci, 58, guilty of crimes including murder, torture, illegal detention, and cruel treatment committed during Kosovo's late-1990s war of independence from Serbia.
- Prosecutors had sought a 45-year sentence for Thaci and three other wartime commanders also accused of war crimes.
War crimes tribunal verdict announcement for former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci
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