Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci convicted of war crimes

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Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been convicted of war crimes by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal. The 58-year-old was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday for crimes including murder, torture, and illegal detention. These offenses were committed during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s, when Thaci served as a top commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The tribunal found him guilty of the murder of 96 political opponents and perceived collaborators with Serbian security forces by KLA forces during the conflict. Thaci has denied all charges.

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Hashim Thaci denies all the charges.

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Tribunal found Thaci guilty of the murder of 96 political opponents and perceived collaborators by KLA forces.

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Thaci sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention.

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Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci convicted of four counts of war crimes by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal.

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The Kosovo-war-crimes-tribunal" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="205143" data-entity-type="organization">Kosovo War crimes tribunal has convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of four counts of War crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia.Thaci, 58, was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years in prison for ‌crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo-liberation-army" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="205142" data-entity-type="organization">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 KLA forces during the conflict.Thaci denies all the charges.Wearing a suit and tie, Thaci stood in silence as Presiding Judge Charles Smith read out the sentence.More to come…

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