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THE HAGUE - Kosovo’s former prime minister will be retried for war crimes, appeals judges said on Wednesday after granting prosecutors’ demands to have his 2008 acquittal by the Yugoslav tribunal overturned.
Ramush Haradinaj, a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) considered a hero by Kosovo Albanians, was acquitted two years ago of torture, murder, rape and deportation after judges found prosecutors had failed to prove a deliberate campaign to kill and expel Serb civilians from Kosovo.
But appeals judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia found that those trial judges erred by not giving prosecutors enough time to prove their case.
“It was clear that the trial chamber seriously erred in failing to take adequate measures to secure the testimony of certain witnesses,” judges said in a summary of proceedings.
The ruling comes a day before a separate court in The Hague rules on the legality of Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia.
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THE HAGUE - Kosovo’s former prime minister will be retried for war crimes, appeals judges said on Wednesday after granting prosecutors’ demands to have his 2008 acquittal by the Yugoslav tribunal overturned.
Ramush Haradinaj, a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) considered a hero by Kosovo Albanians, was acquitted two years ago of torture, murder, rape and deportation after judges found prosecutors had failed to prove a deliberate campaign to kill and expel Serb civilians from Kosovo.
But appeals judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia found that those trial judges erred by not giving prosecutors enough time to prove their case.
“It was clear that the trial chamber seriously erred in failing to take adequate measures to secure the testimony of certain witnesses,” judges said in a summary of proceedings.
The ruling comes a day before a separate court in The Hague rules on the legality of Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia.
More at link
