War Crime Trial

Kosovo Issues First War Crimes Verdict In Defendant’s Absence

In the first ever war crime trial in absence, Prishtina Basic Court sentenced former Serbian fighter Cedomir Aksic to 15 years’ imprisonment for involvement in the mistreatment, expulsions and murders of Kosovo Albanian civilians in Shtime/Stimlje municipality.

Armed police officers in Belgrade on June 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/ANDREJ CUKIC

Serbia Sentences Kosovo Albanian to Six Years for Killing Villagers in 1999

Six-year jail sentence imposed on Nezir Mehmetaj for war crimes against non-Serbs in a Kosovo village in 1999 condemned by the speaker of Kosovo's parliament – who calls the charges 'invented and arbitrary'.

Fatmir Sopi testifying on Monday, October 28, 2024. Photo: Livestream/Kosovo Specialist Chambers.

KLA Was Voluntary Army, Witness Tells Thaci Trial in The Hague

Former KLA brigade founder bolsters defence case in ex-President Hashim Thaci's trial by telling the Hague-based special court that the KLA was formed on a voluntary basis and did not have the 'discipline of NATO armies'.

Ekrem Bajrovic in court on Friday, July 19, 2024. Photo: BIRN/Verone Zymberi

Court Finds Kosovo Bosniak Guilty of War Crimes

Ekrem Bajrovic was sentenced on Friday to 12 years' imprisonment for his role in the beating, torture and killing of ethnic Albanian civilians who were fleeing towards Albania.

Kosovo Begins Two War Crime Trials of Serbs in Absentia

The trials of former Serbian policeman Milovan Jovanovic and former Serbian military reservist Dejan Racic, both accused of war crimes against ethnic Albanians, opened in Pristina in the defendants' absence.

Kosovo Ruling Party’s Boycott of TV Electoral Debates Draws Criticism

William Walker pays homage in front of Recak/Racak massacre memorial on January 15, 2025. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Leaders Honour US Diplomat Who Exposed Brutal Village Massacre

Besnik Berisha, chairperson at ICM (L), Luljeta Aliu, board member (R), Photo: BIRN

Kosovo’s Media Commission Elects New Head Amid Claims of Political Interference

Illustration: Prishtina Basic Prosecution

Husband and Three Others Indicted Over Femicide in Prishtina

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