Hashim Thaçi, former Kosovo president, sentenced to 25 years in prison by international tribunal
The special court in The Hague found the former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army guilty of war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 conflict.
Hashim Thaçi, a key figure in Kosovo's independence and former president of the country, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by the special court in The Hague. The tribunal found him guilty of arbitrary detention, torture, and murder committed during the 1998-1999 war, when he was leading the Kosovo Liberation Army.
This conviction comes at a sensitive time in Kosovo, where Thaçi is viewed as a hero of independence by a significant portion of the population, despite the war crimes allegations against him.
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