Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes
Hashim Thaci is sentenced for crimes committed as a Kosovo Liberation Army commander during the country’s violent break from Serbia in the 1990s.
Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes, including murder, torture and illegal detention, according to the Kosovo war crimes tribunal. Thaci, 58, was found guilty of the killing of 96 political opponents and perceived collaborators, as well as the detention of 385 individuals, the torture of 303 people and cruel treatment of around 50 others during the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army's (KLA) violent break from Serbia in the 1990s.
Thaci, who stood silent during the verdict, denied all charges. The ruling has sparked protests and divided opinion in Kosovo and Serbia, where the conflict's legacy and Kosovo's 2008 independence remain sources of tension.
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