{"id":17935,"date":"2021-07-23T18:44:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T16:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=17935"},"modified":"2021-07-23T18:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T16:46:04","slug":"two-states-offer-guarantee-for-thacis-release-says-defense-of-former-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/two-states-offer-guarantee-for-thacis-release-says-defense-of-former-president\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTwo states offer guarantee for Thaci&#8217;s release\u201d, says defense of former President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The defense attorney of Kosovo\u2019s former President told the Special Court at the Hague that some countries are willing to come forward as &#8220;third-party guarantees&#8221; for his release.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Kehoe criticized the Special Prosecution for denying Hashim Tha\u00e7i the opportunity for release.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the American attorney argued that the Special Prosecution has removed any timely context of when it planned to start the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews Albania correspondent, Kosove Gjoci, reported that the defense counsel of President Thaci said that two states are offering to stand as guarantors for his release from the pretrial detention facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reference is for two NATO countries, and unofficial sources claim it is Slovenia and Croatia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thaci\u2019s attorney also complained over a lack of trust on the side of the court in front of the two NATO member states, which as he argued, have demanded the establishment of that very court, explained our correspondent.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Prosecution Office indicted Kosovo\u2019s former President Hashim Thaci on counts of war against humanity and war crimes, including here murder, enforced disappearances, persecution and torture.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, the defense counsel submitted a complaint demanding to revoke Thaci\u2019s indictment, emphasizing a \u201clack of jurisdiction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The defense also argued that the former president\u2019s rights to an unbiased and fair trial within a reasonable time have been violated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/05\/05\/remarks-against-thaci-and-veseli-activists-vandalize-car-of-deputy-pm-gervalla\/\">Remarks against Tha\u00e7i and Veseli, activists vandalize car of deputy PM Gervalla<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/03\/16\/charges-should-be-dropped-thaci-demands-his-freedom-in-the-hague\/\">\u2018Charges should be dropped\u2019, Tha\u00e7i demands his freedom in The Hague<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2020\/11\/09\/criminal-process-at-the-hague-begins-for-kosovo-s-former-president-hashim-thaci\/\">Criminal process at The Hague begins for Kosovo\u2019s former president Hashim Tha\u00e7i<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defense attorney of Kosovo\u2019s former President told the Special Court at the Hague that some countries are willing to come forward as &#8220;third-party guarantees&#8221; for his release. Gregory Kehoe criticized the Special Prosecution for denying Hashim Tha\u00e7i the opportunity for release. In addition, the American attorney argued that the Special Prosecution has removed any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":17936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cTwo states offer guarantee for Thaci&#039;s release\u201d, says defense of former President - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/two-states-offer-guarantee-for-thacis-release-says-defense-of-former-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cTwo states offer guarantee for Thaci&#039;s release\u201d, says defense of former President - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The defense attorney of Kosovo\u2019s former President told the Special Court at the Hague that some countries are willing to come forward as &#8220;third-party guarantees&#8221; for his release. 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