{"id":22017,"date":"2021-10-07T13:35:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T11:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=22017"},"modified":"2021-10-07T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T12:30:52","slug":"kosovo-war-veterans-plead-innocence-at-the-hague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo-war-veterans-plead-innocence-at-the-hague\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo war veterans plead innocence at The Hague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two heads of the Kosovo Liberation Army veteran association pleaded innocence as their trial opened at The Hague.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am completely innocent\u201d, said Hysni Gucati, the chairman of the KLA Veteran Association.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nasim Haridanaj, who held the second post in the association stated \u201cI cannot even understand the indictment, but I heard what you read. I am innocent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment against the two war veterans was made public on 14 December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Both are standing trial on several charges, including obstruction of justice, witness intimidation, retaliation, and violating the secrecy of proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The process is expected to conclude on 17 December 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/15\/the-hague-tribunal-former-kla-commander-on-trial-for-war-crimes-compares-court-to-gestapo\/\">The Hague, former KLA commander on trial for war crimes compares court to Gestapo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/09\/15\/former-kla-commander-pleads-not-guilty-at-the-hague\/\">Former KLA commander pleads not guilty at The Hague<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/07\/01\/former-aides-of-slobodan-milosevic-found-guilty-of-war-crimes-by-the-hague-tribunal\/\">Former aides of Slobodan Milosevic found guilty of war crimes by The Hague Tribunal<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two heads of the Kosovo Liberation Army veteran association pleaded innocence as their trial opened at The Hague. \u201cI am completely innocent\u201d, said Hysni Gucati, the chairman of the KLA Veteran Association. 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