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The chairman of the Kosovo Liberation Army War Veterans Organization<\/span><\/span>, Hysni Gucati<\/span><\/span>, has submitted to the Special Court a petition containing more than 200,000 signatures calling for the release of former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army<\/span><\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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After submitting the petition, Gucati spoke from The Hague<\/span><\/span> to KosovaPress, emphasizing that the petition represents the voice of thousands of Albanians from all Albanian-inhabited regions.<\/p>\n

He also commented on the decision by the Special Court to postpone the deadline for announcing the verdict regarding Hashim Tha\u00e7i<\/span><\/span>, Kadri Veseli<\/span><\/span>, Rexhep Selimi<\/span><\/span>, and Jakup Krasniqi<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope and strongly believe that the court will deliver true justice and take our signatures into consideration \u2014 signatures from Albanians across all territories, not only in Kosovo but also in Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and the Albanian diaspora. These petitions should reach the right ears and the right place, and it should be acknowledged that 200,000 Albanians signed in support of the sacred war and directly for the president and the others to be freed from this great injustice that is happening to us at this moment,\u201d he declared from The Hague.<\/p>\n

Gucati said the 200,000 signatures demonstrate Albanians\u2019 demand to protect the values of the liberation war.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 200,000 signatures prove the innocence of the leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army. They show that there was a sacred war in this country and that there was an army that confronted Serbian paramilitary Chetnik forces, the Serbian army, and Serbian police, through which we liberated the country,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He also criticized the Special Court\u2019s decision to delay the verdict for the four former KLA leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very unfair because, as I said, this process has dragged on for five and a half years \u2014 now we are entering the sixth year. Keeping people imprisoned for six years is shameful for international justice itself. This is not international justice; this is Kosovo\u2019s court because our parliament voted for it. It has been excessively prolonged, nearly six years. Once again, as war veterans\u2019 organizations, this is unacceptable to us, and we demand that a verdict be reached as soon as possible \u2014 and a positive verdict on our side,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

Hashim Tha\u00e7i<\/span><\/span>, Kadri Veseli<\/span><\/span>, Rexhep Selimi<\/span><\/span>, and Jakup Krasniqi<\/span><\/span> delivered their closing statements on February 18 of this year.<\/p>\n

They once again declared themselves not guilty on all counts of the indictment.<\/p>\n

The trial against the four former KLA leaders began on April 3, 2023 \u2014 nearly three years after the indictment was confirmed, during which time the former KLA leaders have been held in the detention center in The Hague<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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