Today marks five years since the arrest of four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi.
On this anniversary, the organizations that emerged from the KLA war have reacted harshly, describing the process towards them as a great injustice.
“Five years of injustice, five years that the heroes of freedom are kept away from their families and the country they fought for. We do not forget and we do not give up in the face of this historical injustice,” says the OVL-KLA statement.
On November 5, 2020, Hashim Thaçi resigned from the post of President of Kosovo, after the Specialized Chambers in The Hague confirmed the indictment against him and three other fellow fighters.
That same day, Kadri Veseli, former Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo, announced that he would travel to The Hague to face justice.
A day earlier, on November 4, Jakup Krasniqi had left for the Detention Center in The Hague, while Rexhep Selimi had also received the confirmation of the indictment and had left for the Netherlands.
OVL-UÇK has held protests in several Albanian and European cities in support of the former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army who are being held in The Hague.
