Head of AAK parliamentary group, Pal Lekaj, said that continuing denial of justice to the party leader Ramush Haradinaj means growing danger for Kosovo. “Ramush’s detention and Serbia’s actions show us that we are not in a situation to continue bearing any more this government in Kosovo which allows Serbia to continue battling us,” said Lekaj. He added: “Patience is running thin and where there is injustice there can be no peace.”
Serbian investigators in the supplement to the investigation of war crimes charged Ramush Haradinaj for another 13 victims, including children, Blic reports.
Although he was tried in The Hague for a period in 1998, the majority of the witnesses, according to the assessment of the Court and the Prosecutor's Office, was intimidated and did not testify. Many witnesses were killed.
Serbia will not give up on prosecuting all persons accused of war crimes until they have been brought before justice, says Marko Djuric.
The director of the Serbian Office for Kosovo and Metohija spoke in Belgrade on Friday, after an extraordinary meeting of the government dedicated to Thursday's decision of a French court to release Ramush Haradinaj from jail pending a decision on Serbia's extradition request.
Two Albanians have been recorded on a video setting a Serbian flag on fire in Geneva, Switzerland, in protest over the arrest of Ramush Haradinaj.
Haradinaj, a former KLA leader and Kosovo prime minister, was arrested in France last week on a Serbian war crimes warrant.
The Presheva Jone agency reported Friday that the pair seen in the video are Albanian immigrants "from Kosovo and Preševo."
Prior to his detention by French authorities on 4 January, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) leader Ramush Haradinaj was apparently detained by the German police but let go shortly after. An official from the AAK told Indeksonline that Haradinaj was detained until authorities verified the same arrest warrant on which he was subsequently arrested for in France. This took the Germans eight minutes, the source said.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić says that the decision of the French Court to release the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj, presents an indication of rejection of the indictment of Serbia.
"I believe that the European Union has given such a directive to all member states," said Nikolić for Večernje Novosti.
Nikolić said that "in such relationships will not be justice for the innocent Serbian victims of war crimes committed by Albanians."
The Serbian government Friday will announce its stance regarding the decision of a French court to release from custody Ramush Haradinaj.
Serbian state broadcaster RTS is reporting that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has scheduled a meeting of his cabinet for Friday, "during which a decision will be made."
The session was scheduled by Vučić, who is returning from an official visit to India, Deputy PM and Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović confirmed to Tanjug.
First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said Thursday the government would not react today to the release from custody in France of Ramush Haradinaj.
Serbian state broadcaster RTS is reporting that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has scheduled a meeting of his cabinet for Friday, "during which a decision will be made."
Haradinaj, a Kosovo Albanian politician and former KLA commander, was arrested last week in France on a Serbian war crimes warrant.
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Ramush Haradinaj, said during his speech at Colmar Court, prior to the decision for his release on bail, that Serbia’s accusations are political.
“These accusations come from Serbia, they are simply political. What you are doing here, is abuse of the human rights,” Haradinaj said to the judges in French.
Kohavision understood that the decision of the court to release Ramush Haradinaj on bail was made based on the state guarantees offered by Kosovo, through the official lawyer. Haradinaj will be staying at a place offered as guarantee by Kosovo.