The verdict convicting Hashim Thaci, Jakup Krasniqi, Kadri Veseli, and Rexhep Selimi sparked protests in Pristina, gathering thousands in the streets of Kosovo’s capital. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague convicted the four former Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, leaders of war crimes last week, sentencing them to 25, 25, 18 and 13 years in prison, respectively. Protesters see the verdict as an injustice, while the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, announced it was pushing for a change to the law underpinning the Hague court.

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