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Kosovo ex-PM Ramush Haradinaj cleared of war crimes | |
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A UN war crimes tribunal has cleared former Kosovan Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj of war crimes after a retrial in The Hague. | |
Mr Haradinaj was cleared of the crimes in 2008, but the verdict was overturned on grounds of witness intimidation. | |
Prosecutors called for a 20-year sentence over allegations that he directed atrocities against Serb, Albanian and Roma civilians in 1998. | |
But the UN court ruled that the prosecution had not proved the case. | |
Mr Haradinaj, an ex-Kosovo Liberation Army fighter, was being tried with two others, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj. | |
They were all cleared of the charges. | |
The indictment against all three defendants alleged they had been involved in a joint criminal enterprise to establish KLA control in western Kosovo through detention camps. | The indictment against all three defendants alleged they had been involved in a joint criminal enterprise to establish KLA control in western Kosovo through detention camps. |
Ethnic Serbs and Albanians who were deemed to have collaborated with Serbs were allegedly tortured and killed there, with 39 bodies found. | Ethnic Serbs and Albanians who were deemed to have collaborated with Serbs were allegedly tortured and killed there, with 39 bodies found. |
Mr Haradinaj is the most senior ethnic Albanian indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. | Mr Haradinaj is the most senior ethnic Albanian indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. |
Mr Haradinaj's supporters had said the retrial was based on flimsy evidence. | |