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The Supreme Court of Kosovo rejected an appeal on Thursday against the acquittal of 10 Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members, including former commander and politician Fatmir Limaj, who were charged with war crimes in the so-called "Klecka case."...

A French court on Thursday refused an extradition request for former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj , who is facing war crime charges in Serbia. The court released Haradinaj shortly thereafter giving the parties five...

The Special Prosecution for the Republic of Kosovo has filed an indictment against former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla Remiz Shala. He is charged with detaining an Albanian civilian suspected of collaborating with Serbia for...

A French court of appeals on Thursday ordered the release of Ramush Haradinaj, former prime minister of Kosovo, but the court also issued a condition that Haradinaj remain in France until an extradition review from Serbia is reviewed. The extradition...

Former prime minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj was arrested in France on Wednesday on charges of war crimes filed by Serbia. Serbia claims that Haradinaj's unit, the Black Eagles, tortured and killed Serbian civilians. Kosovo's current president, Hashim Thaci [official...

The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo filed an indictment Friday charging politician Fatmir Limaj with war crimes . The charges have been levied because of the murder of two civilians, Ramiz Hoxha and Selman Binishi,...

Recently appointed Kosovo war crimes prosecutor David Schwendiman of the Special Investigative Task Force vowed to investigate all war crime suspects, "fairly, vigorously and without fear" on Thursday. Many of the suspected offenders are former members...

Two independent human rights experts called upon the UN Friday to put into motion a plan to redress damages suffered by internationally displaced persons who were exposed to lead poisoning at camps settled by the UN...

A Serbian rights group, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) , announced Tuesday that it will be appealing a fine imposed by the First Basic Court in Belgrade to compensate the Serbian Army Chief of General...

A former Serb general suspected of war crimes against Albanian civilians has been detained, police and a Kosovo-based human rights group reported Friday. Behxhet Shala of the Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms and police spokesperson...