Thousands rally in Kosovo against war crimes convictions of wartime leaders
- PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Kosovo on Thursday in the biggest nationwide protest yet against recent war crimes convictions for four of its wartime rebel leaders.
- Earlier this month, a court in The Hague, Netherlands, found former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commanders guilty of war crimes committed during the 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia.
- They were sentenced to between 13 and 25 years in prison.
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- PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Kosovo on Thursday in the biggest nationwide protest yet against recent war crimes convictions for four of its wartime rebel leaders.
- Earlier this month, a court in The Hague, Netherlands, found former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commanders guilty of war crimes committed during the 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia.
- They were sentenced to between 13 and 25 years in prison.
Sources: ABC News