Fatmir Limaj Cleared of War Crimes
(Source: www.sense-agency.com)
Senior Kosovo politician and former KLA commander Fatmir Limaj won another legal battle today in Kosovo. A panel composed by two European Union judges and a Kosovar judge dropped the case against him and three associates.
Mr Limaj was on trial in a war crime case by European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX). He was charged in connection with killings, torture and other offenses against Kosovo Albanian and Serb civilians in the detention center of Klečka during the war. Last 21 March, the Court declared inadmissible the written evidence given by Agim Zogaj, a key prosecution witness, who had since committed suicide. On the same date, the presiding judge ordered the release of the defendants from detention or other restrictive measures. Today, Mr Limaj and his associates were definitively cleared of all allegations.
Fatmir Limaj had previously been charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for war crimes allegedly committed in the Lapušnik prison camp. In November 2005, he was acquitted and released, and returned to Kosovo.
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