Live update

At the start of the hearing this morning, witness Kurtesh Fondaj requested legal assistance, citing yesterday's examination by the Panel as the reason. The Panel is reviewing the request, and the trial is currently on a break until approximately 10:00 (10:45 in the delayed feed online).

Former KLA member in the Pashtrik Operational Zone Kurtesh Fondaj continued his testimony that began yesterday.

The new witness for the prosecution is Kurtesh Fondaj. As per the summary provided by the SPO in court, Fondaj is a former soldier of the KLA in the Pashtrik Operational Zone. This is 73rd Prosecution witness in court.

On 20 June 2024, Pre-Trial Judge Marjorie Masselot granted the Januzi Defence's request for an extension of time, and ordered all Defence Teams to submit their Pre-Trial Briefs, if any, within seven days after the issuance of the pending decision on the SPO’s request to amend the indictment. Judge Masselot also set a new tentative date for transmitting the case file, which is currently set for 5 July, to fourteen days after the said decision is issued. 

Please note that this is the second extension of the initial deadline, following another request by the Bahtijari Defence granted on 6 June. See our post about that here.

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 20 June, at 14:30. During this briefing, the KSC Spokespersons will provide a short update on the latest developments in the judicial proceedings before the KSC, as well as on other public activities of the Court. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions. Pre-registration is required to attend each briefing. To pre-register, please send an email with name and affiliation to [email protected]. Deadline for pre-registration is every Thursday at 12:00. The Zoom details will be shared following pre-registration. Recordings of the update provided during the Weekly Press Briefings will be made available on the KSC YouTube Channel.

On 13 June 2024, KSC President Ekaterina Trendafilova issued a final warning to Nasim Haradinaj to abide by all conditions set out in her decision on modification of sentence (“Decision”) issued last December. This warning comes after receiving multiple reports from the KSC Registrar, alerting the President to Haradinaj's contacts or interviews with the media over the past few months, without seeking the necessary approval as mandated in the Decision. Additionally, the President highlighted that Haradinaj had already been reminded earlier this year about the consequences of violating the Decision.

The President explained that, although the Decision could be revoked or modified immediately due to the breaches, she decided to give Haradinaj a final warning and made clear that any further breach would lead to his immediate return to the KSC Detention facilities to serve the remainder of the sentence.

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 13 June, at 14:30. During this briefing, the KSC Spokespersons will provide a short update on the latest developments in the judicial proceedings before the KSC, as well as on other public activities of the Court. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions. Pre-registration is required to attend each briefing. To pre-register, please send an email with name and affiliation to [email protected]. Deadline for pre-registration is every Thursday at 12:00. The Zoom details will be shared following pre-registration. Recordings of the update provided during the Weekly Press Briefings will be made available on the KSC YouTube Channel.

On 5 June 2024, Judge Guillou granted the Bahtijari Defence's request for an extension of time, and ordered all Defence Teams to submit a Pre-Trial Brief, if any, by Thursday, 20 June 2024.

In the same decision, the Pre-Trial Judge set the new tentative date for transmitting the case file to the Trial Panel for Friday, 5 July 2024.