The court has decided to appoint a defense counsel according to the official duty of the accused, AA, for harassing her professor, BB, by going to her house and asking for a love affair.

This decision was made by the judge of the Basic Court of Prizren, Suhareka branch, Lavdim Bajraktari after the proposal of the prosecutor Fatos Ajvazi, who said that it is in the interest of justice to appoint a defense counsel for the accused taking into account her emotional, economic and intellectual.

Judge Bajraktari has interrupted today’s session and has scheduled the next one on October 14, 2021 at 9:00, reports “Oath of Justice”.

In this session were present the defendant AA, the prosecutor Fatos Ajvazi, the injured party BB and his defense lawyer Ruzhdi Gashi, reports “Oath for Justice”.

According to the indictment of the Basic Prosecution in Prizren, the defendant A / A from December 2018 and continuously until August 5, 2020, in various places harassed her former professor.

The indictment even states that the defendant went to the injured party’s house asking for a love affair.

The indictment further states that the defendant also detained the injured party in the street, trying to hug him despite the opposition of the injured party.

With these actions defendant AA, the injured party BB, causes great emotional distress. Therefore, with these actions, he is accused of having committed the criminal offense of “harassment” under Article 182 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, where the punishment is provided by a fine or imprisonment of up to three years.

Today, the initial hearing is scheduled for the former Minister of European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, former Secretary Kushtrim Cukaj and three others, Fitim Mustafa, Demush Shasha and Nuhi Osmani, who are accused of abusing their official position or authority.

The initial hearing is expected to start at 10:00, reports “Oath of Justice”.

This case is being tried by the judge of the Special Department of the Basic Court in Prishtina, Arben Hoti.

The indictment against Hoxha and others was filed by the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo on July 7, 2021.

Former Minister Hoxha, former Secretary Cukaj and Mustafa are accused of continuously committing the criminal offense “Abuse of official position or authority” under Article 414, paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 77 paragraph 1 of the CCRK.

Whereas, Shasha and Osmani are being accused of having committed the criminal offense “Abuse of official position or authority” under Article 414, paragraph 2 of the CCRK. / Oath of Justice

The Central Election Commission (CEC) in the next meeting has discussed a request of member Arianit Elashani, reports Ekonomia Online.

He requested that all candidates who have not been certified have the opportunity to appeal to the responsible bodies up to the Constitutional Court if necessary.

He further stressed that some political entities have already exhausted the right to replace candidates, but that they have been denied the right by the ECAP to complain.

“We know that some political entities have exhausted their right regarding the replacement of candidates to have a full composition, but from this right by the ECAP they have been denied the other right that for replacement.”

“Therefore, I think that it should be reviewed with a legal basis and a decision should be made on the rejection of candidates and the request for replacement,” said Elshani.

On the other hand, Sami Kurteshi from VV said that the ECAP did not act fairly regarding the review and handling of complaints.

The same was thought by some of the other CEC members such as Alim Rama and Florian Dushi. Chairman Kreshnik Radoniqi during this discussion said that there is no reason for those candidates to ask the CEC to allow them to appeal.

Stressing that he should not give any decision from the CEC and that he will personally abstain in relation to this issue, reports EO. The discussion was closed without a decision, because it was left to the Legal Office to forward an interpretation.

The Basic Court in Ferizaj through a press release has denied reports that the main suspect in the murder of 18-year-old Dardan Krivaqa has 136 criminal cases. According to the court, Krivaqa has a total of ten cases identified, of which nine completed, while only one is unfinished.

It was the Minister of Internal Affairs, Xhelal Sveçla, who stated that Dardan Krivaqa has 136 criminal cases.

Sveçla had stated that it is strange how a criminal with 136 criminal offenses has been released and has continued to commit other offenses.

“It is strange how a criminal with 136 offenses can roam openly free and continue with countless violations of the law,” he said, among other things.

According to the Basic Court of Ferizaj, from the verification of the electronic register of CMIS cases, the defendant Dardan Krivaqa was tried with final decisions for the following criminal offenses:

“On 05.02.2021, he was tried for the criminal offense of light bodily injury under Article 185 paragraph 2 in conjunction with paragraph 1, under paragraph 1.4 of the CCRK for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days, i which decision became final on 24.03.2021.

On 03.11.2020 for the criminal offense committed in co-perpetration aggravated theft from Article 253 paragraph 1 under paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 23 of the CCK, for which a sentence of imprisonment of two (2) years was imposed, which sentence shall not be executed for a period of two (2) years if the defendant does not commit another criminal offense, which decision became final on 15.01.2021.

On 04.08.2020 for the criminal offense committed in co-perpetration aggravated theft under Article 253 paragraph 1 under paragraph 1 in conjunction with Articles 23 and 71 of the CCK, for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of eight (8) month, which decision has become final 18.05.2021.

While completed cases against the defendant DK, as a juvenile, are completed by the court as follows:

On 08.10.2014, due to the criminal offense committed in co-perpetration of aggravated theft under Article 253 paragraph 1 under paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 23 of the CCK according to the proposal for imposing an educational measure, criminal proceedings were terminated against him due to that the juvenile DK (now an adult) was sentenced to imprisonment as an adult by the Basic Court in Gjilan.

On 07.06.2010 due to the criminal offense of obligation under Article 267 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 23 of the CCK and the criminal offense of intimidation under Article 161 paragraph 3 in conjunction with paragraph 2 of the CCK, for which an educational measure was imposed – sending to a juvenile correctional institution for a period of one (1) year, which decision has become final on 21.12.2010.

On 14.01.2010 due to the criminal offense of aggravated theft under Article 253 paragraph 1 of the CCK, for which the educational measure of sending to a correctional educational institution according to the decision of 16.04.2008 is replaced by a work order for public benefit ,

On 09.06.2008 due to the criminal offense of aggravated theft from Article 253 paragraph 1 to paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 23 of the CCK for which an educational measure was imposed, sending to a correctional educational institution for a period of two (2) years , which decision became final on 24.02.2009.

On 08.02.2008 due to the criminal offense from Article 253 paragraph 1 to paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 23 of the CCK, for which an educational measure was imposed – increased supervision by the parent for a period of two (2) years , which decision became final on 09.04.2008.

On 28.01.2008 due to the criminal offense from Article 253 paragraph 1 to paragraph 1 of the CCK, for which he was sentenced to be sent to a correctional educational institution for a period of two (2) years, which decision has taken the form cut on 18.02.2008.

Defendant KC in the Basic Court in Ferizaj, unfinished case has identified only one (1) case and that due to the criminal offense committed in co-perpetration robbery under Article 255 paragraph 3 in conjunction with paragraph 1 and Article 23 of the CCK, according to the indictment of the Basic Prosecution in Ferizaj dated 09.12.2014.

The court on 18.02.2015 scheduled and held the initial hearing, in which the defendants pleaded not guilty.

The court has scheduled the main hearings in this criminal case, on the following dates: on 23.09.2015; 09.02.2016; 09.11.2016; 01.07.2019; 15.10.2020, as well as numerous procedural actions have been taken “, the court announces, Gazeta Express reports.

Dardan Krivaqa was arrested two days ago, after two days on the run on suspicion of killing his 18-year-old partner MO. The Basic Court of Ferizaj yesterday assigned a month detention to Krivaqa for the criminal offense “aggravated murder” ./ EO

The Basic Court in Prishtina has assigned one month detention to the defendant FH, for the criminal offenses “aggravated theft” and “assault on an official person”.

The pre-trial judge “has confirmed the fact that there is a grounded suspicion that the defendant FH on 29.06.2021, in Prishtina, in order to misappropriate foreign movable property, to bring himself an illegal benefit in co-perpetration with two persons for the time being unknown approached near the door of the vehicle the injured party EB opened the door forcibly, managed to get inside and from there stole a bag worth about 1000 euros a wallet worth about 100 euros, in which there were documents personal belongings of the injured party, a small bag worth 100 euros in which there were 700 euros in cash and a wristwatch of the type “Rolex”, worth about 10,000 euros “, the court announces.

“There is also a grounded suspicion that on 03.08.2021 around 00:40 in Prishtina, the defendant attacked the police officers now injured LK and AS, while performing official duties, in such a way that while police officers try to arrest him the defendant, the same with his car had tried to leave the scene, but had caused a traffic accident by hitting another vehicle, and then when he got out of his vehicle he intentionally attacked the two police officers, with punches and kicks to different parts of the body, in which case they also suffer bodily injuries “, it is further stated in their announcement.

The parties have the right to appeal against this decision in the Court of Appeals of Kosovo.

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Haiti police on Friday dropped new charges against a former Constitutional Court judge over her links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise this month, saying she had met with several Colombian mercenaries who are accused of killing the head of state.

The assassination of the president has plunged Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, into even deeper chaos, and has sparked an international search for mercenaries and masterminds of the crime in both the Americas.

Haiti police earlier this week issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Ëendelle Coq-Thelot, a former Constitutional Court judge who was fired along with two other judges in February this year when the now-deceased president suspected he was a coup was being prepared.

The location of the suspect is not known and she was unavailable to give any comment, writes Reuters, Gazeta Express reports.

Colombian mercenaries and Haitian-Americans arrested after the president’s assassination have said they met with former Judge Coq-Thelot, according to Inspector General Marie Michelle Verrier.

“Some of them have hinted that they have been to Mrs. Coq-Thelot’s house twice. “These people have given details of the documents signed during the meetings in her house”, said Inspector Verrier.

She also reported that police raided the main house and several other residences of the suspected former judge as well as published notices of her search by police.

The Basic Court in Gjilan has announced a conviction against the two accused LL and K. Sh. from Pristina.

The accused, according to the indictment, on 14.05.2018, around 22:15, in the street “Vëllezërit Maliqi”, in Gjilan, through the use of force and intimidation, have attempted to appropriate foreign movable property, with intended to bring to themselves unlawful material gain.

They carried out this action “under the use of weapons and that two revolvers of caliber 7.65 mm, as dangerous vehicles”, coming out on the street to the injured AH while he was riding a bicycle, they try to take his bag with for ”.

“After the push-fight, the defendant LL pulled out the gas revolver from his belt, shooting near him while they were fighting. Seeing this situation that he could not seize his purse with money, the defendant K.Sh. intervenes, so that with his 7.65 mm caliber revolver, a real weapon, he shot near him once and hit him with butt of the revolver in the head-face causing bodily injuries “, announces the Basic of Gjilan.

“The injured party shouting near his house is heard by his wife HH, who tries to offer help to her husband, pull him out of the situation he was in and shouting, so seeing this situation that they can not they manage to seize the arm bag that the injured party had, the defendants flee the scene with a black Audi car and the case remains in the attempt “, the Court emphasized in the press release.

With these actions, the Court states that the accused committed the criminal offenses of “robbery” and “unauthorized possession, control or possession of weapons” offenses sanctioned by the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo (CCRK).

The trial panel of the Serious Crimes Department, after reviewing all the evidence and hearing the witnesses, has imposed a unique sentence for each of the accused, for a period of 2 (two) years and (3) months imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 (one thousand) Euros. . / Voice

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general arrested on suspected war crimes, appeared in a closed hearing in a Belgrade court.

Wanted for his alleged role in the atrocities of the Bosnian conflict from 1992 to 1995, the former general looked frail and very slow as he was escorted by four guards on Thursday in the first step of the extradition process.

He wore a dark blue jacket and a baseball cap with gray hair that stuck out on the sides, and in his left hand was what looked like a towel.

He could be heard on state television saying “Hello” to someone in court. A guard said to him: “Let’s go, General.”

Mladic’s attorney said the judge stopped the questioning because the suspect’s “poor physical condition” made him unable to communicate.

Mladic faces extradition to The Hague, the Netherlands, where the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is located, where his former political ally Radovan Karadzic is also detained and 27 defendants are currently on trial.

But Mladic’s lawyer said Mladic had claimed he would not submit to the authority of the UN war crimes tribunal.

“He is aware that he is under arrest, he knows where he is and he said that he does not recognize the Hague Tribunal,” said Saljic.

The interrogation of Mladic will resume on Friday, the deputy war crimes prosecutor said.

Arrest announced

On Thursday, Serbian President announced Mladic’s arrest, 16 years after he was charged with atrocities allegedly orchestrated during the Balkan Wars.

“On behalf of the Republic of Serbia, we are announcing the arrest of Ratko Mladic,” said the country’s President Boris Tadic.

“Today we closed a chapter in our difficult history that will bring us one step closer to full reconciliation in the region.

“All criminals must face justice,” he said.

Tadic said the 69-year-old would be extradited to The Hague but didn’t give a timeframe.

However, European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Mladic is expected to be extradited in nine or ten days.

Local media had initially reported that a man had been arrested who posed as Milorad Komadic and was believed to be Mladic.

According to Al Jazeera’s Aljosa Milenkovic, Mladic was arrested at 5:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. GMT) on Thursday. He was clean-shaven, looked a lot to himself, but much older. His right arm was apparently paralyzed and he did not resist arrest.

Rasim Ljajic, the minister responsible for searching for fugitive war criminals, said Mladic “looked pale, as if he had been inside for a long time”.

“Mladic had two loaded weapons that he did not use. He was cooperative and did not oppose the arrest, ”he said. “He spoke calmly to officers.”

The Belgrade radio station B92 announced that he had been arrested in a village near the northern Serbian city of Zrenjanin.

Bakir Izetbegovic, the Muslim member of the three-person Bosnian presidency, said the arrest was made in cooperation with Bosnian security agencies but did not provide any further details.

Genocide charges

The arrest was welcomed by world leaders and a spokesman for EU official Ashton described it as “an important step forward for Serbia and the international justice system”.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the arrest offered “finally a chance for justice”.

Mladic was charged in 1995 with the Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys and the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, in which around 10,000 people died.

The UN indictment against Mladic said he was the operative mastermind of the massacre and also cited the establishment of camps and detention centers for Bosnian Muslims as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign.

His arrest is considered a prerequisite for Serbia’s accession to the European Union.

Milenkovic from Al Jazeera said, “EU politicians have repeated over and over again that Mladic is the prerequisite for Serbia’s entry into the bloc”.

Better relationships

Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley, who covered the Bosnian conflict, said the arrest would lead to better relations between Serbia, neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.

“This is one of the most important [factors]. The fact that they hadn’t given up on Mladic before was a massive stumbling block; it held everything back.

“Now the Serbian government can say: ‘Let’s go ahead and make this region a better region again’.

“It’ll wrap up an ugly part of your story.”

Families of the victims of the Srebrenica massacre have expressed relief at the arrest.

“It’s really very important to us,” said Hajra Catic, chairwoman of the Srebrenica Women’s Association, who lost her son and husband in the slaughter.

Prosecutors in The Hague said they believed Mladic was hiding in Serbia under the protection of people who consider him a hero. He was last seen in Belgrade in 2006, but had lived openly in the country before Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown in 2000.

But Milenkovic said it was still unclear who helped the fugitive hide and whether there would be further arrests.

Karadzic, the Bosnian-Serb wartime political leader and mentor to Mladic, was arrested in Belgrade in July 2008 and is currently on trial in The Hague.

In a message from his prison cell, Karadzic regretted Mladic’s arrest.

“President Karadzic regrets General Mladic’s loss of freedom and looks forward to working with him to uncover the truth about what happened in Bosnia,” Karadzic’s American lawyer Peter Robinson told the Associated Press shortly after his visit to Karadzic.

The Supreme Court today confirmed the sentence of life imprisonment for the former police officer, Shefki Spahiu, who last year was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Jetmir Aliaj in a casino in Suhareka.

The College of the Supreme Court, in the criminal case of the accused Sh.S. from Suharek for the criminal offense of “aggravated murder” and the criminal offense of “manipulation of evidence”, deciding on the appeal of the defense counsel of the accused filed against the judgment of the Basic Court in Prizren, and the judgment of the Court of Appeals of Kosovo, at the session of the panel held on 20 May 2021, by a majority of votes, partially approved the appeal of the defense counsel of the accused Sh.S., only as regards the legal qualification of the criminal offense of “aggravated murder”, for which the accused has been found guilty, so that in the actions of the accused this court finds that the elements of the criminal offense of aggravated murder are met

In the rest the judgment remains unchanged.

Defendant Sh.S., his defense counsel, lawyer EK, representative of the injured party lawyer AR, injured party HA, and AA State Prosecutor did not participate in the public session of the panel, held on May 20. at this hearing, but with a submission, proposed that the appeal of the defense counsel of the accused be rejected as unfounded, while the judgments be upheld.

The Panel of the Supreme Court, through Judgment PA.II.nr.3 / 2021, assessed the aggravating circumstances, which have taken into account the lower courts, but specifically emphasized the following circumstances; that the criminal offense was committed with a high degree of intent, the accused was a member of the Kosovo Police and that the offense was committed with an official weapon, a circumstance which is assessed as particularly aggravating by the fact that the position of the accused has caused consequences not only to the victim, but also to the trust in security institutions and citizens in general, then the circumstances under which the offense was committed without any motive, the victim was a vulnerable person and did not have the opportunity to defend himself, his behavior after the offense “, attempting to conceal the crime and destroy the evidence, the fact that the victim was young, married and a parent of minor children”, it is said in the notification of the Supreme Court

Therefore, “in the above-mentioned circumstances and in the absence of mitigating circumstances”, the Panel of the Supreme Court has assessed that “it will not be able to justify the imposition of a more lenient sentence than the one imposed by the court of first instance”. / Voice

US Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett has congratulated Judge Gresa Caka-Nimani on her new position as President of the Constitutional Court.

Kosnetti said the United States remains committed to helping institutions in Kosovo strengthen the rule of law.

“Congratulations to Judge Gresa Caka-Nimani for her new position as President of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo. “The independence of the judiciary is a cornerstone of any strong democracy, and we remain committed to helping Kosovo’s institutions to promote and strengthen the rule of law,” Kosnetti wrote on Twitter.

Gresa Caka – Nimani has accepted today the new duty as president of the CC. Her term is for three years. / Voice