The hearing scheduled for Monday in the trial of Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selim and Jakup Krasniqi has been canceled at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.
The DSK has not announced the reasons for the cancellation of this hearing. However, it announced that the next hearing in this case is expected to be held tomorrow, September 30, 2025, reports "Oath for Justice".
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Letter to the Reader — Why We're Asking for Your Support ContributeThe defense began presenting its evidence on September 15, 2025, where former US Assistant Secretary of State James Rubin was heard for three consecutive days.
While, after him, the former legal advisor to the Albanian delegation in Rambouillet, Paul Williams, was called. Meanwhile, the former political advisor to the NATO Supreme Commander, Wesley Clark, John Stewart Duncan began his testimony on September 22 and ended on September 23, 2025.
On September 14, 2025, a massive protest was held in The Hague in support of former KLA leaders, attended by citizens from all Albanian lands and numerous expatriates.
The KSC has announced that November 14, 2025, has been set as the date for the conclusion of the defense case in this case, while the final submissions of the process and statements on the impact of the alleged crimes on the victims participating in the proceedings are planned to be submitted by December 22, 2025.
Meanwhile, on April 15, 2025, the Prosecution announced that it had completed presenting evidence in this case.
Meanwhile, the defense had filed a motion under Rule 130, which provides for the request to dismiss any or all charges in the indictment. The decision on this motion was made on July 16, 2025. According to the presiding judge, Charles Smith III, what the defense had requested was to disallow allegations of war crimes related to incidents that occurred before May 1998 and after June 20, 1999.
"The trial panel notes that the incidents and events that occurred at the time contested by the defense are not charges within the meaning of Rule 130," said presiding judge Charles Smith III.
As a result, this motion was dismissed on the grounds that the trial panel does not have the authority to dismiss material constituting the charges relating to temporal causes. Meanwhile, on the same day, the victims' defense presented its evidence by calling two expert witnesses to testify simultaneously.
In addition to testifying on July 16, 2025, the testimony of these two witnesses continued on July 17, 2025, also completing the taking of testimony from victim defense witnesses.