War crimes

Ex-Kosovo President Thaçi Gets 25 Years for War Crimes

Is this a political show trial against Kosovo's liberators or long-overdue justice for KLA victims?

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Ex-Kosovo President Thaçi Gets 25 Years for War Crimes

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Above: Kosovo Albanians holding an image of Hashim Thaçi take part in the "March for Freedom" in Pristina on Sept. 12. Image credit: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Narrative A

Putting Kosovo's liberators in the dock while Serbia's state-sponsored atrocities go unanswered is a travesty. The KLA defended a people facing ethnic cleansing and mass displacement, and no court should be allowed to rewrite that history by casting the defenders as aggressors. A 25-year sentence handed down in a predetermined proceeding deserves to be appealed and overturned.

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Narrative B

Thousands of victims waited more than two decades for accountability, and these convictions finally deliver it. Arbitrary detention, torture and murder are crimes no matter who orders them, and senior officials must never be treated as being above the law. Honoring a cause does not erase the suffering of the people who were brutalized in its name.

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