Kosovo: Protests in Pristina following the sentencing of Hashim Thaci

Sep 17, 2026

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Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Endrit Thaci (C), son of Hashim Thaci, is seen heading demonstrators as gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Endrit Thaci (C), son of Hashim Thaci, is seen heading demonstrators as gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax
Kosovo Liberation Army protest in Prishtina, Kosovo Demonstrators gather at Pristina s Skanderbeg square during a second consecutive day of protests in Prishtina, Kosovo, September 17, 2026, following the conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. Demonstrations continued in the Kosovo capital after former president Hashim Thaci and Jakup Krasniqi were sentenced to 25 years in prison each, Kadri Veseli to 18 years and Rexhep Selimi to 13 years for war crimes linked to the 1998 99 Kosovo conflict. All four were acquitted of crimes against humanity. Pristina Kosovo Copyright: xMatrixxImages ErmalxMetax

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