Former President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, through a post on "Facebook", expressed his deep gratitude for the support of citizens, vowing that he will emerge clean from the legal process he is going through in The Hague.
"I want to shake each of you's hands, hug you all, and assure you that I will come out with every cell of my being as pure as a tear at the end of this journey, which continues with you and for you," Thaçi's post reads.
Thaçi was found guilty on September 16 by the Special Court in The Hague and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The trial panel found him criminally responsible for crimes including murder, torture, cruel treatment and unlawful detention committed during the war in Kosovo.
The trial panel has imposed specific sentences for the offenses for which Hashim Thaçi was found guilty:
Count 3- Arbitrary arrest and detention: for 385 people, 15 years imprisonment.
Count 5 - Cruel treatment: committed against at least 49 people, 4 years imprisonment.
Count 7 - Torture: committed against at least 303 people, 20 years imprisonment and
Count 9- Unlawful murder: committed against at least 96 people, 23 years imprisonment.
The trial panel imposed a unified sentence of 25 years in prison, which will also include the time Thaçi has spent in detention.
