Former KLA Commander Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison for War Crimes

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Friday, January 6, 2023
Author: 
Alex Mostaghimi
Volume: 
39
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On December 16, 2022, the Trial Panel I of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) handed down its first Judgement against Salih Mustafa.  The Judgement found Mustafa guilty of several war crimes, including arbitrary detention, torture, and murder, sentencing him to 26 years in prison.  The war crimes were committed in April 1999 in the village of Zllash, Kosovo by the Kosovo Liberation Army’s (KLA) BIA Guerilla subunit under Mustafa’s command.