Tomë Gashi warns of agitation among former politicians ahead of September 16 publications

In a statement shared on social media, lawyer Tomë Gashi has claimed that some former political figures are experiencing a state of panic, linked to the progress of cases at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.

Gashi specifies that one former senior official offered to testify before the Prosecution on topics he claims the individual did not actually know about, singling out the case of Astrit Dehari’s samples. He alleges that the statement given was unfounded and without any concrete legal weight.

Furthermore, he reports that due to their public posts, several individuals with similar profiles have been summoned by the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, not in Prishtina, but directly in The Hague. Some have had to provide explanations for references to what they called the “Likoc prison” during the conflict, while others have been questioned about persistent claims that the Kosovo Liberation Army had committed war crimes. According to Gashi, there were even those who, without being called by the court, declared that the KLA maintained camps for mistreatment inside Kosovo and Albania.

Referring to Nasim Haradinaj’s claims, he adds that some of these individuals have now been identified by name, while others will be made public after September 16. According to these claims, the persons in question served as witnesses for the Prosecution, not the defense, and this will come to light. Gashi emphasizes that this is the reason for the deep concern that is gripping them, as everything will soon be revealed. All these assertions remain at the level of claims by Gashi and Haradinaj, without official confirmation from competent authorities.