FAZ: Despite the verdict against KLA leaders, the struggle of Kosovo Albanians was justified

FAZ: Despite the verdict against KLA leaders, the struggle of Kosovo Albanians was justified

The struggle of Kosovo Albanians was inevitable and justified, and their crimes were disproportionate to those committed by Serbian forces, writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) on the occasion of the sentencing to long prison terms of four senior officers of the Kosovo Liberation Army, including former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi.

The newspaper writes that this is a first-instance verdict and that, based on the evidence presented and current knowledge, it appears that the conviction by the Kosovo Specialist Tribunal in The Hague is justified, and that there is little chance the decision will be changed by a higher court. “But a lighter, fairer sentence? In the light of history, it is at the very least questionable whether the current sentence of 25 years is in any reasonable proportion to

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