Ramush
Haradinaj (born 3 July 1968) is a Kosovo-Albanian politician, a former officer
and leader of the paramilitary organization, the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK),
and the former prime minister of the disputed Kosovo (2005). He leads the
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party.
Following
the dissolution of Yugoslavia and internal warfare, Haradinaj was among former
UÇK officers charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY) with war crimes and crimes against humanity against Serbs,
Roma and Albanians before and during the 1999 Kosovo War. He was acquitted of
all charges on 3 April 2008. The prosecution appeal in 2010, based on
intimidation of many witnesses, led to a partial retrial in The Hague,
Netherlands. Throughout the full trial and appeal process, 19 potential
witnesses died in mysterious circumstances. The international court found that
many of the crimes described by the prosecution had taken place, but concluded
that the prosecution had not provided sufficient "direct evidence" to
prove Haradinaj′s participation.[6] On 29 November 2012, Haradinaj and his
co-defendant were acquitted again on all charges, on lack of evidence.
From: www.wikipedia.org
