SHAMEFUL WORDS FROM HASHIM THAÇI AFTER SENTENCING: He called the war crimes verdict an “injustice” and urged supporters to remain peaceful!

Hashim Thaçi’s lawyer Luka Mišetić said that the former president of the provisional institutions in Pristina called on citizens to remain calm after he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in The Hague yesterday for war crimes.

Mišetić said on the social media platform X that Thaçi expressed his gratitude for the support he, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi had received from citizens and the international community, Koha reports.

Hashim Thaçi wishes to express his sincere appreciation for the outpouring of support he and Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi have received from the people of Kosovo and internationally, and calls upon Kosovo’s citizens to remain peaceful in response to yesterday’s…

— Luka Misetic (@MiseticLaw) September 17, 2026

“Hashim Thaçi wishes to express his sincere gratitude for the tremendous support that he, together with Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, have received from the people of Kosovo and the international community, and calls on the citizens of Kosovo to remain peaceful in response to yesterday’s injustice,” Mišetić wrote.

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague found Thaçi guilty on September 16 of war crimes, including murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention, and sentenced him to 25 years in prison. The verdict is at first instance and can be appealed.

In the same case, Kadri Veseli was sentenced to 18 years, Rexhep Selimi to 13 years, and Jakup Krasniqi to 25 years in prison.