The prosecutor's office in The Hague requests the continuation of the detention measure for Thaçi and Veseli, here are the details

Yesterday, the Office of the Specialized Prosecutor (ZPS) requested the continuation of the detention measure for Thaçi and Veseli. The request was submitted to the Special Court. According to the ZPS, since the most recent decision of this Panel on April 17, 2023, there has been no change in the circumstances that merit deviating from that decision, adding that the ongoing progress of the trial and other important developments will continue. they give Tha?i and Veseli further access to information about the sensitive witnesses and the case against them, which, according to them, shows the necessity and reasonableness of the detention. According to them, there is a suspicion that Thaçi and Veseli are responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes. It is also said that the three reasons justifying the ban are: 1) the risk of escape; 2) possible obstruction; and 3) the risk of additional crimes, which according to the ZPS are real possibilities. The submission states that the start of the trial brings the risk of escape to an even higher level, as Thaçi and Veseli are already seeing the evidence against them continually enter the record. It is also said that the combination of continuing to gain a fuller knowledge of the case against them, seeing the fact that incriminating evidence enters the record, and being made aware through the Mustafa case of the real possibility of a lengthy sentence, raises the risk according to the ZPS of Thaçi and Vesel to leave. ZPS claims that Thaçi and Veseli continue to pose a risk of obstructing the procedure. According to them,