Live update

Soon after the commencement of the testimony of the 45th SPO witness, the trial against Thaçi et al. has adjourned for today and for the week. This trial will resume on 20 February at 09:00.

SPO called its next witness this afternoon. This is a former KLA member Hajrush Kurtaj, who is testifying without protective measures.

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

The SPO’s 44th witness resumed the testimony this morning.

SPO’s protected witness W04325 resumes the testimony this morning.

As mentioned in our previous post today, there will be an extraordinary ex-parte hearing tomorrow at 16:00. Because of this, the regular hearing in the Thaçi et al. trial tomorrow (31 January) will last from 09:00 until 15:15.

SPO called its next witness this afternoon. This is witness W04325, who will, according to the Prosecution, testify what he saw and learnt during multiple visits to a number of KLA headquarters during the relevant period, including the KLA Commanders he interacted with.

During today’s hearing, the Trial Panel in the Thaçi et al. case expressed its concerns about the recent filing regarding the representation of Hashim Thaçi and scheduled an ex-parte meeting (with the Defence team of Hashim Thaçi present only) on this matter for tomorrow at 16:00, or as soon as the regular hearing tomorrow is completed.

Please note that ex-parte hearings are not open for public.

As per decision of the Supreme Court Panel on 25 January, the KSC Registrar assigned a duty counsel to Salih Mustafa. Here is the assignment decision.

SPO’s protected witness W04870 continued the testimony, that commenced yesterday.