Office for Kosovo and Metohija: The verdict against Trajkovic proves that there is neither law nor justice for Serbs in Kosovo

The verdict against Sladjan Trajkovic is yet another proof that, in Kosovo under the rule of Albin Kurti, there is neither law nor justice for Serbs, nor a fair trial or respect for fundamental human rights, the Office for Kosovo and Metohija stated in response to Trajkovic’s sentence of ten years’ imprisonment for an alleged war crime against the civilian population in the municipality of Vucitrn in 1999.

In its statement, the Office stressed that the verdict represents a continuation of an unlawful campaign against the Serbian people in Kosovo, as well as part of a broader plan of intimidation and persecution of the Serbian population.

“We recall that Trajkovic was expelled from his hometown of Vucitrn after the conflict and resettled in Kosovska Mitrovica, in the Bošnjacka Mahala neighbourhood, where he lived peacefully with his family for a full 23 years, until the Kurti regime launched its system of retaliation and repression against the Serbian people, through arbitrary arrests based on fabricated indictments and without any credible witnesses,” the statement reads.

The Office also recalled that Trajkovic, as a member of the Kosovo Police, had passed all required security vetting procedures and was arrested only after he removed his uniform, which, it emphasised, clearly points to the political background of his arrest and now of the verdict itself.

“During the past three years spent in Kurti’s dungeons, Trajkovic’s health has deteriorated and he has faced numerous problems and violations of fundamental human rights, as his family has testified on several occasions. This verdict is yet another confirmation that in Kosovo and Metohija under Kurti’s rule there is neither law nor justice for Serbs, nor a fair trial or respect for basic human rights. That is why today, more than ever, it is important for the Serbian people to unite and act in unison at Sunday’s elections, so that our representatives from the Serbian List, with the full capacity of all ten mandates, can fight for every imprisoned Serb suffering in Kurti’s prisons,” the Office for Kosovo and Metohija concluded.

Sladjan Trajkovic was sentenced today by the Special Department of the Basic Court in Pristina to ten years’ imprisonment for an alleged war crime against the civilian population in the municipality of Vucitrn in 1999.

His defence attorneys have announced an appeal, stating that even in the event of a confession, such an act cannot be legally characterised as a war crime.