Albin Kurti (Photo: PrintScreen YouTube)
A court in Pristina has decided to extend for another two months the detention of Dragisa Milenkovic, living in Kisnica, near Gracanica, charged with a war crime against civilians in Kosovo, a Nov. 22 release says.
Milenkovic was arrested in Kisnica, on June 21, on suspicion of having harassed Albanian inmates in a detention center in Lipljan, from 1998 to 1999, when he worked as a prison guard. His lawyer, Jovana Filipovic, appealed the court decision to extend the detention.
“Milenkovic has been detained in Podujevo for five months, and the defense is unaware of a single investigative action taken with a view to shedding light on the offenses he had been charged with. Not a single witness has been heard, and the Basic Court in Pristina dismissed a request by the defense to hear Prime Minister Albin Kurti as a witness for the defense, explaining that he may testify at a later stage in the proceedings,” Filipovic said in a comment for Radio Kim.
Kurti was a prisoner in the detention center where Milenkovic worked as a prison guard. Milenkovic’s lawyers believe that Kurti must possess information about possible harassment of inmates. The Kosovo prime minister had said earlier that he would testify if the court subpoenaed him.
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