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Fatmir Limaj and Isak Musliu Released

REGISTRY:
FATMIR LIMAJ AND ISAK MUSLIU RELEASED Press Release
(Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document)

The Hague, 1 December 2005
 CVO/MO/1029e

Fatmir Limaj and Isak Musliu were released today from the Tribunal's Detention Unit in The Hague.


This follows a judgement rendered by the Tribunal yesterday which found both men not guilty of all charges against them relating to crimes committed in Kosovo in 1998.


Their co-accused, Haradin Bala, was found guilty and sentenced to 13 year's imprisonment.


Since its start in 1993, the Tribunal has found 40 accused guilty and six persons not guilty of war crimes committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.


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Courtroom proceedings can be followed on the Tribunal's website.


The Trial Chamber judgement in this case can be found at www.un.org/icty/limaj/trialc/judgement/lim-tj051130-e.pdf.