The former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Dritan Goxhaj, spoke after his release from the cell by the decision of the Court of Appeal in Tirana.
"I want to tell you that we had never lost our freedom, neither I nor the KLA nor the others who are in The Hague, it was an attempt to scare us and to tell us that we were not on the right path. Today we managed to show you again that we are on the right path and we have fought rightly".
Goxhaj was requested to be extradited by the Special Court of Kosovo, with the claim that he had revealed the names of some witnesses in the process of the trial in The Hague of the leaders of the KLA.
But the Court of Appeal decided today against his extradition, and therefore Goxhaj has been released.
Court Decision:
The case on appeal was examined on the basis of the appeal made by the citizen with the initials DG, who requested the annulment of the decision of the court of first instance, the declaration of innocence and the non-allowance of extradition from Albania to Kosovo (Specialized Chambers of Kosovo).
At the end of the appeal trial, today on 10.10.2023, the Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction, composed of the panel with Judge Mr. Genti Shala, decided:
- The change of decision No. 1204 Act, dated 19.09.2023, of the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana.
- Cancellation of the request for the extradition of the citizen DG from the Republic of Albania to the Republic of Kosovo.
- Removal of the security measure "arrest in prison", for the DG citizen, determined by decision No. 1123 Act, dated 20.07.2023 of the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana.
- The release of citizen Dritan Goxhaj is ordered, if he is not held for any other criminal offense.