A French appeals court has rejected Belgrade’s request to extradite former Kosovar Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to Serbia for prosecution on suspicion of war crimes, ordering his release instead.
RFE/RL: French court refuses to extradite ex-Kosovo PM Haradinaj to Serbia
Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj (C) sits in the side the Court in Colmar, eastern France, on April 27, as he waits to hear the result of his extradition hearing. A French court on April 27 rejected a request by Serbia to extradite former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, who Belgrade accuses of committing war crimes in June 1999. Haradinaj, 48, was arrested by French police on Jan. 4 when he flew into the Franco-Swiss airport of Basel-Mulhouse but he is free to return home following April 27 decision by the court in Colmar, eastern France.
