Hazir Haziri was released from a Serbian prison yesterday.
He had been held in pre-trial detention for over five months, since September of last year, on charges of war crimes.
Speaking to Kosova Today, Haziri shared details of the moment of his arrest:
“I had been in Serbia before, but that day, as I was going, they stopped me for consultations and then told me I had to go to Belgrade. They handcuffed me and took me to the investigative prison in Belgrade. One night, it was question and answer, and I asked, ‘Can you tell me why this is happening? I can’t handle this.’ They said I was accused of war crimes,” he said.
He also described how he became implicated as a suspect in war crimes and spoke about the conditions inside the prison.
Haziri stated that he faced provocations because he is Albanian:
“I was outside walking, someone insulted me, but I didn’t understand what was said. When we met again inside the yard, he came toward me. To be honest, I don’t know if I hit him or not. He raised his hand, I hit him in the nose and mouth, blood covered him, and he fell. They put me in solitary confinement and didn’t question me or do anything,” Haziri told Klan Kosova.
