The release of Hardinaj, who is indicted of war crimes against Serbs while he was a local commander of Kosovo Liberation Army units in 1998 and 1999 in western Kosovo, is postponed for 24 hours, at the request of the tribunal's prosecutors who opposed his release.
The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) accepted guaranties which the UN Mission in Kosovo provided for Haranidaj's provisional release. The fact that he surrendered voluntarily on 9 March this year as soon as his indictment was issued, was also taken into consideration