The first trial of Kosovan Albanians, all former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), opened on 15 November before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Fatmir Limaj, 33, Isak Musliu, 34, and Haradin Bala, 57 are accused of « murder, cruel treatment, torture and inhuman acts» committed in 1998 against Serbian and Albanian civilians of Kosovo in a KLA prison camp at Lapushnik, eastern Kosovo. Limaj and Musliu were joint commanders of the Lapushnik camp, while Bala worked there as a guard. All three plead not guilty to the charges. ICTY prosecutor Carla del Ponte says she expects to issue a second indictment against former KLA members by the end of the year, writes AFP.