The portal "kosova-sot.info" has published an article titled "Lawyer says Kadri Veseli may be released."
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it turns out that the title is biased, which does not match the content in the text.
With this headline, it is implied that the Special Court may acquit Veseli, who is currently on trial for war crimes in The Hague. However, the content of this article states that “Artan Qerkini, a lawyer accredited by the Special Court, has said that it is legally possible for Kadri Veseli to participate in the funeral ceremony of his father, Fazli Veseli.”
So, this article has nothing to do with Veseli's release from the Special Court, but it was expected that he would be allowed to attend the funeral of his father, who passed away yesterday (July 7).
Excerpt from the text of the article published on "kosova-sot.info":
Artan Qerkini, a lawyer accredited by the Special, said that it is legally possible for Kadri Veseli to participate in the funeral ceremony of his father, Fazli Veseli.
"It is possible and there is no legal obstacle for the procedures to be carried out in an accelerated manner. I believe that this is an exemplary case which shows that in some situations the procedures should be accelerated, because if they are delayed they will lose their meaning. Even if Veseli is released after the funeral ceremony, then the procedures themselves lose the meaning of the urgency with which his case should be treated," he said.
Link to the article published on "kosova-sot.info":
https://www.kosova-sot.info/lajme/554901/avokati-thote-se-kadri-veseli-mund-te-lirohet/
Analyze:
The portal "kosova-sot.info" has given a tendentious title to this published article, implying that it is about a possible release of Veseli by the Special Court, but without clarifying the manner of release. Meanwhile, the content of the article quotes lawyer Artan Qerkini, who stated that there is a possibility that Veseli could be released with special permission from the Court, only for his father's funeral ceremonies.
Articles with incorrect headlines and content were also published by the Kosovo Albanian media regarding the conditional release of former PDK leader Kadri Veseli through a special permit, to allow him to visit his sick father, at the beginning of May of this year. Hibrid.info wrote about this, clarifying that his release was with a special permit from the Court in The Hague (see here).
With this established title, many readers may understand that it is about Veseli's release, but after clicking on the article, they notice that this release could only be temporary.
After fact-checking analysis conducted by hibrid.info, it appears that this article is rated as "clickbait".
Reasoning:
"Clickbait" are those texts whose title has no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is only intended to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.