A court in Pristina (Kosovo's capital) has sentenced government spokesperson Arlind Manxhuka and ruling party MP Egzon Azemi to one and a half years in prison each for using social media to incite hatred and intolerance toward a judge and a special prosecutor. The posts, made in December 2022, targeted the officials in response to a court decision to alter the detention conditions of a former Kosovo Serb police officer accused of organising a terrorist attack. Both men rejected the verdict as politically motivated, and the ruling can be appealed.