Hashim Thaçi

At the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, obstruction of justice and pressure on witnesses are on the increase. Photo: montage of 3 portraits of Haxhi Shala, Sabit Januzi and Ismet Bahtijari before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.

Kosovo

Kosovo: the masters of obstruction

28 March 2025 by Margherita Capacci

Several new cases for obstruction of justice put the spotlight on the Kosovo Chambers. Last November, former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi was indicted. In February, three former fighters of the UCK were sentenced.

At the Kosovo Tribunal (based in The Hague in the Netherlands), Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli and Rexhep Selimi are on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Kosovo

Kosovo: tension in the prison over witness protection

30 November 2023 by Margherita Capacci

Prosecutors in the war crimes trial against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi accused him and two of his co-defendants of attempting to “obstruct the proceedings” by revealing the identities of protected witnesses and trying to [...]

Thaçi trial in The Hague: the former president of Kosovo is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Kosovo

The Thaçi trial between a rock and a hard place

16 November 2023 by Margherita Capacci

A former Kosovo ambassador testified publicly last week before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in the Hague. The witness mainly retracted his previous statements against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi. But beyond the reasons [...]

Hashim Thaçi's trial in The Hague - Kosovo's ex-president displayed on a giant poster in Pristina

Kosovo

With ex-Kosovo president Thaçi, the special court big trial opens

3 April 2023 by Janet H. Anderson

Today, the Kosovo tribunal in The Hague plays host to a former head of state in the big showpiece trial of this court. Dealing with events at the tail end of the 1990’s as Kosovo was struggling for liberation from Serbian repressi [...]

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