Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, considered a hero by compatriots for leading the 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian rule that led to independence, will go on trial on Monday for alleged war crimes during the conflict.
A special Kosovo court set up in The Hague indicted Thaci in November 2020 on 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including persecution, murder, torture and enforced disappearance of people among other things during the uprising.
As the fighting abated and Serbian forces withdrew under NATO bombardment from Kosovo, Thaci traded in his green uniform for a blue suit and tie. When Kosovo declared independence in 2008, he was prime minister, and in 2016 became president. "From witness accounts, we know that they were taken from their house along with all men from the village on July 17, 1998 and that they were tortured," Bozanic told Reuters. "But we do not know when and how exactly they were killed. Maybe during the trial we will get some new evidence pointing out the details."
Many Kosovo Albanians believe that the tribunal is biased against the KLA and interested in denigrating its record. The court was created separately from the U.N. criminal tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia , which was also located in The Hague where it tried and convicted mainly Serbian officials for war crimes in the Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo conflicts.
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