Rejecting individuals who wanted to participate as Thaci's victims: The Special Takes the Next Step

As reported by Specialised Chambers, Ekaterina Trendafilova has appointed the panel of the Appeals Court consisting of Judge Michele Picard, Emilia Ready and Kai Ambos, for making the decision regarding the appeal against the decision of the judge of the preliminary procedure, with which he rejected the demands of several individuals to participate as victims in Thaci case and others.

In October 2020, the Special Court for investigating crimes committed during the Kosovo war had confirmed the indictment against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselin, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, in doubt of committing war crimes in Kosovo in 1998 and 1999.

All of them have been in custody at The Hague since November last year.

According to the indictment, Thaci, Veselin, Krasniqi and Selimi are suspected of criminal acts involving war crimes: illegal or arbitrary bans, cruel treatment, torture and unlawful murder, and crimes against humanity: imprisonment, other inhumane acts, forced extinction of persons and persecution, which, according to the Special Chambers, were committed between March 1998 and September 1999.

The crimes allegedly were committed in several Kosovo locations and in northern Albania, in Kukes and Chahan respectively.

Specialised Chambers and Specialised Prosecutor's Office, also known as the Special Court, investigate the alleged crimes of members of the Kosovo Liberation Army committed against ethnic minorities and political rivals from January 1998 to December 2000.

These alleged crimes are mentioned in a 2011 Council of Europe report, author of which is Swiss senator Dick Marty.

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