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The Prosecutor of the Specialized Justice Chambers of Kosovo in The Hague accused on Wednesday the President of that country, Hashim Thaçi , of war crimes and against humanity for alleged torture, persecution and enforced disappearances between 1998 and 2000, as well as murder of 100 people .

A judge from the Kosovo Specialized Justice Chambers must review the accusation regarding Thaçi's past as a military leader and decide whether to uphold the charges, the Court said in a statement. The Prosecutor's Office filed the same charges against the leader of the Kosovo Democratic Party, Kadri Veseli , and other unnamed Kosovar leaders .

The summary process "is the result of a long investigation and reflects the determination of the Prosecutor's Office that it can prove all the charges beyond a reasonable doubt," said the office led by Chief Prosecutor Jack Smith. The victims, according to the indictment, number in the hundreds and are Kosovo Albanians, Serbs, Roma, members of other ethnic groups and political opponents .

"The prosecutor has deemed it necessary to issue this public notice of charges due to repeated efforts by Hashim Thaçi and Kadri Veseli to obstruct and undermine the work of the Kosovo Specialized Justice Chambers," the statement said.

This Court is mandated to try those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed between 1998 and 2000 by the Kosovo Liberation Army.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, the accused "have carried out a secret campaign to revoke the law that created the court" with the aim of "guaranteeing that they do not face justice."

Thaçi and Veseli "have put their personal interests ahead of the victims of their crimes, the rule of law and all the people of Kosovo."

The Kosovo Specialized Justice Chambers follow Kosovar law, but are made up of international magistrates and are based in The Hague due to the high sensitivity of the issue in Pristina, as well as to give greater protection to witnesses who testify in the cases.

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