Prosecutors want restrictions on ex-Kosovo president over witness concerns


Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci speaks during a news conference as he resigns to face war crimes charges at a special court based in the Hague, in Pristina, Kosovo, November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Laura Hasani/File Photo

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci are seeking to restrict communications and keep him apart from other detainees over concerns he and two co-accused are trying to influence witnesses, court filings published on Thursday showed.

Prosecutors asked judges to order "the immediate segregation and suspension of all communications" of Thaci and two other former top leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army on trial with him.

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