Protests Escalate in Kosovo Against War Crimes Court Official

Five Arrested as Opposition Claims Court Unfairly Targets Former KLA Members

Opposition protesters in Kosovo used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the capital, Pristina.
Members of the leftist Social Democratic Party attempted to enter a hotel where the President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court, Ekaterina Trendafilova, was holding a meeting.
The protesters claim the court lacks transparency and unfairly accuses former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) of war crimes.
Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, Parliament ex-speaker Kadri Veseli, and former lawmaker Rexhep Selimi, all top leaders of the KLA, are currently on trial at The Hague.
Five arrests were made among the protesters.