New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Prosecutors said on Monday there is "overwhelming evidence" that Kosovo's former president and three other defendants are guilty of the murder and torture of people they considered traitors during the country's war for independence.

Hashim Thaci resigned from office in 2020 to defend himself against the 10 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during his country's 1998-99 war for independence from Serbia at a tribunal in The Hague.

Prosecutor Kimberly West told judges that witnesses and victims "so yearned for the truth to come out" that they were willing to risk a "climate of intimidation" to testify at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, which is based in the Netherlands but is part of Kosovo's ...