The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has begun a new process for the Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj, said on Friday, May 29, AFP.
At this time the Tribunal has Šešelj charged with contempt of court: According to the Tribunal, in his book Šešelj published information that would identify the three key witnesses testifying against him in the process of war crimes committed by 54-year-old Serb, according to the ICTY in War in the Balkans in the early 1990's.
The first process in the Seselj began in November 2007. He is charged with war crimes committed against non-Serb population of Croatia and Serbia in 1991-1993. The hearing, which stood 71 eyewitness, were suspended in February 2009 for security reasons, because Seselj's supporters threatened a witness the massacre.
Charges for the current process was Šešelj in March 2009, and on Friday, May 29, began its consideration of the merits. The prosecution believes that in his book (name kept secret) Šešelj disclose the identity of the three witnesses who are now under the protection of the tribunal. Reported that several hundred copies were distributed to supporters of the Serbian National Party, whose leader is the defendant.
According to the AFP, Šešelj on Friday had not even got up from the benches, when the judge entered the room. If he's found guilty under this article, the Šešelj faces 7 years in prison.
Seselj surrendered to the Hague tribunal in 2003. In 2006 he started a hunger strike, demanding the right to defend himself, and made her.
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