Seselj 
Vojislav Seselj
News 175
THE HAGUE | 12.04.2013.
JUDGMENT FOR SESELJ ON 30 OCTOBER 2013
The Tribunal has announced that on 30 October 2013, the Serbian Radical Party leader will receive the judgment following his trial for crimes against non-Serbs in Croatia, Vojvodina and BH. The prosecution has called for 28 years in prison while Seselj claimed he was innocent
THE HAGUE | 15.10.2012.
SESELJ WANTS TO DISQUALIFY JUDGES
The Serbian Radical Party leader’s legal team has filed a motion seeking to disqualify judges Arlette Ramaroson, Mehmet Guney and Andresia Vaz from the Appeals Chamber hearing Seselj's third contempt of court case. Seselj contends that the judges made a ‘scandalous decision’ to invalidate his notice of appeal because he had drastically exceeded the word limit
THE HAGUE | 02.10.2012.
PROSECUTION: DO NOT DISCLOSE CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL TO SESELJ
Because of the Serbian Radical Party leader’s propensity to publish confidential documents in books and on his website, the prosecution wants to be released from the obligation to disclose statements of three protected witnesses who testified about the crimes committed by Seselj’s men in Vukovar, Brcko and another municipality in BH
THE HAGUE | 21.05.2012.
DETENTION ‘COMPATIBLE’ WITH SESELJ’S HEALTH
A three member medical team set up on the orders of the Trial Chamber concluded that the medical facilities at the UN Detention Unit were ‘compatible’ with Vojislav Seselj’s health condition. The health care available to the accused in the Detention Unit is no different from the medical care offered to any other patient with the heart condition outside the Detention Unit
THE HAGUE | 20.03.2012.
‘GLORY AWAITS’ SESELJ AS HE RECITES LA MARSEILLAISE AND WANTS TO BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
The Serbian Radical Party leader compared his war-mongering speeches with the French national anthem and declared he had ‘triumphed’ against the Tribunal. Seselj claimed he couldn’t ‘care less’ if he is convicted or not, explaining that the only adequate sentence for him was life imprisonment. The trial has ended and the parties will now await the judgment
THE HAGUE | 15.03.2012.
SESELJ WILL NOT RENOUNCE CHETNIK VOJVODAS, BUT DENIES ANY LINKS WITH THEM
As the Serbian Radicals’ leader continued his closing argument, he repeated several times that ‘I will not renounce my Chetnik vojvodas’. He claimed, however, that the facts clearly show he had nothing to do with the vojvodas mentioned in the indictment and did not sent any of his volunteers to them. He visited them on rare occasions, but that was the extent of his relationship with them
THE HAGUE | 14.03.2012.
SESELJ: ‘SOME SERBS HAD NO MILITARY HONOR, BUT NOT SESELJ’S MEN’
The Serbian Radical Party leader denied responsibility for the crimes alleged in the indictment. Seselj shifted the blame for the murder of Muslims in Zvornik on ‘Arkan’s men’. The accused also blamed the killing of Croats at Ovcara on the JNA intelligence chief Aleksandar Vasiljevic, the Croatian secret service and the director of the Vukovar Hospital Vesna Bosanac
THE HAGUE | 12.03.2012.
JUDGES WANT A NEW MEDICAL TEAM FOR SESELJ
The Trial Chamber has ordered the Registrar to appoint a new medical expert team to examine the accused Serbian Radical Party leader and determine ‘if the health of the accused is consistent with the detention regime in the UN Detention Unit’
THE HAGUE | 09.03.2012.
SESELJ IN HOSPITAL, CLOSING ARGUMENTS POSTPONED
The Tribunal’s spokesperson Nerma Jelacic confirmed that the Serbian Radicals’ leader had been transferred to a civilian medical facility. The defense’s closing arguments, scheduled to begin on Monday, were postponed until next Wednesday
THE HAGUE | 07.03.2012.
PROSECUTOR: 28 YEARS IN PRISON ADEQUATE FOR SESELJ’S CRIMES
The prosecutors contend that they have proven the responsibility of the Serbian Radicals’ leader for ‘cruel crimes’ against civilians in Croatia, Vojvodina and BH. The crimes include the murder of children and newborn babies, pregnant women, the elderly and the sick, carving crosses into the bodies of Muslims, raping women and sadistic sexual abuse of men. As there are no mitigating circumstances, the prosecution has asked for the only adequate sentence: 28 years in prison
