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Serb war crimes defendant ends hunger strike after ICTY reversal
War crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] agreed to end his nearly month-long hunger strike Friday after an appeals chamber at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ruled that Seselj could r (More) |
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ICTY orders force-feeding of Serb nationalist accused if needed to save life
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday mandated that Dutch officials force-feed Serb nationalist and war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] in the event that the hunger (More) |
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ICTY postpones Seselj trial due to health of hunger-striking defendant
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has postponed until further notice the war crimes trial of Serb nationalist Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder], who has been on a hunger strike since November (More) |
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Serb ultranationalists say US, UN trying to kill hunger-striking war crimes defendant
Some 30,000 Serbs gathered in front of the US embassy in Belgrade on Saturday insisting that the United States and the United Nations are trying to kill ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader and war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj [B (More) |
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Hunger-striking war crimes defendant agrees to medical examination
Serb nationalist war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder], who has been on hunger strike for since Nov. 11, agreed Friday to medical examination by an "independent" team of doctors composed of a Serb, a Fre (More) |
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ICTY appeals panel sentences Sarajevo siege general to life in prison
An appeals chamber at the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia Thursday sentenced a former Bosnian Serb Army general to life imprisonment [judgment; summary; press release] for leading troops in attacks against civilians during th (More) |
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Serb war crimes defendant refusing medical attention for hunger strike
Serb nationalist war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder], who has been on hunger strike for close to three weeks, has forbidden staff of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to force (More) |
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US urges Serbia to increase efforts to capture war crimes fugitives
Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina must arrest former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC profile] and his military commander Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; JURIST news archive], both wanted on war crimes charges, in (More) |
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Hunger-striking Serb war crimes defendant hospitalized
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) decided Wednesday to move Serb nationalist war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] to a hospital unit adjoining its detention center at Schevenin (More) |
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Serb nationalist persists in war crimes trial boycott despite lawyers' urgings
A Serbian war crimes suspect will continue boycotting his war crimes trial, despite the urgings of his court-appointed lawyers, who have not had contact with him since Monday. Lawyers for Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICT (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
