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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) |
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Serb nationalist war crimes defendant refuses to appear for trial
Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] failed to appear in court Monday as his trial began at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The court subsequently stripped Seselj of (More) |
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Serb nationalist war crimes defendant skips pre-trial hearing due to hunger strike
Hunger-striking Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] refused to attend a preliminary hearing Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , saying his voice was too weak to be (More) |
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Serb nationalist war crimes defendant on hunger strike over court-appointed counsel
Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] has started a hunger strike ahead of his trial, scheduled for November 27 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), demanding that the I (More) |
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ICTY drops 5 of 14 charges against Serb nationalist war crimes defendant
A panel of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ordered prosecutors Wednesday to drop five of the 14 charges against Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder], ruling that the dropped "crimes against (More) |
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Serb nationalist war crimes indictee removed from court after outbursts
Serbian war crimes suspect and former nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder], was removed from a court hearing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Wednesday after he disrupte (More) |
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ICTY postpones Serb nationalist war crimes trial
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday postponed the trial of Serbian war crimes suspect and former nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] previously scheduled to begi (More) |
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ICTY appeals panel rules Serb nationalist war crimes indictee can defend self at trial
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has ruled that Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] can act as his own lawyer in his upcoming trial. An ICTY trial cham (More) |
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Hague war crimes defendant reelected as Serbian party chief
The Serbian Radical Party [party website, Wikipedia backgrounder] unanimously reelected an indicted war criminal to head it at a meeting in Belgrade Sunday. Vojislav Seselj , a former close ally of late ex-Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic , w (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.