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FEBRUARY 16 2009 14:31h

Defence: Seselj Being Held in Prison Without Proof

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The prosecutors are trying to keep Seselj in The Hague for as long as possible, although they know they don’t have a case against him.

One of the defence attorneys of the president of Serb radicals Vojislav Seselj, Zoran Krasic, claims that the indictments against Seselj “fell through” and that with its decision about a recess, The Hague war crimes tribunal is trying to buy time to keep Seselj in prison for as long as possible, Bosnia’s Pincom reported. 

- It is possible that the prosecution be given additional time to present evidence and that Vojislav be

“Until no Ustasha is found alive”

Seselj’s indictments charge Vojislav Seselj for war crimes in Mali Zvornik, Hrtkovci and Vukovar. Among other things, at meetings at these locations he shouted statements like “Until there is no Ustasha left.”
imposed a defence attorney. You know very well that he will not accept this and that he will go on a hunger strike – Krasic told a news conference in Belgrade.

The indictments against Vojislav Seselj for crimes in Mali Zvornik, Hrtkovci and Vukovar fell through, according to his attorneys, because the prosecution failed to find evidence that the president of the Serb Radical Party said at meetings in those locations sentences as “Until there is no Ustasha left.”

The attorney also commented on the political situation in Serbia. He said that it is now clear that the goal of the “September coup” (Tomislav Nikolic and other members leaving the party) in the Serb Radical Party was a defeat of Vojislav Seselj and ruining the reputation of the party.

- Solana justifiably could not come to Belgrade several days ago, so he sent his envoy, Olli Rehn, who spent five minutes praising Tomislav Nikolic as a pro-European man – Krasic concluded.

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