Brussels .- The Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj former leader has defended today on charges of contempt for those who are being tried in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and has obtained the postponement of the trial until it is resolved if the court must pay for their lawyers.
Prosecutors accuse Seselj published in a book he authored the names, occupations and places of residence of eleven witnesses protected, which violates the protective measures ordered by the ICTY. The defendant, on the first day of the second trial of this type that follows the ICTY (based in The Hague) has argued that the witnesses identified in the book appear consent "and even expressed the desire" to notary.
" The prosecution has said that Seselj "knew well the rules on protection of witnesses, including a ban on publication of confidential information." They have also complained that the book is from early 2010 on the defendant's personal page on the Internet, authorities have tried to quit without success.
The judge presiding judge O-Gon Kwon, has decided to postpone the trial ends today after the prosecution opening statement and, pending resolution of Seselj's request that the court pay for his defense and participation calling witnesses in their testimony before the court. The defendant argued that it is "violating" his self-defense because he has not gotten his lawyers to visit him in his cell at The Hague as the court has not incurred the costs.
He also notes that it has no financial resources for the travel of the ten witnesses who would testify on their behalf. It is the second time that Seselj is facing a charge of contempt since the trial began in 2006 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the wars in Croatia and Bosnia, for what prosecutors described the defendant's attitude "litigious." Seselj has been identified with the Chairman of the Board as a college professor and the worst enemy of this court.
" The first trial for contempt, failed in May 2010, was a sentence of 15 months in prison for revealing personal details of three protected witnesses in another publication. In that trial, Seselj also pleaded "not guilty" of the contempt charge. The ICTY in its charter specifies that "the integrity of the witnesses and the confidentiality of materials are essential elements of international law." The process for alleged war crimes against the former leader of Serbian Radical Party launched in November 2006 after a hunger strike that threatened his life, was resumed in November 2007, when judges allowed him to continue defending itself.
"The criminal and war criminal Javier Solana" During his first term in the custody of the ICTY wrote a book entitled "The war criminal offender and Javier Solana," criticizing the then secretary general of NATO on trial for role NATO during the Kosovo war. Prosecutors said in the presentation of arguments "Seselj in this court has no other purpose than to laugh the court and obstruct the process." The charges against the former leader of the ICTY Serbian ultranationalist including war crimes and crimes against humanity, torture, murder and persecution, allegedly committed during the wars in Croatia (1991-1995) and Bosnia (1992-1995). 
Prosecutors accuse Seselj published in a book he authored the names, occupations and places of residence of eleven witnesses protected, which violates the protective measures ordered by the ICTY. The defendant, on the first day of the second trial of this type that follows the ICTY (based in The Hague) has argued that the witnesses identified in the book appear consent "and even expressed the desire" to notary.
" The prosecution has said that Seselj "knew well the rules on protection of witnesses, including a ban on publication of confidential information." They have also complained that the book is from early 2010 on the defendant's personal page on the Internet, authorities have tried to quit without success.
The judge presiding judge O-Gon Kwon, has decided to postpone the trial ends today after the prosecution opening statement and, pending resolution of Seselj's request that the court pay for his defense and participation calling witnesses in their testimony before the court. The defendant argued that it is "violating" his self-defense because he has not gotten his lawyers to visit him in his cell at The Hague as the court has not incurred the costs.
He also notes that it has no financial resources for the travel of the ten witnesses who would testify on their behalf. It is the second time that Seselj is facing a charge of contempt since the trial began in 2006 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the wars in Croatia and Bosnia, for what prosecutors described the defendant's attitude "litigious." Seselj has been identified with the Chairman of the Board as a college professor and the worst enemy of this court.
" The first trial for contempt, failed in May 2010, was a sentence of 15 months in prison for revealing personal details of three protected witnesses in another publication. In that trial, Seselj also pleaded "not guilty" of the contempt charge. The ICTY in its charter specifies that "the integrity of the witnesses and the confidentiality of materials are essential elements of international law." The process for alleged war crimes against the former leader of Serbian Radical Party launched in November 2006 after a hunger strike that threatened his life, was resumed in November 2007, when judges allowed him to continue defending itself.
"The criminal and war criminal Javier Solana" During his first term in the custody of the ICTY wrote a book entitled "The war criminal offender and Javier Solana," criticizing the then secretary general of NATO on trial for role NATO during the Kosovo war. Prosecutors said in the presentation of arguments "Seselj in this court has no other purpose than to laugh the court and obstruct the process." The charges against the former leader of the ICTY Serbian ultranationalist including war crimes and crimes against humanity, torture, murder and persecution, allegedly committed during the wars in Croatia (1991-1995) and Bosnia (1992-1995).
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