Seselj

The Hague Tribunal is considering allowing Serbian Radical Party leader Seselj, who has cancer, to go to his home country for treatment if Belgrade provides security guarantees.

After weeks of speculation about the possible release of Serbian Radical Party leader Seselj before the verdict in his war crimes trial, the UN-backed court said he must remain in custody.

Serbian nationalist leader Seselj, on trial for war crimes, asked for 12 million euro from the Hague Tribunal for unlawful deprivation of liberty, defamation of character and damage to his health.

Šešelj seeks EUR 12mn compensation for wrongful detention

THE HAGUE -- Vojislav Šešelj has requested EUR 12 million in compensation from the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) for what he claims is wrongful detention by the court.

The leader of the Serb Radical Party (SRS), accused of war crimes, has been incarcerated since early 2003.

Serbian Radical Party leader Seselj, who could be freed because his war crimes trial has run for so long, said he wouldn’t accept the Hague Tribunal’s conditions in return for his freedom.

No date has yet been set for a verdict in the marathon war crimes trial of Serbian Radical Party leader Seselj, who has been in custody since 2003, with the case stalled again by legal wrangling.