War crimes acquittal overturned

Serbia’s ultranationalist leader Vojislav Seselj yesterday showed no remorse after UN appeal judges overturned his acquittal for crimes against humanity during the 1990s Yugoslav war.

Seselj was initially acquitted in 2016. Judges yesterday sentenced him to 10 years in prison, which he had already served while in custody.

Seselj described the ruling in a phone statement as “illegal”. He insists the court in The Hague, Netherlands, should have ordered a retrial instead.

He adds he is “proud of all the war crimes and crimes against humanity that were attributed to me”.