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The Latest: Croatia praises Serb conviction for war crimes


The Latest on the sentencing of Serb ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj (all times local):8:20 p.m.Croatia is satisfied with a U.N. court's conviction of a Serb ultranationalist for war crimes committed in the Balkans in the 1990s but not with the length of his 10-year sentence. A court in The Hague, Netherlands, partially overturned Seselj's 2016 acquittal Wednesday and convicted him of war crimes during the Balkan war in the 1990s. He adds he is "proud of all the war crimes and crimes against humanity that were attributed to me, and I am ready to repeat them in the future." Seselj, accused of persecution, murder and torture during the former Yugoslavia's bloody conflict in the 1990s, was acquitted in 2016 of nine war crimes and crimes against humanity charges. The prosecution had said that acquitting Seselj would have damaged the war crimes tribunal's legacy.


Source: ABC News April 11, 2018 14:35 UTC



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