Belgrade, Serbia
Thousands of Serbs rallied in Belgrade this week in support of Vojislav Seselj, a former nationalist leader on trial in The Hague for war crimes. Seselj has been accused of planning the ethnic cleansing of non-Serbs in the Yugoslav wars, as well as "planning a joint criminal enterprise" with Slobodan Milosevic. He voluntarily turned himself over to the war crimes tribunal in 2003. Last month, though, he started a hunger strike, saying the court was biased against Serbs and was hampering his defense. Seselj is extremely popular in Serbia and leads the country's largest political party, the Radical Party. "He's fighting for all of us who are gathered here," said Radical Party secretary Aleksander Vucic. "Vojislav Seselj is fighting for Serbia!"
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