AMSTERDAM/BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Serbian politician charged with war crimes has been ordered to return to The Hague by judges who said he had breached the terms of compassionate release under which he had been allowed to live his remaining days in his homeland.
Vojislav Seselj, 60, was released in November due to his terminal cancer, on condition that he must return to the war crimes court at any time if ordered to do so. Instead, the former nationalist party leader told supporters at a rally in Belgrade he would never go back to The Hague.
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