ICTY: Seselj not guilty
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has acquitted Vojislav Seselj of nine counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prosecutors said he’d led an ‘army of volunteers and indoctrinated them with his poisonous ideas’ during the wars in Bosnia and Croatia in the early 1990s. They accused him of being criminally responsible for the murder of 905 non-Serbs. Other charges included deportation and persecution on racial or religious grounds.
Overpass collapses
An overpass in Kolkata has collapsed over a busy road. At least fifteen people are dead and another 100 are thought to be trapped under the rubble. Traffic congestion in the neighbourhood has made rescue efforts difficult.
Court: Zuma failed to uphold constitution
The country’s top court says that President Jacob Zuma failed to uphold South Africa’s constitution by using state money to renovate his private home. And it has ordered him to repay the funds, which cost around 23 million dollars at the time. The upgrade included an amphitheatre, swimming pool and cattle enclosure. The leader of the opposition says that Zuma needs to be removed from office.
Guantanamo detainees to be relocated
The US has announced plans to relocate a dozen more inmates from its detention centre in Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon says they’ll be transferred to at least two different countries. President Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo as part of his election campaign in 2008. There are still 91 people detained there. But that’s down from 800 fourteen years ago. Rights organisations have strongly criticised the prison as many people are held without trial. And Cuba has emphasised Guantanamo needs to be returned to Havana before relations between the two countries can be fully normalised.
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