HAGUE TRIBUNAL EXTENDS COMMUNICATION RESTRICTIONS ON MILOSEVIC AND SESELJ

ZAGREB, Feb 10 (Hina) - The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague has extended communication restrictions on former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic and former Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj for another month, the tribunal said in a press release on Tuesday.#L# Milosevic, who is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, may communicate by telephone from his cell only with his immediate family, legal counsel, and diplomatic and consular representatives. Restrictions were imposed on December 11 last year after Belgrade-based Radio S made an interview with Milosevic in the UN detention centre in The Hague and aired it during the election campaign in Serbia in violation of the tribunal's rules. Seselj, who is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity, was placed under restrictions because he had talked to his political followers and reporters from his cell in The Hague. Since "the accused's defiant position is unchanged and continues to be of concern," his communications were restricted to his legal counsel, diplomatic or consular representatives and his immediate family, the press release said, adding that Seselj's contacts with his family would be subject to monitoring. The decision to extend communication restrictions takes effect on February 10. (Hina) vm sb