Two days ago, Miljevic said he would appeal as soon as the ICTY officially notified him of the decision, but Margetic told his attorney though his common-law wife, not to take any steps at this moment.
Miljevic told Hina that he personally had not yet contacted his client, but that according to his information, Margetic's condition was good. He did not say, however, whether or not Margetic had discontinued the hunger strike that he started two weeks before the ICTY rendered a judgement. The ICTY on Wednesday found Margetic guilty of contempt of court and decided to sentence him to three months in prison and to fine him with 10,000 euros. The Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal found the Croatian freelance journalist guilty of "interfering with witnesses by publishing a protected witness list with names and other information on his personal website between 7 July and 2 August 2006. The Trial Chamber also found that he did so despite receiving explicit warning that the material was confidential and under court orders prohibiting publication".
Margetic was transferred to prison to serve his sentence immediately after the sentencing. The 34 days he spent in custody will be credited towards his sentence.
Attorney Miljevic said he would appeal the judgement because the defence believes that that Margetic is not guilty of publishing the list
with the names of 102 protected witnesses on his web site because "he had a justified reason to believe that the documents were not confidential".
The Office of the Chief Prosecutor said on Friday it was satisfied with the judgments, adding it would not appeal.