In Serbia, tens of thousands of people turned out in Belgrade this weekend to honor Slobodan Milosevic, a week after he died in his prison cell at the Hague. Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who supported Milosevic during his war crimes tribunal, was there.

• Ramsey Clark: “Slobodan Milosevic was dragged in chains from his homeland to the Hague to face criminal charges while the U.S. and NATO continue their criminal wars with impunity. Can all the violence of Yugoslavia, including its valiant resistance in World War Two, compare with George Bush’s war of aggression against Iraq Day after day, for more than four years, Slobodan Milosevic–fearless, formidable with keen skill, inexhaustible commitment and unwavering faith, successfully fought the overwhelming forces arraigned against him.”

At least two thousand people gathered for a counter-demonstration in Belgrade on Saturday. Meanwhile, the dispute over the circumstances of Milosevic’s death continues. Attorneys acting on behalf of his family are requesting access to medical files on his condition in the months before he died. The request comes after the Hague announced a new autopsy found Milsovic did not die of poisoning, as his supporters have claimed.