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Add as preferred source on GoogleSlovenia bans Bosnian Serb leader Dodik from entry, escalating Bosnia's political crisis amid his defiance of a court ruling.
SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Slovenia has barred entry to the separatist leader of the Serb part of Bosnia, who has been sentenced to a year in jail and banned from politics for defying Bosnia's international peace envoy, Deputy Prime Minister Matej Arcon said on Thursday.
Arcon said the decision preventing the Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from entering Slovenia was effective immediately, marking the latest travel restriction against him.
Dodik, who has already been barred from Austria, Germany, Poland and Lithuania over threats to peace and EU integration of Bosnia, has vowed to defy a February court ruling banning him from political office for six years and stay in office.
His conviction sparked uproar in Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic, triggering Bosnia's worst political crisis since the conflict, which killed around 100,000 people in 1992-5.
(Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic; Writing by Antonis Pothitos; Editing by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Sharon Singleton and Philippa Fletcher)
Slovenia has barred Milorad Dodik due to his conviction for defying Bosnia's international obligations, which includes a one-year jail sentence and a ban from politics.
Dodik has already been barred from entering Austria, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania for similar reasons related to threats to peace and EU integration in Bosnia.
Dodik's conviction has sparked significant uproar in Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic, leading to the worst political crisis in the region since the conflict that occurred from 1992 to 1995.
The ban on Dodik from political activities is seen as a critical step in addressing the threats he poses to peace and stability in Bosnia, particularly in relation to EU integration efforts.
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