An activist said Wednesday she was sentenced to a fine in Serbia for throwing eggs at a mural of Ratko Mladic, a former army chief given life in prison over war crimes.
The activist, Aida Corovic, was briefly detained over the November 2021 confrontation in Belgrade that came five months after Mladic's life term was confirmed by a court.
It was a "spontaneous and impulsive gesture to show that not all Serbian citizens support war crimes and war criminals," Corovic said in a statement, adding that she will appeal the 850-euro ($890) fine.
She condemned a "shameful verdict" handed down at her trial in the case that she said was aimed at scaring her.
"My decision to not pay the fine is stronger than at the start of the trial. This type of pressure and threats won't be enough to stop me from doing what I have done for 32 years -- to speak out about the harm my country has done to others," she said.
Mladic was sentenced in 2017 to life in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his role as a military leader in the Bosnian war that killed 100,000 people between 1992-1995.
Among several charges, he was convicted for his role in the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica.
Nearly three decades after the conflict, Ratko is regarded as a hero among some Serbs in Serbia and Bosnia.