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27 Feb 2006, 8:19 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] has ended a hunger strike to protest his trial after fasting for 11 days, according to his chief lawyer Monday. [read post]
22 Jan 2006, 6:46 am
[JURIST] Former US attorney general Ramsey Clark [JURIST news archive], currently a member of the defense team representing deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive], told Reuters Sunday that Hussein's trial should be suspended. [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 9:56 am
[JURIST] The Presidency of the European Union [official website], currently held by Germany, reiterated the EU's opposition to the death penalty "under all circumstances" in a statement [text] released Friday, as two Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] co-defendants in Iraq continued to face possible hanging. [read post]
24 Sep 2006, 3:23 pm
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein's top lawyer said Sunday the former Iraqi president's defense team will not attend his genocide trial [JURIST news archive] when it resumes Monday in protest at the new chief judge's behavior, and will stay away "indefinitely," according to statements quoted by AP. [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 11:02 am
[JURIST] The top Iraqi defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] said Friday that US authorities have asked the defense team to pick up Hussein's personal belongings in preparation for a reportedly-imminent transfer [JURIST report] of the ousted Iraqi president to Iraqi officials for execution. [read post]
23 Aug 2006, 8:41 am
[JURIST] Testimony from Kurdish survivors of the 1987-1988 Anfal campaign [HRW backgrounder] in Iraq continued Wednesday during the trial of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive], where Hussein and six co-defendants face genocide and crimes against humanity charges [JURIST report]. [read post]
27 Jun 2006, 10:01 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] and at least six co-defendants will face a second trial beginning August 21 for allegedly killing 100,000 Kurds during the so-called "Anfal" operation [HRW backgrounder] in northern Iraq in the 1980s, the Iraqi High Tribunal said Tuesday. [read post]
11 Jan 2007, 5:06 am
[JURIST] Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile], the cousin of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] also known as "Chemical Ali," became the leading defendant Thursday in the genocide trial [JURIST news archive; BBC trial timeline] currently before the Iraqi High Tribunal [official website]. [read post]
30 Nov 2006, 10:23 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] on Thursday rejected forensic evidence of mass graves presented by US experts in his genocide trial [JURIST news archive] for the "Anfal" campaigns [HRW backgrounder] against ethnic Kurds in northern Iraq between 1987 and 1988. [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 9:11 am
[JURIST] The trial of former Saddam Hussein-era Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and six others will begin next week, an Iraqi judicial official said Wednesday. [read post]
28 Nov 2005, 7:04 am
[JURIST] The trial of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] resumed Monday, but was quickly adjourned until December 5 to allow two of Hussein's co-defendants, including former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, to find replacements for members of the defense team killed [JURIST report] since the last trial session on October 19 [JURIST report]. [read post]
24 Jun 2007, 8:07 pm
[JURIST] Ali Hassan al-Majid - Saddam Hussein's cousin known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali" [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] - and two other Hussein regime officials received death sentences Sunday for the slaughter of tens of thousands of Kurds during the Anfal campaign [HRW backgrounder] of 1988. [read post]
26 Jul 2006, 9:50 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein attended trial proceedings [JURIST news archive] Wednesday for the first time since the prosecution called for the death penalty [JURIST report] during closing arguments in June. [read post]
14 Dec 2003, 4:37 pm
US policy on the trial of Saddam Hussein appears to be unequivocally set out on a current State Department website:Saddam Hussein and his closest aides have committed a long list of criminal violations of international [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 10:34 am by Anupam Chander
The New York Times reports that it is likely that the handgun found in the "spider hole" where Saddam Hussein hid is likely to go on display at the President George W. [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 9:32 pm
[JURIST] Iraqi television is reporting that Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] has been executed. [read post]
28 Dec 2006, 1:09 pm
Via Raw Story and AFP: An anonymous lawyer for Saddam was now claiming Hussein will be executed on Saturday at dawn. [read post]
5 Nov 2006, 7:14 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] and two co-defendants may not be executed until early 2007 because there is no specific time limit for the appeals process, chief investigative judge Raed Juhi said on Sunday after death sentences were handed down [JURIST report] by the Iraqi High Tribunal in the Dujail crimes against humanity case. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 9:00 am
Human rights - On June 8, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that the Government of Iraq enjoys sovereign immunity from claims for torture committed against U.S. citizens during the Saddam Hussein era. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 8:33 am
[JURIST] Interpol [official website] issued a red notice [official backgrounder] Friday seeking the arrest of Raghad Saddam Hussein [Wikipedia profile], daughter of the former Iraqi dictator, on charges of terrorism. [read post]