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1 Jan 2007, 1:29 am
[JURIST] The unruly nature of the weekend hanging of Saddam Hussein [JURIST report] as especially revealed by a grainy but graphic camera phone video [JURIST report] taken at the scene prompted protest and disavowal Monday as Sunnis condemned the treatment of the ousted Iraqi president and angry American officials in Iraq sought to distance themselves from events as they actually unfolded. [read post]
20 Mar 2003, 8:56 am
[JURIST] Thursday's apparent (and apparently-failed) attempt by US forces to hit a number of senior Iraqi leaders - including President Saddam Hussein - as a "target of opportunity" raises the question as to whether individual enemy leaders are legally-legitimate targets in wartime. [read post]
20 Oct 2005, 11:18 pm
[JURIST] AP is reporting that Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi, a defense lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants who was kidnapped by 10 masked gunmen [JURIST report] Thursday evening in Baghdad, has been found dead, according to a senior Iraqi lawyers' union official. [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 2:38 pm
And a related AP report headlined "Saddam Asks U.S. to Block Execution" begins, "Lawyers for Saddam Hussein on Friday made a last-minute appeal to an American court to avert execution in Iraq, asking a judge to block his transfer from U.S. custody to the hands of Iraqi officials. [read post]
18 Dec 2004, 2:43 pm
[JURIST] Iraqi judges Saturday began investigative pre-trial hearings for Sultan Hashim Ahmad, Saddam Hussein's last defense chief, and Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali), another former defense minister. [read post]
5 Jul 2004, 8:43 am
Three Jordanian attorneys who claim to be representing Saddam Hussein traveled to Libya Monday to recruit additional attorneys for Saddam's expected trial. [read post]
16 Mar 2004, 8:26 am
Kuwait's public prosecutor said Tuesday that his country would demand the death penalty for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in connection with crimes committed against Kuwait when it was invaded and occupied by Iraq in 1990 and 1991. [read post]
17 Jul 2005, 1:36 am
[JURIST] The Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website; JURIST news archive] announced Sunday that it has filed its first formal criminal charge against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] in connection with the 1982 killing of some 150 Shiites in the village of Dujail [NPR report] in retribution for an assassination attempt. [read post]
17 Apr 2006, 2:00 am
[JURIST] In a report read in court as the Saddam Hussein trial [JURIST news archive] resumed in Baghdad Monday, handwriting experts testified that some of the signatures on documents connected with the execution of 148 Shiite villagers belonged to Hussein. [read post]
16 Dec 2003, 11:39 am
Topping the AM legal news brief this morning...Iraq court founder says no Saddam trial for months Reuters reports: "A new Iraqi war crimes court will not be ready to try Saddam Hussein for months and could let judges from [read post]
24 May 2006, 8:13 am
[JURIST] Tariq Aziz [BBC profile], the former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister under Saddam Hussein's regime, testified on behalf of Hussein Wednesday at the Iraqi High Criminal Court [official website], where Hussein and seven co-defendants are on trial [JURIST news archive] for the crackdown against Shiites in Dujail following an assassination attempt in 1982, including the execution of 148 [read post]
4 Jul 2006, 9:00 am
Al-Nuaimi, currently a member of Saddam Hussein's defense team, told AFP in an interview published Tuesday that extradition would require adherence to certain [read post]
24 Jul 2006, 8:22 am
[JURIST] The Saddam Hussein trial [JURIST news archive] resumed in Baghdad on Monday, though the former Iraqi leader was not in court due to his weekend hospitalization [JURIST report] after collapsing in jail [LA Times report] on the sixteenth day of his hunger strike protesting trial court procedures and a lack of adequate security for defense lawyers. [read post]
13 Jun 2006, 2:58 am
[JURIST] Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman [BBC profile], the chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial [JURIST news archive], told the courtroom Tuesday that this would be the last day the court would hear defense witnesses, fostering speculation that the trial will end soon. [read post]
19 Oct 2005, 3:03 am
[JURIST] Two Iraqi Kurds now living in the US, Hassen Ali Abdullah and Khalida Ali, have sued Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] in US federal court, seeking compensation for Kurdish victims of genocidal attacks in 1980s Iraq. [read post]
5 Dec 2005, 6:31 am
The statement said Zubaidi, one of Saddam Hussein's top deputies after the first Gulf War, died in US custody last week. [read post]
27 Dec 2005, 12:57 pm
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] has authorized three more lawyers to work with the four already representing him at his Baghdad trial [JURIST news archive] for the 1982 massacre at Dujail [NPR audio report] that left as many as 143 Shiite Muslims dead. [read post]
29 Jan 2007, 7:55 pm
[JURIST] Ali Hassan al-Majid [JURIST news archive, BBC profile], the cousin of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] also known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali," insisted before the Iraqi High Tribunal [official website] Monday that he should not be forced to stand trial because he has the same kind of immunity from Iraqi legal process afforded to US troops. [read post]
25 May 2006, 9:22 am
[JURIST] A judge from the Iraqi town that is the focus of the ongoing Saddam Hussein trial [JURIST news archive] was abducted by gunmen Wednesday. [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 3:15 pm
From CNN.com: Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could face execution within hours, according to the latest reports from Baghdad...However, attorneys for Hussein are seeking a temporary restraining order in a U.S. court to block the execution. [read post]
