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13 Jul 2005, 4:17 am
[JURIST] Raed Juhi, a senior judge on the Iraqi Special Tribunal [JURIST news archive; official website], said Wednesday that the Tribunal's investigations of the case against Saddam Hussein are "more than 80 percent complete". [read post]
8 Jan 2007, 3:23 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] urged the Iraqi government [statement] on Monday not to carry out the anticipated executions [JURIST report] of two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, saying that if the executions are carried out, they will further demonstrate Iraq's disregard for human rights and the rule of law in the wake of the December 30 hanging [JURIST report] of ousted [read post]
24 Jan 2006, 3:16 pm
[JURIST] Two judges involved in the Saddam Hussein trial [JURIST news archive] said Tuesday that the real reason for the latest postponement of the hearing was a disagreement among the judges on the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website] - as to who should replace chief judge Rizqar Mohammed Amin, who resigned earlier this month [JURIST report]. [read post]
8 Jan 2007, 11:11 pm
[JURIST] The voices of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] and his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile], known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali", were heard discussing the use of chemical weapons to kill thousands in audio tapes played Monday before the Iraqi High Tribunal [official website] during its ongoing genocide trial [JURIST news archive; BBC trial timeline] of six former [read post]
23 Oct 2006, 8:20 am
[JURIST] A lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants in the so-called Anfal trial [JURIST news archive; HRW backgrounder] said Monday that he will boycott the trial when it resumes on October 30 because some 1,000 pages of his documents were stolen from the lawyer's lounge in the Iraq Supreme Court building. [read post]
2 Jan 2007, 1:07 am
[JURIST] Sunnis demonstrated in the streets of Iraq Monday in continuing opposition to the Saturday execution [JURIST report] of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive; BBC obituary], which was captured on camera phone video [JURIST report] taken at the scene. [read post]
30 Dec 2006, 11:00 am
[JURIST] Iraqi Shiites Saturday celebrated the execution [JURIST report] of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive; BBC obituary]. [read post]
30 Dec 2006, 11:38 am
[JURIST] World political and religious leaders were divided Saturday in their reaction to the execution [JURIST report] of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive; BBC obituary]. [read post]
16 Jul 2005, 4:37 am
[JURIST] An official from the Iraqi Special Tribunal [JURIST news archive; official website] established to try Saddam Hussein said Saturday that no date has been set for the former dictator's trial, despite a report earlier this week that the date would be set soon [JURIST report]. [read post]
4 Nov 2006, 2:07 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein's defense team asked the Iraqi High Tribunal Friday to delay its now-expected Sunday verdict in the Dujail crimes against humanity case [JURIST news archive; BBC timeline] against the ousted Iraqi leader, saying in a letter obtained by AP that it needed more time to make final arguments. [read post]
28 Oct 2005, 11:33 am
[JURIST] The defense team for Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] renewed its call for a change of venue [JURIST report] for his trial on Friday, this time asking UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile] to put pressure on the US and Iraqi government to move the trial to The Hague. [read post]
19 Jan 2006, 6:16 am
[JURIST] The Iraqi High Criminal Court (IHCC) (formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website]) confirmed Thursday that Sayeed al-Hamashi, who was selected to preside over the Saddam Hussein trial [JURIST news archive] on Monday, will retain his position despite allegations that he belonged to the banned Baath party [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
24 Dec 2004, 10:29 am
[JURIST] Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has denied that Iraq used the UN oil-for-food program to extort billions of dollars according to lawyer Badih Aref, speaking Friday for Aziz after having been allowed to meet him for the first time Thursday in Baghdad. [read post]
25 Sep 2006, 9:47 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein was thrown out of court again Monday for failing to observe courtroom discipline in his genocide trial [JURIST news archive], his second ejection in as many sessions. [read post]
6 Nov 2006, 1:24 pm
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers [official website] Leandro Despouy Monday delivered his own scathing verdict on the Iraqi trial process which led over the weekend to a death sentence for ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, urging the rapid establishment of an international tribunal to either reopen the proceeding or consider an appeal process. [read post]
19 Feb 2006, 6:08 am
[JURIST] Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] could be put to death by hanging within months if he's convicted in his first trial, according to the chief prosecutor for the Iraqi High Criminal Court, formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website]. [read post]
14 Mar 2007, 3:10 am
Ramadan was convicted [JURIST report; BBC verdict summary] by the IHT alongside Saddam Hussein in November [read post]
14 Nov 2005, 7:16 am
[JURIST] Lawyer Thamer Hamoud al-Khuzaie, who represents two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, has fled Iraq and is seeking asylum in Qatar following an attempt on his life. [read post]
20 Mar 2006, 2:40 am
[JURIST] Libyan leader Colonel Muhamar Gaddafi [BBC profile] has declared that Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] remains the legal leader of Iraq, citing the US-led invasion of the country as "a war waged against the wishes of the United Nations. [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 9:25 pm
[JURIST] A US federal judge has rejected an eleventh-hour bid by lawyers for Saddam Hussein seeking a direct stay of execution. [read post]
