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24 Jun 2005, 3:23 pm
[JURIST] The World Tribunal on Iraq [advocacy website] on Friday accused the US of committing war crimes during the invasion of Iraq and claimed the United States has caused more deaths in Iraq than former dictator Saddam Hussein. [read post]
5 Dec 2005, 4:41 am
[JURIST] Following a brief recess prompted by a defense team walkout [JURIST report] and an emotional outburst from Saddam Hussein, the trial of the former Iraqi dictator and seven co-defendants resumed Monday afternoon with the testimony of Ahmed Hassan Mohammed [BBC report], an eyewitness to the 1982 Dujail torture and murders [JURIST report] for which the defendants are charged. [read post]
23 Jan 2008, 1:28 pm
[JURIST] The US Senate Tuesday passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 [HR 4986 materials], a military spending bill that includes a provision exemptimg Iraq from US lawsuits dating back to the regime of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
18 Apr 2005, 2:29 am
[JURIST] Recently elected Iraqi President Jalal Talabani [BBC profile] said Monday that he would refuse to sign a death conviction for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein if he is convicted of war crimes. [read post]
17 Nov 2005, 12:30 am
[JURIST] A UN human rights official has called for an investigation into the killings of two defense lawyers representing co-defendants of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 12:38 am
[JURIST] Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki [Iran MFA website] urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official website] Monday to "take legal action" against 400 companies that allegedly supplied chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] during the 1980-1988 Iraqi war with Iran [Wikipedia backgrounder]. [read post]
12 Mar 2004, 7:06 am
An Iraqi lawyer organizing the prosecution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein before the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity accused the US Friday of undermining the effort by releasing potentially-helpful detainees without consultation. [read post]
3 Nov 2006, 3:04 am
[JURIST] Iraq's defense minister Friday canceled leave for Iraqi soldiers and summoned all military personnel currently on leave to return to station in preparation for potential violence after the anticipated announcement of a verdict in the first Saddam Hussein trial [JURIST news archive] on Sunday. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 11:05 am
[JURIST] A Jordanian government spokesperson said Monday that Jordan does not currently have plans to hand over Raghad Saddam Hussein, daughter of the former Iraqi leader, even though Interpol issued a "red notice" [Interpol materials; JURIST report] last week indicating that Iraqi authorities are seeking her arrest. [read post]
27 Oct 2007, 11:03 am
[JURIST] Iraqi prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon [JURIST news archive] defended the death sentence for convicted Saddam Hussein-era defense minister Sultan Hashim al-Tai [TrialWatch profile] Friday, saying that al-Tai personally oversaw the deaths of 180,000 people during brutal military campaigns against Iraq's Kurds in late 1980's and that his use of chemical weapons and his in-court confession of [read post]
14 Feb 2004, 12:20 pm
International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger said Saturday that US officials have given the organization permission to visit Saddam Hussein, who it classified shortly after his capture as prisoner of war entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions. [read post]
14 Oct 2005, 3:23 am
[JURIST] Anthony Scrivener [profile], a former chairman of the UK's Bar Council [group website], has been asked by Saddam Hussein's family to represent the former Iraqi dictator at his upcoming trial [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
16 Feb 2004, 1:38 am
Salem Chalabi, nephew of prominent Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi and one of the architects of the new Iraqi Specal Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity has said that it will be at least two years before the court brings former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to trial, according to a story in Monday's UK Guardian. [read post]
7 Dec 2004, 9:21 am
[JURIST] Dutch authorities announced Monday that they have arrested a man on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list (see this listing from 2000) for supplying lethal chemicals to Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the 1980s. [read post]
13 Oct 2005, 2:51 am
[JURIST] Iran's judiciary has finalized a list of charges against ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive], which include charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, violations of international law, and using prohibited chemical weapons. [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 3:36 am
Simon, the Court ruled [opinion, PDF] that Iraq has sovereign immunity from US court jurisdiction in cases alleging mistreatment during the Saddam Hussein regime, at which time the country was designated [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 2:14 am
The detainees were all former members of the regime of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive], and have already been convicted or are scheduled to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) [JURST news [read post]
26 Dec 2006, 5:08 pm
On November 5, after being convicted at trial, Saddam Hussein wrote a letter. [read post]
31 Dec 2006, 8:10 am
All over the blogosphere, one can now access an uncut video of Saddam Hussein's hanging. [read post]