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Human Rights Watch: Hussein Trial ‘Flawed and Unsound’

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Posted on Nov 20, 2006

Still wondering whether the trial of Saddam Hussein might have been a miscarriage of justice? Take a look at the HRW report (pdf) and make up your mind. Hussein’s chief defense lawyer, Khalil al-Dulami, recently complained to the BBC that he has been prevented from filing appeal papers.

BBC:
The trial of Saddam Hussein was so flawed that its verdict is unsound, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch says.

HRW said “serious administrative, procedural and substantive legal defects” meant the 5 November trial for crimes against humanity was not fair.

The Iraqi government has dismissed the report, telling the BBC that the trial was both “just and fair”.

The ex-Iraqi leader has two weeks to lodge an appeal but his lawyer claims he has been blocked from doing so.
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HRW Report:
The picture that emerges from this research is of an institution struggling with all aspects of conducting these legally and factually complicated trials, and also beset by external problems: misunderstanding and hostility in public opinion and from political leaders; grave and increasing security threats to all participants; a bitterly divided legal profession; and a deepening reluctance by other international actors to assist the process. Cumulatively, these limitations have meant that, in the Dujail trial, the court has not met essential fair trial standards and that the credibility of the trial process is doubtful. Human Rights Watch has documented serious administrative, procedural, and substantive legal defects in the trial.
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By Ghenghis, November 22, 2006 at 5:18 pm #
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I think Bush should be the next to hang along with his papa for war crimes.  The buck stops at the president doesn’t it?

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By Big Bil, November 20, 2006 at 3:12 pm #
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A “miscarriage of justice”?  Are you out of your mind!!?!?!?!?!?!?

SH received more due process than virtually anty defendant in history, not to mention the 300,000 killed by his regime.  HRW puts itself to shame here.  And you trumpet this? 

You people are sick.

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By Busta, November 20, 2006 at 12:51 pm #
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Who Cares?  So his trail was unfair, I impressed he got a trail at all.  We should not have gone to war over the toad prince, but let him hang or whatever and be done with him.  We are already despised in the region, let’s not give them one more reason to hate us.  PS have we found weapons of mass destruction yet, maybe 20 more years and they might have some.  The Iraq situation has been bad for the start troops die everyday, give them the headlines not Sadam.

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By Quy Tran, November 20, 2006 at 8:23 am #
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Are Iraqis better off after King Saddam was overthrown by King George ?

Saddam has been sentenced to death due to the killing of over one hundred victims. But how’s about King George with bloody hands of hundreds thousands of Iraqis murdered and almost 3,000 U.S. troops killed ?

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