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Iraq court convicts top Saddam officials of forced displacement of Kurds
August 3, 2009
[JURIST] An Iraqi court on Sunday convicted Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and former foreign minister and deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] of forcing the Kurdish population to be displaced from the northeast of Iraq during the late 1980s. T....... [more] 
Netherlands high court upholds conviction of Saddam chemical weapons supplier
June 30, 2009
[JURIST] The Dutch Supreme Court [official website] on Tuesday upheld [judgment, in Dutch] the 2005 war crimes conviction [JURIST report] of a Dutch businessman convicted of selling chemicals used by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] to create chemical weapons. Frans Van Anr....... [more]
Supreme Court rules Iraq sovereign immunity applies to Saddam-era allegations
June 8, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] issued opinions in five cases on Monday. In Republic of Iraq v. Beaty [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] and Iraq v. Simon, the Court ruled [opinion, PDF] that Iraq has sovereign immunity from US court jurisdiction in cases....... [more]
Supreme Court hears Iraq immunity, English language school funding cases
April 20, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; briefs] in two cases. In Iraq v. Beaty [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report] and Iraq v. Simon, the Court will consider whether Iraq has sovereign immunity from the jurisdic....... [more]
Iraq cabinet urges presidency council to ratify Saddam officials' death sentences
March 18, 2009
[JURIST] The Iraqi Cabinet [official website, in Arabic] urged the Presidency Council [official website, in Arabic] Tuesday to ratify death sentences against three former Saddam Hussein officials. The sentences have been delayed because two of the members, President Jalal Talabani and Vice-President....... [more]
Iraq court sentences top Saddam officials to 15 years for merchant killings
March 11, 2009
[JURIST] The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal [governing statute, PDF] sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] Wednesday to 15 years in prison, respectively, for their parts in the 1992 murde....... [more]
Iraq court begins new trial for Saddam officials accused of political killings
December 29, 2008
'[JURIST] The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal on Sunday commenced a new trial of two Saddam-era officials, including senior figures of Hussein''s government, for their alleged involvement in the execution of thousands of political opponents during....... [more]
Maryland man pleads guilty to spying for Saddam-era Iraq
December 22, 2008
'[JURIST] An Iraqi national living in Maryland on Sunday pleaded guilty to charges of spying for the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein. Saubhe Jassim Al-Dellemy, a former Baath party member, pleaded guilty to"conspiracy to act as an agent of a....... [more]
Iraq court begins new trial for 'Chemical Ali'
December 22, 2008
'[JURIST] An Iraqi court on Sunday began a new trial for Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known in the Western media as"Chemical Ali," and three other Saddam Hussein-era officials accused in a 1998 gas attack that killed 5,000 Kurds. The relatives of the....... [more]
Iraq releases jailed interior ministry officials suspected of Baath party ties
December 20, 2008
'[JURIST] Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said Friday that 23 employees of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior who were arrested this week for alleged attempts to rebuild Saddam Hussein''s Baath party have been released. On Saturday, Iraqi Prime....... [more]
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