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Iraq High Tribunal opens trial of Saddam-era former deputy PM
April 29, 2008
[JURIST] The trial of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and seven co-defendants began at the Iraqi High Tribunal [official website] in Baghdad on Tuesday. Aziz, deputy prime minister under Saddam Hussein's regime, and his co-defendants are charged in.... [more] 
Trial of Saddam-era former Iraq deputy PM to begin next week
April 24, 2008
[JURIST] The trial of former Saddam Hussein-era Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and six others will begin next week, an Iraqi judicial official said Wednesday. The seven former officials face charges related to the 1992 execution of 42 merchants accused by.... [more]
Iraq human rights situation 'disastrous:' Amnesty
March 17, 2008
[JURIST] The human rights situation in Iraq is "disastrous" [press release] five years after the US-led invasion of the country, according to a report [PDF text] from Amnesty International [advocacy website] released Monday. According to the report's introduction:Five years after the US-led.... [more]
Iraq bill allowing reinstatement of ex-Baath party members becomes law
February 3, 2008
[JURIST] Iraq's three-member Presidency Council said Sunday that a bill allowing most former members of Saddam Huessein's Baath party to be reinstated to public life has become law. The controversial Accountability and Justice Law [ICTJ backgrounder, PDF], passed by the Iraqi parliment earlier.... [more]
Iraq president supports bill allowing reinstatement of ex-Baath party members
February 2, 2008
[JURIST] Iraqi President Jalal Talabani [BBC profile] said Saturday that he supports a proposed law that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party [BBC backgrounder] to return to their old positions in government. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki endorsed the.... [more]
Rice praises Iraq parliament passage of ex-Baathist reinstatement bill
January 15, 2008
[JURIST] US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Tuesday praised a bill passed [JURIST report] Saturday by the Iraqi parliament [official website, in Arabic] that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's now-defunct Baath Party [BBC backgrounder] to be reinstated to public life as "a step.... [more]
Iraq PM formally asks US to hand over 'Chemical Ali'
November 30, 2007
[JURIST] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [BBC profile] has formally asked US President George Bush to hand over Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," and two other former members of Saddam Hussein's former regime, Iraqi.... [more]
Texas oil tycoon sentenced to year in prison for role in oil-for-food scandal
November 27, 2007
[JURIST] Texas oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt Jr. [NYT profile] was sentenced [press release, PDF] Tuesday to one year in prison and ordered to pay over $11 million dollars in restitution for his role in the Iraq Oil-for-Food scandal [JURIST news archive]. Originally accused of paying millions of dollars.... [more]
Iraq PM urges US to deliver 'Chemical Ali' for execution
November 11, 2007
[JURIST] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [BBC profile] accused the US military on Sunday of thwarting Iraqi attempts to execute Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], better known in Western media as "Chemical Ali," and two other former members of Saddam Hussein's former.... [more]
Iraqi prosecutor defends death sentence for Saddam-era defense minister
October 27, 2007
[JURIST] Iraqi prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon [JURIST news archive] defended the death sentence for convicted Saddam-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'.... [more]
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