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Saddam defense lawyer meets with client, floats ending trial boycott

February 26, 2006 04:20:00 PM

Khalil Dulaimi , chief defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , told Reuters Sunday he met with his client for seven hours and discussed a possible end to the defense boycott of the...

February 24, 2006 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the Iraqi Special Tribunal currently trying Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity may be losing its one...

February 19, 2006 02:08:00 PM

Saddam Hussein 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 ....

February 14, 2006 08:30:00 AM

Saddam Hussein on Tuesday told the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal - that he was on hunger strike in protest at the way chief judge Ra'uf Rasheed...

February 6, 2006 02:15:00 PM

The defense team in the Saddam Hussein trial said Monday that the proceedings against the deposed Iraqi dictator in the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal - have been fixed...

February 5, 2006 03:17:00 PM

Khalil Dulaimi , chief defense lawyer for deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , said Sunday he had been notified by "the Americans" that defense lawyers for Hussein and his co-defendants would not be allowed access...

February 1, 2006 08:30:00 AM

The Saddam Hussein trial resumed in Baghdad Wednesday with Hussein, four co-defendants, and defense lawyers boycotting the proceedings in protest against the new chief judge. Ra'uf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman was named chief judge...

January 28, 2006 11:29:00 AM

US-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch , said Saturday that interference by Iraqi political groups may compromise the independence of the judges on the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal ...

January 25, 2006 03:03:00 PM

Recent delays in the Saddam Hussein trial have created a "dysfunctional court" that is incapable of conducting a fair hearing, members of Saddam Hussein's legal team, including former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark ,...

January 24, 2006 03:16:00 PM

Two judges involved in the Saddam Hussein trial 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...

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