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Saddam refuses to enter plea as Iraqi genocide trial begins
Saddam Hussein refused to enter a plea Monday as he and six co-defendants went on trial on genocide and crimes against humanities charges in connection to the so-called "Anfal" operation that led to the killings of as many as 100,000 Ku (More) |
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Saddam could be tried posthumously if executed on Dujail charges: US official
Saddam Hussein could continue to be tried posthumously if he is found guilty and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity charges stemming from a crackdown in the Iraqi town of Dujail, according to a US official. Hussein's second trial (More) |
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Rwanda may eliminate death penalty in 1994 genocide cases
The governing party in Rwanda is proposing legislation to eliminate the death penalty for genocide in an effort to encourage other countries to extradite suspects in the 1994 genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that left at least 937,0 (More) |
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US judge rules Rwanda murder confessions coerced by torture
US Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that the confessions of three Rwandan rebels charged with killing two American tourists in Uganda were achieved through torture and coerci (More) |
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Iraqi tribunal names chief judge for second Saddam trial
Judge Abdullah al-Amiri, a Shiite judge, will preside over the second Saddam Hussein trial by the Iraqi High Tribunal, this one involving the so-called "Anfal" operation that killed 100,000 Kurds in northern Iraq in the 1980s. In the ne (More) |
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Prosecutors say US soldiers freed Iraqi detainees then shot them as they fled
A US military prosecutor said in closing arguments at an Article 32 hearing [JAG backgrounder; UCMJ text] Friday that four US soldiers should face court-martial for violating the laws of war by setting several Iraqi detainees free after a May 9 raid (More) |
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EU rejects Poland call to reinstate death penalty
The European Union has rejected a call by Polish President Lech Kaczynski to review the EU ban on capital punishment , European Commission spokesman Steffan de Rynck said Wednesday. Kaczynski urged the EU to reconsider the death penalty last Fr (More) |
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Gonzales seeking to 'shield' US soldiers from US war crimes legislation
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales pressed Republican lawmakers last week for a bill that would "shield" US soldiers from potential prosecution in US federal courts over violations of the 1996 War Crimes Act , according to a report in F (More) |
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Saddam trial adjourned to October 16 as verdict awaited
Chief Judge Raouf Abdel Rahman on Thursday ordered proceedings in the Saddam Hussein trial adjourned until October 16, when a verdict against the ousted Iraqi president is expected to be announced. Hussein was not in court Thursday, but his former (More) |
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Saddam back in court after month-long trial boycott
Saddam Hussein attended trial proceedings Wednesday for the first time since the prosecution called for the death penalty during closing arguments in June. In a statement to Presiding Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman , Hussein asked to be executed by firi (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
