Posted on 11/20/2006 5:02:23 AM PST by Zakeet
NEW YORK: Human Rights Watch said Monday that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was not given a fair trial, claiming in a report that attorneys and judges undermined the legitimacy of the process by staging repeated walkouts and failing to uphold standards of international law.
In a 97-page report, the group called the soundness of the guilty verdict "questionable" and said the Iraqi High Tribunal was not equipped to handle such a complex case. The document was based on observation of the trial and interviews with court officials, lawyers and other key parties, the group said.
The New York-based rights group said it found "serious procedural flaws," citing shortcomings in the timely disclosure of incriminating evidence. It also said that the defendants were not allowed to properly confront witnesses, and that the judges at times did not maintain an impartial demeanor.
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Hussein, who once said, "The law is two lines above my signature," was fortunate to have a trial at all.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Ergo Saddam is innocent.
The trial is a result of American action.
Ergo: the trial was of the large marsupial variety.
Quod erat demonstrandum.
LLS says human excrement watch is FOS!
LLS
Saddam's idea of a trial: You'll have a fair trial, and then you'll be hanged!
Now it's happening to him. Hah!
I have no idea why Human Rights Watch made an announcement in this country about a trial of an Iraqi that took place in Iraq. If there is a problem, go to Iraq and raise the issue.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
In order to make up for the unfair trial, I think Saddam's suffering should be lessened by making sure he gets a speedy execution.
Human Rights Watch had nothing to say about human rights in Iraq while Saddam slaughtered tens of thousands.
The Iraqi government should box up a "wood chipper" video and mail it to HRW in New York.
I wonder what the Human Rights Watch group thinks of the trial(s) Saddam's victims never got?
Yeah... He was convicted, therefore the trial was biased! /sarc
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Hang them, right beside him..
Once your dead, your no longer considered a human.
My father often quoted a line from some old western: "Let's give him a fair trial before we hang him."
What did these morons say about the fairness of the Milosevic trial? Talk about an unfair trial! I would shut them down until they come up with a responsible, peer reviewed assessment of the "fairness" of the corrupt and incompetent proceedings that did in Milosevic. Until then they are wasting our time and somebody's money.
They cannot expect world opinion to take this critique seriously.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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