AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE
AI Index: MDE 14/000/2006 (Public)
30 December 2006
Iraq: Amnesty International deplores execution of Saddam Hussein
Amnesty International deplored the execution today of Saddam Hussein following the confirmation of his sentence by the Iraqi Appeals Court on 26 December 2006.
The organization, which totally opposes the use of the death penalty, said it was concerned that the Iraqi Appeals Court had failed to address the major flaws during the former dictator’s trial before the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (SICT) which had rendered it unfair.
We oppose the death penalty in all cases as a violation of the right to life and the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, but it is especially abhorrent when this most extreme penalty is imposed after an unfair trial. It is even more worrying that in this case, the execution appeared a foregone conclusion, once the original verdict was pronounced, with the Appeals Court providing little more than a veneer of legitimacy for what was, in fact, a fundamentally flawed process.
Full statement at http://www.aimalaysia.org
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