Here is a news..... so what do you think..... Is the trial fair ???
Saddam trial grossly unfair, says rights body
[ 20 Nov, 2006 1018hrs ISTREUTERS ]
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Mr Kulkarni ji!!!
This is Kalyug.In this ghor kalyug how can we expect a fair trial for the leader of the defeated country.Earlier several centuries back even enemies were treated decently,had fair trial but now its impossible.No bodoy can do anything for Saddam because he does'nt deserve a bit of humanity !!!! But as I said earlier (in another post) Saddam needs to be punished but USA does'nt have that right!!!
Cheers,
Mythili
Saddam trial flawed: Human Rights Watch
Monday, November 20, 2006
Source: PTI
Image Source: AFP
New York: Terming the trial of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Husseinas flawed, a US-based human rights groups has accused the Iraqi government of influencing the judges.
Hussein was sentenced to death on November five after being convicted for crimes against humanity.
The trial by the Iraqi High Tribunal was marred by so many procedural and substantive flaws that imposition of death penalty was indefensible, the Human Rights Watch said, adding that the verdict was "unsound."
"The proceedings in the Dujail trial were fundamentally unfair," Nehal Bhuta of the International Justice programme at Human Rights Watch and author of the 97-page report released today said.
"The tribunal squandered an important opportunity to deliver credible justice to the people of Iraq."
"The Iraqi High Tribunal was undermined from the outset by Iraqi government actions that threatened the independence and perceived impartiality of the court. Members of Parliament and even ministers regularly denounced the tribunal as weak, leading to the resignation of the first presiding trial judge," it noted.
The shortcomings of the trial, for the killings of more than 100 people from the Iraqi town of Dujail, also call into question subsequent proceedings at the tribunal, the report said.
http://content.msn.co.in/News/International/InternationalPTI _201106_1119.htm
But as I said earlier (in another post) Saddam needs to be punished but USA does'nt have that right!!!
Mythili !!!!... Saddam has been sentenced by Iraqi court and not USA.!!!!
Saddam has met his fate. What goes around comes around!!!!
Edited by lighthouse - 17 years agoEven at the risk of being labelled unfair, I think that is the most fair thing to do for a human rights organisation. Perhaps they can do more service if they looked after the needs of thouands orphaned everyday around the world than keeping a hawk eyed sight on a highly publicised trial of a murderer to gain some easy publicity 🤢.
Saddam himself being a Sunni will always remain a hero with many of the the Sunni's of his country or others outside. That to when the picture looks like the majority of population i.e. Shia's are emerging as powerful community after Saddam's fall, sidelining the Sunnis.
A despot must get the punishment for his deeds. But death sentence , not sure.
Mr Kulkarni ji!!!
This is Kalyug.In this ghor kalyug how can we expect a fair trial for the leader of the defeated country.Earlier several centuries back even enemies were treated decently,had fair trial but now its impossible.No bodoy can do anything for Saddam because he does'nt deserve a bit of humanity !!!! But as I said earlier (in another post) Saddam needs to be punished but USA does'nt have that right!!!
Cheers,
Mythili
Kiran,
I have to disagree with you (part of debate 😉). Everybody deserves a fair trail. We live in a society which guarantees "Innocent until proven guilty" and not otherwise. If OJ Simpson can be declared innocent then somebody else can be as well.... The penalty for one murder is death and so if for multiple murders.. Right. So in that respect, the crime of Sadaam is no different from crime of those (including OJ) who are roaming scot free thanks to fair trial.
If we do not give a fair trial then we are killing something more important... the justice system itself...