SADDAM EHCR
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLLAWYERS acting for Saddam Hussein have failed to persuade the European Court of Human Rights to prevent the British government helping to hand him to the new Iraqi government, because it may decide to execute him. Despite the fact Mr Hussein's regime oversaw many judicial executions, his legal team on Britain's signing the European Convention on Human Rights - is committed to preserving "the right to life". As a result, Saddam's lawyers asked the court "to permanently prohibit the United Kingdom from facilitating, allowing for, acquiescing ...
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