Saddam's death sentence upheld as EU calls on Iraq not to carry out decission
Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein could be hanged to death within a month. On Tuesday the Iraq appeals court upheld his death sentence. Saddam was sentenced to death in November for his role in the execution of 148 Shiites in the town of Dujail in 1982. Under Iraqi law a death sentence, once confirmed at appeal, should be carried out within a month.
The US-led Coalition Provisional Authority ruled out an international tribunal or a mixed court under UN auspices and hails the decision. Meanwhile, the Indian government said the former President’s life should be spared, and the EU has called on Iraq not to carry out the death sentence.
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