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| |  | | Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti | | | context : | Iraq  | | judgement place : | Iraqi Special Court | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Found guilty and sentenced to death in the "Anfal" trial on 24 June 2007 ; sentence confirmed by the Appeals Chamber; third trial began on 21 August 2007; execution delayed on 3 October 2007; final approval by the Iraqi government on 28 February 2008; on hunger strike | | position : | Minister of Interior |
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| | | | U.S. officials confirmed on August 21, 2003 that Ali Hassan had been captured alive a few days earlier. Little more information was disclosed about the circumstances of his arrest.
In the second trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal, the Anfal trial, Ali Hassan al-Majid was one of Saddam Hussein's (see "related cases") co-defendants. The trial concerned the Anfal campaign in which around 180'000 Kurd civilians were allegedly killed by poison gas, according to prosecutors.
Ali Hassan al-Majid was charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
He has repeatedly denied all allegations against him, saying that he does not know who used chemical weapons or "if they were ever used."
His co-defendants (see "related cases") were either charged with with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (Saddam Hussein), or war crimes and crimes against humanity (Hashem Ahmed, Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti, Farhan Mutlak al-Jubouri, ). Tahir Tawfiq al-Ani was only charged with crimes against humanity.
The trial began on 21 August 2006.
The presiding judge was replaced on 20 September 2006, after having been accused of bias towards Saddam Hussein. The defence team strictly objected to what they considered an undue intereference by the government in the trial.
Saddam Hussein was executed on 30 December 2006, after being sentenced to death for other crimes.
On 24 June 2007 Rashid al-Tikriti, Ahmed al-Juburi were sentenced to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity and and Hassan al-Majid for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
The five convicted filed an appeal against the judgment on 23 July 2007. On 4 September 2007, the Appeals Court upheld the sentences and the death sentences will be carried out on Saturday 8 September 2007.
On 13 August 2007, the autorities announced that a third trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity against Hassan al-Majid and 14 other accused (among whom Mutlak al-Jubouri, see "related cases") began on 21 August 2007.
On 3 September 2007 the Appeals Chamber of the Iraqui High Court confirmed the death sentence against al-Majid and the two others.
On 7 September 2007 the Iraqi President objected to the planned execution of Hashim Ahmed al-Tai (see 'related cases'), saying he will not approve al-Tai's death sentence and that al-Tai should receive clemency because he was only acting under the threat of death from Saddam and had worked with the the Kurdish community while he was an official in Saddam's regime. Executions have to be approved by the government and the president's office.
On 3 October 2007 the Iraqi authorities announced their intention to postpone the date of the execution.
At the end of November 2007, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki formally asked US President George Bush to hand over the three convicted immediately.
Earlier the same month, US commanders had said they would not transfer the men to Iraqi custody until they received an "authoritative" request from the Iraqi government.
On 28 February, the three-member Iraqi presidential council agreed to al-Majid's execution, but did not approve death sentences against the other two -- Hussein Rashid Mohammed, and Sultan Hashim al-Tai.
The government announced that al-Majid would not be executed until the Presidency Council approved the death sentences of al-Majid's two co-defendants.
Al Majid is currently on hunger strike to protest against his detention conditions. | |    | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | also known as : | | | Chemical Ali | | | last time seen : | | | Baghdad (Iraq) | | | judgement period : | | | 21.08.2006 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
Genocide
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 08.10.2008 |
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