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Trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal (Dujail): sentenced to death by hanging on 5 November 2006; appeal lodged on 3 December 2006; sentence confirmed on 26 December 2006; executed by hanging on 15 January 2007
position :
Chief justice of the of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court
Awad Hamed al-Bander was chief justice of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court and is now 60 years of age. According to the indictment, he conducted show trials which often lead to summary death sentences. Al-Bander passed death sentences on many Shiites from the village of Dujail.
The events in Dujail started to unroll on 8 July 1982 when Saddam Hussein visited the Shiite town to meet with tribal leaders. Dujail was a stronghold of the Shiite Dawa Party which carried out terrorist attacks in Iraq to protest against the war with Shiite Iran. The Dawa party wanted to assassinate Saddam Hussein to avenge the execution of one of its founders. When Hussein’s motorcade entered the city, the Dawa members opened fire. A four hour battle ensued. Saddam Hussein was saved by soldiers and army helicopters. He is said to have assured that there would be no retaliation. However, the secret service soon went into action: the town’s fruit plantations were destroyed and nearly 150 people killed. The youngest victims were 13 years old.
These events in Dujail constitute the main focus of the trial before the Special Tribunal.
