Saddam Trial Deemed "Unfair"
Human Rights Watch has released a report which calls the outcome of Saddam Hussein's crimes against humanity trial unsound because of procedural and substantive flaws. Nehal Bhuta, the author, said "the tribunal squandered an important opportunity to deliver credible justice to the people of Iraq." This trial was the first of its kind since Nuremburg, where the US insisted on fairness and credibility. I can only hope that the findings of this report are skewed and that the trial was not carried out unfairly for political gain. Read more here and here.