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Below are the sentences handed down last night to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants who were charged in connection with the killing and torture of hundreds of Shi'ite villagers after a 1982 assassination attempt in Dujail. An eighth defendant was freed.
The chief judge said all the verdicts and sentences were given unanimously by the five judges in the case.
* SADDAM HUSSEIN:- DEATH BY HANGING for wilful killing
- 10 YEARS for deportation/forcible transfer of population
- 10 YEARS for imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty violating norms of international law
- SEVEN YEARS for torture
- ACQUITTED of charges relating to enforced disappearance of persons
- SEVEN YEARS for other inhumane acts of similar nature
* TAHA YASSIN RAMADAN:
- LIFE IN PRISON for wilful killing
- 10 YEARS for deportation/forcible transfer of population
- 10 YEARS for imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty violating norms of international law
- SEVEN YEARS for torture
- ACQUITTED of charges relating to enforced disappearance of persons
- SEVEN YEARS for other inhumane acts of similar nature
* BARZAN IBRAHIM AL-TIKRITI:
- DEATH BY HANGING for wilful killing
- 10 YEARS for deportation/forcible transfer of population
- 10 YEARS for imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty violating norms of international law
- SEVEN YEARS for torture
- ACQUITTED of charges relating to enforced disappearance of persons
- SEVEN YEARS for other inhumane acts of similar nature
* AWAD HAMED AL-BANDER:
- DEATH BY HANGING for wilful killing
* ABDULLAH KATHIM RUWAID, ALI DAYIH ALI AND MIZHIR ABDULLAH KATHIM RUWAID:
- 15 YEARS for wilful killing
- 10 YEARS for deportation/forcible transfer of population
- 10 YEARS for imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty violating norms of international law
- SEVEN YEARS for torture
- ACQUITTED of charges relating to enforced disappearance of persons
- SEVEN YEARS for other inhumane acts of similar nature
The terms are to be served concurrently.
* MOHAMMED AZAWI ALI:
- RELEASED because of insufficient evidence, after prosecutors recommended that all charges be dropped.
- REUTERS
