Saddam Hussein attended his Baghdad trial for genocide against the Kurds today, a day after he told the chief judge that he no longer wanted to go to the Iraqi court.

Saddam Hussein today told the judge in his genocide trial that he no longer wants to attend the hearings and that he was ready to face the consequences.

A Kurdish chemistry teacher gave a harrowing account at Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial today of the death of 40 fellow villagers, including his mother and two daughters, in an alleged chemical attack in 1988.

The chief judge ejected one of Saddam Hussein’s defence lawyers for “insulting the court” in Baghdad today during the former Iraqi leader’s trial for genocide in a military offensive against Kurds in the 1980s.

A defence lawyer in Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial in Baghdad today demanded that the court investigate the alleged ransacking of the defence team’s office in the US-controlled Green Zone.

Saddam Hussein today accused the chief judge in his genocide trial in Baghdad of violating the law by appointing defense attorneys against his wishes after the ex-president’s own lawyer walked out of the proceedings.

Saddam Hussein’s chief lawyer walked out of a Baghdad court today after most of his requests were rejected, but the chief judge immediately appointed other lawyers to defend the deposed former Iraqi president.

A defendant in Saddam Hussein's Kurdish genocide trial told the court today that his lawyer wanted to end his boycott of the Baghdad trial, but when the judge summoned the lawyer, he failed to appear.

Saddam Hussein rebuked the chief judge of his genocide trial today, accusing the Iraq court of preventing him from defending himself.

Saddam Hussein took his seat in the dock in his genocide trial in Iraq today, a day after the presiding judge threw him out of court.

THE chief judge threw Saddam Hussein and his six co-defendants out of court yesterday after the ex-president shouted during his trial in Baghdad on charges of genocide against the Kurds.

The chief judge threw Saddam Hussein out of court in Baghdad today after an argument during his Iraq trial on charges of genocide against the Kurds.

Prison guards under Saddam Hussein used to bury detainees alive and watch women as they bathed, occasionally shooting over their heads, a former female prisoner testified today in the Baghdad genocide trial of the former Iraqi president.

Saddam Hussein’s trial on genocide charges against the Kurds resumed today after a 12-day break with the former Iraqi leader and his co-defendants in the courtroom, but their lawyers absent.

Saddam Hussein’s chief lawyer vowed to continue boycotting his Kurdish genocide trial today to protest the removal of the trial’s first chief judge and the court’s refusal to allow defence lawyers to examine thousands of documents.

The brother-in-law of the new Iraqi judge presiding over Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial was killed and his nephew injured in a shooting today in Baghdad.

Saddam Hussein and one of his co-defendants were ejected from the courtroom in a tumultuous session in Baghdad today that saw the Iraqi defendants engage in a shouting match with the chief judge.

Saddam Hussein attended his genocide trial today, after the presiding Iraqi judge threw him out of court yesterday because he protested against the replacement of his lawyers who had boycotted the session.

The chief judge in Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial threw the ex-president out of the Baghdad courtroom today in a stormy session boycotted by the former ruler’s defence team.

SADDAM HUSSEIN’S lawyers walked out of his trial yesterday to protest against the replacement of the chief judge, who had been accused of favouring the defence.