Anfal executioner Hajaj sentenced to death

“Hajaj has been sentenced to death,” The New Region’s Baghdad correspondent Daroon Malanaji said, after the court issued its verdict over the atrocities the convict committed against the Kurds. 

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Trial of infamous Anfal executioner continues in Baghdad

Ayad Kakai, lawyer for the families of the victims, told The New Region that in the Thursday session, “the court will take Hajaj's statement,” wherein the court and lawyers may question the executioner.

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Kurdish witnesses recount torture under brutal Saddam-era executioner

Recounting his past, the survivor said he was just 15 years old when Hajaj slapped him so hard that he urinated himself. According to Malanaji, a child who had come to observe the proceedings covered his face with his hands after hearing the testimony. The account underscores the trauma the victims endured, many of whom were children.

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Notorious Anfal executioner stands trial in Baghdad

Hajaj Ahmed Hardan al-Tikriti, more infamously known as Hajaj, was arrested in August of last year and described by the Iraqi National Security Service (INSS) as “one of the most wanted henchmen of the former regime” of Saddam Hussein. He is standing trial in Baghdad.

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Kurdish leaders commemorate 1974 Qaladze massacre

President Masoud Barzani said the April 24, 1974 attack, which killed and wounded hundreds of innocent civilians, was "a clear indication of the chauvinist and brutal policies of the former Iraqi regime against the civilian citizens of Kurdistan."

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Baath-era officials to face trial for Barzani Genocide Sunday

“This is the first time those accused of the genocide will be tried, who have confessed to the crime,” the lawyer said.

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PMF detains former Baath Party member in Basra’s Qurna district

The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces arrested Razzaq Hasaj, a former Baath Party member, in Basra’s Qurna district as part of ongoing efforts to pursue individuals suspected of involvement in past violence, a security source told The New Region.

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Iraq’s Judicial Council: No Baath party members in 2025 elections

Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said people connected to the former Baath Party will not be allowed to run in the 2025 parliamentary elections

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Iraq arrests 40 people in plot linked to banned Baath party

Iraq's National Security Service stopped a plan by supporters of the banned Baath Party to cause unrest in three provinces. Forty people were arrested for spreading false messages online and planning sabotage

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