Iraqi: Saddam Trial Judge Flees · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

“Iraqi Judge who issued the death sentence of Saddam “Rauf Abdul Rahman” fled Iraq to London and asked for asylum. Rauf came to London mid-December with a tourist visa accompanied by his wife and two daughters, then returned to Iraq and filed a request for asylum to the British embassy claiming that he feared for his life from Saddam’s family,” reports Roads to Iraq here.