Execution of former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein
Berne, 30.12.2006 - The DFA takes note of the execution of the death sentence against the former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, as confirmed by the Iraqi Court of Appeal on December 26. The former head of state has committed grave crimes and violations of human rights. He needed to be judged by a court of law and punished. Saddam Hussein was a criminal, but the DFA disapproves of his execution.