Amnesty International today condemned the executions of Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the former head of Iraq's revolutionary court as a brutal violation of the right to life and a further lost opportunity for Iraqis to properly hold to account those responsible for the crimes committed under Saddam Hussein's rule.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2007年1月15日) 〕
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Saddam Hussein's half-brother and former head of the Iraqi Mukhabarat (Intelligence Service), and 'Awad Hamad al-Bandar al-Sa'dun, former head of the Revolutionary Court, were hanged earlier today.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2007年1月15日) 〕