Mohammed Oreibi Al-Khalifa

Mohammed Oreibi Al-Khalifa (27 October 1969 – 2 April 2021) was chief judge of the Iraqi Special Tribunal's Al-Anfal trial.

Mohammed Oreibi Al-Khalifa
Personal details
Born(1969-10-27)27 October 1969
Died2 April 2021(2021-04-02) (aged 51)
Baghdad, Iraq
Cause of deathCOVID-19
OccupationJudge

Career

Oreibi graduated from the Faculty Law of Baghdad University in 1992 and was appointed a judge in 2000 by a presidential decree. [1]

He was named as judge in the Saddam trial in August 2004.

Saddam trial

During the sectarian war in 2006, his brother in law was shot dead. [2]

Death

He died on 2 April 2021, at a hospital in Baghdad after contracting COVID-19.[3]

References
  1. "Iraq Judge Who Presided Over Saddam's Trial Dies of COVID-19 | Voice of America - English". www.voanews.com.
  2. "Brother-in-law of Saddam trial judge shot dead". NBC News.
  3. "Iraq judge who presided over Saddam's trial dies of COVID-19". Alton Telegraph. 2 April 2021.


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