Saddam Hussein Judge Replaced
Saddam Hussein in court (file photo) (epa)
The Iraqi prime minister's office said the government asked the high tribunal to fire Chief Judge Abdullah al-Amiri because he lost his "neutrality" last week when he said Hussein had not been a "dictator."
The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch group has accused the government of interfering with the court's independence by demanding the judge's removal.
(compiled from agency reports)