Death sentence to Saddam undemocratic: Forward Bloc

New Delhi, Nov 5 (UNI) All India Forward Bloc today described the death sentence awarded to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as ''undemocratic'', and said it will organise protests across the country against the verdict to expose the ugly face of American imperialism.

''The death sentence once again reveals the nasty face of American imperialism.... The Court verdict is a mockery to the democratic traditions of the international judicature.... There was no fair trial and the whole trial process was a farce,'' Forward Bloc General Secretary Debabrata Biswas said in a statement here.

He said nobody expected that Saddam would be set free by the judicial setup and administration established by the US in Iraq after illegal aggression.

''Current Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki declaring even before the verdict that Saddam would be hanged exposes the interference of the US-sponspored Iraq administration in the judicial process,'' he said.

Mr Biswas urged the progressive people and movement of the world to raise their voices against the verdict.

Earlier in the day, Saddam was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to hang at a lightning session of the US-sponsored court that has been trying him in Baghdad for the past year.

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