Saadoun Antar al-Janabi

Saadoun Antar al-Janabi (died 20 October 2005) was an Iraqi defence attorney during the Saddam Hussein trials, and was one of two lawyers representing Awad Hamed al-Bandar. He was the head of defense team in the trial.

Saadoun Antar al-Janabi سعدون عنتر الجنابي
Died	20 October 2005 Baghdad
Occupation	Lawyer
Known for	Chief defence lawyer for Awad Hamed al-Bandar

Career

He published his master's thesis Provisions of exceptional circumstances in Iraqi legislation (Arabic: أحكام الظروف الأستثنائية في التشريع العراقي) in 1981, which is still cited in several law courses such as at Al-Mustansiriya University.^[1][2]

Death

Ten masked gunmen wearing Iraqi Police uniforms abducted al-Janabi, who was reportedly cooperative, from his office in Baghdad on October 20, 2005, one day after the trial of Awad Hamed al-Bandar began. His body was recovered outside an Ur mosque the following day with two gunshots to the head. Dheyaa al-Saadi, a lawyer who the following year led the Iraqi Bar Association, criticised the assassination, stating "This will have grave repercussions. This will hinder lawyers from defending those held for political reasons."^[3][4] In the course of the trials for Saddam Hussein, Saadoun al-Janabi was the first of many people to be killed by the government forces.^[5][6]

See also

• Adel al-Zubeidi, a defense attorney for Taha Yassin Ramadan, murdered in 2005
• Khamis al-Obeidi, a defense attorney for Saddam Hussein, murdered in 2006