Rights group condemns Saddam execution

US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned the hanging of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday condemned the hanging of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, saying history would judge his trial and execution "harshly".

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"Saddam Hussein was responsible for horrific, widespread human rights violations, but those acts, however brutal, cannot justify his execution, a cruel and inhuman punishment," said HRW International Justice Programme director Richard Dicker.

"The test of a government's commitment to human rights is measured by the way it treats its worst offenders. History will judge the deeply flawed Dujail trial and this execution harshly," Dicker said in a statement.