Mohammed Oreibi Al-Khalifa Explained

Mohammed Oreibi Al-Khalifa
Occupation:	Judge
Birth Date:	1969 10, df=yes
Death Place:	Baghdad, Iraq
Death Cause:	COVID-19

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

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iraq Judge Who Presided Over Saddam's Trial Dies of COVID-19 | Voice of America - English. www.voanews.com. 3 April 2021 .
2. Web site: Brother-in-law of Saddam trial judge shot dead. NBC News. 29 September 2006 .
3. Web site: Iraq judge who presided over Saddam's trial dies of COVID-19. 2 April 2021. Alton Telegraph. 10 April 2021. 10 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410152027/https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Iraq-judge-who-presided-over-Saddam-s-trial-dies-16072945.php. dead.