Parliamentary committee condemns judge for ‘encouraging torture’
Judge Hailam shared a cartoon of the president and speaker in chains.
10 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
Parliament’s human rights committee has condemned the criminal court’s suspended chief judge for sharing a cartoon of the president and speaker of parliament with a chain around their necks.
Judge Ahmed Hailam was suspended last week for posting the image as a Victory Day greeting card on the criminal court’s Viber group.
The image depicted “cruel, degrading and inhumane treatment” as an act of punishment, the committee said in a press statement on Saturday, adding that the “act of flagrant misconduct” by the judge violated the domestic anti-torture law and the UN Convention Against Torture.
“Hence, the committee is unanimous in its view that the conduct of the chief judge of the criminal court is a violation of human dignity as it unequivocally encourages cruel and inhumane treatment,” the committee said.
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