World news about “Khmer Rouge” published by euronews.
UN court hands life term to Khmer Rouge jailer A UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia on Friday rejected an appeal by Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, ruling that he must spend the rest of his life in… 03/02/2012
Khmer Rouge ‘core’ goes on trial Now frail and elderly pensioners, they nonetheless stand accused of being privy to the decisions taken by the regime of the Khmer Rouge. They are… 27/06/2011
Khmer Rouge trial opens in CambodiaThe three most senior surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge have gone on trial at a UN-backed tribunal. Nearly two million people died under Pol Pot’s… 21/11/2011
Khmer Rouge leaders leave court citing ill healthSenior surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime have shown little sign of co-operating at their trial which has started in Phnom Penh. The four… 27/06/2011
Cambodians’ angst bound in warcrimes trialThe war crimes trial in Phnom Penh comes three decades after one of history’s bloodiest upheavals. Human rights activists say they hope for some sort of… 27/06/2011
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge four on trialThe UN-backed trial of the top surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime has finally got under way in Phnom Penh. The four defendants include the now… 27/06/2011
Khmer Rouge chiefs on trial over ‘Killing Fields’The long-awaited UN-backed trial of the four most senior surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime has got underway in Phnom Penh. The defendants… 27/06/2011
Time is of the essence in Khmer Rouge genocide trialThe UN-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia has formally indicted the four surviving leaders of the infamous Khmer Rouge regime. Brother Number Two, Nuon… 16/09/2010
Prayers at Khmer Rouge jail before court verdictA special Buddhist ceremony has been held at a notorious former Khmer Rouge prison in Phnom Penh, on the eve of a court verdict in the trial of the jail’s… 25/07/2010
The Khmer Rouge: uniquely wicked, rarely punishedFrom 1975 to 1979 the Khmer Rouge imposed a reign of terror in Cambodia, murdering intellectuals, re-educating urban populations through forced labour, and… 23/11/2009
Duch trial approaches endThe closing arguments have begun in the trial of the former prison chief of Cambodia’s notorious S-21 prison during the rule of Pol Pot. Better known as… 23/11/2009
