A refusal by Cambodia's UN-backed court to appoint a defence lawyer in a politically sensitive new Khmer Rouge case has "severely compromised" the suspect's rights, Amnesty International has said. full story ![]()
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - More than 1,000 Cambodians have turned out for the official annual ceremony honoring victims of the 1970s communist Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of about 1.7 million Cambodians. Hundreds of Buddhist monks were among those marking the so-called "Day of Anger" on Monday at Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge execution ground about nine miles...
bostonherald.com (1 day ago)

The ex-foreign minister under the regime of Pol Pot and one of the few public faces of the Khmer Rouge dies while facing trial.
sky.com (2 months and 9 days ago)
Ieng Sary, who cofounded the communist Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s, and who decades later became one of its few leaders to be put on trial, died Thursday before his case could be finished. He was 87. Mr. Ieng Sary was the brother-in-law of late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. His death dashed hopes that he...
boston.com (2 months and 8 days ago)
A hearing at the U.N.-backed genocide trial of former leaders of the Khmer Rouge has been suspended because local translators have gone on strike following three months without pay.
azstarnet.com (2 months and 19 days ago)
A hearing at the U.N.-backed genocide trial of former leaders of the Khmer Rouge has been suspended because local translators have gone on strike following three months without pay.
foxnews.com (2 months and 19 days ago)
A hearing at the U.N.-backed genocide trial of former leaders of the Khmer Rouge has been suspended because local translators have gone on strike following three months without pay.
miamiherald.com (2 months and 19 days ago)
Ieng Sary, a co-founder of Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge regime, died at age 87, amid a trial over his role in one of the worst genocides in the 20th century.
wsj.com (2 months and 8 days ago)
Former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary who is on trial for genocide and war crimes died Thursday at age 87, the UN-backed court for Cambodia said.
cnn.com (2 months and 9 days ago)
A war crimes tribunal in Cambodia prosecuting members of the Khmer Rouge has run out of money, with some staff threatening to go on strike after going for more than two months without pay.
telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 30 days ago)

Ieng Sary or "Brother No 3", was the co-founder, with his brother-in-law Pol Pot – "Brother No 1" – of the communist Khmer Rouge. They ruled Cambodia with unremitting cruelty and were responsible during the 1970s for the deaths in the "killing fields" of an estimated 1.7 to 2.2 million people. Decades later he was one of a clutch of former Khmer Rouge leaders to be put on...
independent.co.uk (1 month and 24 days ago)
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