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  • March 2008

    • 'Killing Fields' Photog Dith Dead at 65

      New York Times  |  Mar 30, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      'Killing Fields' Photog Dith Dead at 65

      (Newser) - Photojournalist Dith Pran, whose saga was re-created in the film The Killing Fields, has died of pancreatic cancer at 65, the New York Times reports. The Cambodian native became the Khmer Rouge's most vocal opponent after escaping in 1979, having worked in labor camps and survived on a spoonful of rice a day. He moved to New York, where he began working for the Times and against the Cambodian genocide. "I'm a one-person crusade," he once said. More »

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      obituary  • New York Times  • Thailand  • genocide  • Cambodia  • Khmer Rouge  • Pulitzer Prize  • labor camp  • photojournalist

  • November 2007

    • Khmer Rouge Jailer Has First Day in Court

      Reuters  |  Nov 20, 07 12:50 PM CST

      Khmer Rouge Jailer Has First Day in Court

      (Newser) - The Cambodian “Killing Fields” tribunal heard an application for bail today from Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, the math teacher who became the chief jailer of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime. Of at least 14,000 who went into Duch’s prison, only 10 survived, Reuters reports. More »

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      human rights  • Cambodia  • Khmer Rouge  • Pol Pot  • crimes against humanity  • Duch

    • Khmer Rouge President Busted

      Reuters  |  Nov 19, 07 12:22 PM CST

      Khmer Rouge President Busted

      (Newser) - After almost a decade of delays, Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide court is in full swing, today arresting ex-Khmer Rouge president Khieu Samphan. Samphan, 76, who was seized from a Phnom Penh hospital, is the fifth member of Pol Pot’s bloody cabal arrested so far. In a book released last week, he defended Pol Pot and blamed the regime's atrocities on regional commanders. More »

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      genocide  • Cambodia  • Khmer Rouge  • Pol Pot

    • Cambodia Arrests 2 Former Khmer Rouge Leaders

      AFP  |  Nov 12, 07 8:45 AM CST

      Cambodia Arrests 2 Former Khmer Rouge Leaders

      (Newser) - Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide court today arrested Ieng Sary, the public face of Pol Pot’s murderous Khmer Rouge, and his wife, Ieng Thirith, AFP reports. As the regime’s foreign minister, Sary allegedly persuaded intellectuals to return to Cambodia, where they were killed in re-education camps. Sary earned a genocide pardon by defecting from the party in 1996, but could face other charges. More »

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      genocide  • Cambodia  • Khmer Rouge  • Pol Pot

  • September 2007

    • Khmer Rouge Leader Nabbed

      BBC  |  Sep 19, 07 6:07 AM CDT

      Khmer Rouge Leader Nabbed

      (Newser) - The highest ranking Khmer Rouge official still alive was arrested early today in Cambodia as part of a UN-led genocide investigation. Nuon Chea, 82, was second only to Pol Pot in the regime that killed over a million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979. Chea has been living openly for decades in the former jungle headquarters of the Khmer Rouge, BBC reports. More »

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      genocide  • Cambodia  • Khmer Rouge  • Pol Pot  • tribunal  • Ta Mok

  • July 2007

    • Khmer Rouge Jailer First to Be Charged

      BBC  |  Jul 31, 07 3:31 PM CDT

      Khmer Rouge Jailer First to Be Charged

      (Newser) - A UN tribunal has charged an ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief with crimes against humanity in the torturing and killing of as many as 17,000 people during the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s. Kang Kek Ieu, known as Duch, ordered inmates executed at the "killing fields" near Phnom Penh, the BBC reports. He is one of five suspects the tribunal plans to investigate. More »

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      torture  • genocide  • Cambodia  • Khmer Rouge  • crimes against humanity  • Pol Pot  • Ta Mok  • Duch

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