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NEWS ABOUT: Khmer Rouge

Khmer Rouge stories: 12 news summaries

(AP) - The former head of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center asked the Cambodian people today to give him "the harshest punishment." Kaing Guek Eav, alias "Duch," who headed the notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, made the statement during his UN genocide trial, after a widow... More »

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genocide • international war crimes tribunal • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch

 'Killing Fields' Prosecutor Quits, Slams Interference

Denies rift over untried suspects caused move

Jun 25, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The international prosecutor at the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal has abruptly resigned, the Independent reports. Robert Petit insisted that the resignation is due to family reasons, but he warned that the court is in danger from corruption and political meddling from Cambodian government official. Five former Khmer Rouge cadres... More »

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genocide • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • The Killing Fields • war crimes tribunal • Robert Petit

Khmer Rouge Chief Admits Smashing Babies

'Duch' accepts blame for killing babies, children, teens

Jun 9, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former chief jailer of the Khmer Rouge told a war crimes tribunal yesterday that it was standard policy to kill babies and children by smashing their heads against trees, the Independent reports. The commander, known as  Duch, accepted full responsibility for his actions. He told the tribunal that he... More »

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genocide • torture • trial • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch

 Khmer Rouge's 
 Duch Apologizes  
 for 'Brutal' Deaths 

Owns up to 'torture and execution' in trial

Mar 31, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - On trial for his role in Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge regime, the man known as Duch made his first public apology today for overseeing the deaths of thousands at the prison he ran, the Financial Times reports. “I am responsible for the crimes committed at S-21, especially the... More »

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torture • murder • execution • trial • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch • apology

Khmer Rouge Hearings Begin

Head of Cambodian prison charged with war crimes, torture, premeditated murder

Mar 30, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the most feared figures of Pol Pot's fanatical regime in Cambodia has begun to tell his story on the witness stand as hearings begin in his trial, reports the Los Angeles Times. The former head of a Khmer Rough prison, Kaing Khev Iev—known as Duch—is charged... More »

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United Nations • torture • Khmer Rouge • Duch • Pol Pot • crimes against humanity • war crimes tribunal

30 Years Later, Khmer Rouge Goes on Trial

Prison warden accused
of torture, murder of 20,000 in court

Feb 17, 09 5:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Thirty years after the end of its reign of terror, the Khmer Rouge went on trial in Cambodia for the first time today. In the dock in Phnom Penh is the commander of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, which became a symbol of the brutality of Pol Pot's murderous regime.... More »

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genocide • torture • war crimes • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Duch • Pol Pot • Phnom Penh • crimes against humanity

Obituary

 'Killing Fields'
 Photog Dith 
 Dead at 65 

Times photojournalist and anti-Khmer Rouge crusader had pancreatic cancer

Mar 30, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(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... More »

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genocide • New York Times • Thailand • obituary • Pulitzer Prize • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Dith Pran • Sydney Schanberg • photojournalist • photojournalism • labor camp • The Killing Fields

Khmer Rouge Jailer Has First Day in Court

Pol Pot ally held for 8 years asks genocide tribunal to set bail

Nov 20, 07 12:50 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Khmer Rouge President Busted

Pol Pot's head of state charged with crimes against humanity

Nov 19, 07 12:22 PM CST
(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... More »

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genocide • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Pol Pot • Khieu Samphan • Jacques Verges

Cambodia Arrests 2 Former Khmer Rouge Leaders

Foreign minister, wife, to face UN-backed genocide court

Nov 12, 07 8:45 AM CST
(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... More »

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genocide • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Pol Pot • Ieng Sary • Ieng Thirith

Khmer Rouge Leader Nabbed

'Brother Number Two' of genocidal regime lived openly in jungle headquarters

Sep 19, 07 6:07 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Khmer Rouge Jailer First to Be Charged

UN-backed tribunal opens amid doubts senior leaders will be brought to justice

Jul 31, 07 3:31 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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genocide • torture • Cambodia • Khmer Rouge • Kang Kek Ieu • Duch • Pol Pot • Ta Mok • Phnom Penh • crimes against humanity

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