PHNOM PENH (AFP) — The former Khmer Rouge “First Lady” launched an angry tirade at Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide tribunal on Tuesday, telling her accusers they would be “cursed to the seventh circle of hell.” Ieng Thirith, 76, facing trial for crimes against humanity under the communist regime, at first told the court that defence lawyers [...]
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First Cambodian “Killing Fields” trial set for Feb
January 27th, 2009 
Cambodian News PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A U.N.-backed court in Cambodia will start its first trial next month of a former interrogator of the Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the “Killing Fields” over 30 years ago. The trial of Duch, 66, who was in charge of a torture centre known [...]
Young Remain Unaware of Khmer Rouge: Survey
January 23rd, 2009 Cambodian News Cambodia’s younger generation still lacks information on both the Khmer Rouge regime and the government-UN tribunal established to try its leaders, according to a recent survey by a US university. Between September and October last year, the Human Rights Center of the University of California Berkeley conducted a survey of 1,000 Cambodians aged 18 and [...]
Khmer Rouge trial set for February in Cambodia
January 21st, 2009 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia said Monday that it will begin the trial of the first of five Khmer Rouge leaders accused of crimes against humanity in mid-February. Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, will appear at an initial hearing on Feb. 17, a court document said. Duch, 65, who [...]