Jailed Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch was handed two more counts in his atrocity crimes indictment Friday, but he was not charged under a legal principle that would link four other leaders to his alleged crimes. Chief judge Prak Kimsan announced the decision of the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s Pre-Trial Chamber Friday, adding the crimes of [...]
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Two Crimes Added to Duch Indictment
December 9th, 2008 
Cambodian News 
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Tags: Duch, Kaing Guek Eav, Khmer Rouge, killing field, Pol Pot, Pol Pot's regime, Toul Sleng Genocide 
No Comments »Khieu Samphan Renews Translation Demand
December 5th, 2008 Cambodian News The Pre-Trial Chamber of the Khmer Rouge tribunal held a second hearing for jailed regime leader Khieu Samphan Thursday, as attorney Jacques Verges maintained he could not defend his client without the translation into French of tens of thousands of document pages. Verges, renowned for showmanship in the defense of notorious figures, said French funding [...]
Cambodia revives Pol Pot’s deadly canals
December 5th, 2008 Cambodian News BARAY, Cambodia: The dry season has taken hold here, but water is everywhere. It pours out of sluice gates with the roar of an Alpine torrent. Playful children do back flips into the ubiquitous canals and then pull their friends in with them. Fishermen cast their nets for minnows, and villagers wash their Chinese-made motorcycles. “It’s [...]
Posted in News Tags: Cambodian News, Khmer Rouge, killing, killing field, Pol Pot, Pol Pot's regime No Comments »Khmer Rouge Victims Consider Reparation
December 1st, 2008 Cambodian News Not only survivors, but Cambodia’s younger generation too is seeking reparations for the nearly 2 million victims of the Khmer Rouge. Nobody yet knows what exactly that will mean. “We need hospitals for victims,†Chhou Ny Sinan, project officer for justice and reconciliation of Youth for Peace, said Thursday, during a two-day seminar on reparations [...]