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Back to the killing fields with US reporter
17/04/2012 - International report

Back to the killing fields with US reporter

On this day in 1975, a guerilla movement that came to be known as the Khmer Rouge swept into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.

22/11/2011 - Cambodia

Khmer Rouge leader defends Cambodia's killing fields

A top Khmer Rouge leader on trial at Cambodia's war crimes tribunal was on Tuesday confronted with dramatic footage in which he defends the regime's bloody purges and calls the victims ...

27/06/2011 - Cambodia

Landmark Khmer Rouge trial begins

Four senior Khmer Rouge leaders went on trial on Monday at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, allegedly committed under the communist regime ...

27/06/2011

French press review 27 June 2011

Local politics dominate this morning's front pages.

26/06/2011 - Cambodia - report

Trial of last four Khmer Rouge survivors begins Monday

The long-awaited trial of the four surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge movement starts in Phnom Penh on Monday.

16/05/2011 - Cambodia

Khmer Rouge trial set for 27 June

Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes tribunal has set 27 June as the start of the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders accused of genocide and other crimes in the 1970s.

28/03/2011 - Cambodia

Lawyers appeal for release of ex- Khmer Rouge leader Duch

Lawyers for former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch have called for his release arguing that he was only acting under orders when he oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people at the Tuol Sleng prison ...

31/01/2011 - Cambodia

Khmer Rouge leaders ask to be freed ahead of trial

Three top Khmer Rouge leaders appealed to Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court on Monday for their release from custody while they await trial for war crimes.

27/10/2010 - Cambodia

No third Khmer Rouge trial, says Hun Sen

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen told UN secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday that a third Khmer Rouge trial would not be held, according to a Cambodian official.

Victims of the Khmer Rouge regime
16/09/2010 - Cambodia

Top Khmer Rouge leaders to stand trial

Four top Khmer Rouge leaders will stand trial for crimes against humanity and genocide, Cambodia's UN-backed court said today.

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