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Genocide Trial in Cambodia Wraps Up This Week
The genocide trial of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, wraps up in Cambodia this week. Prosecutors are calling for a life sentence for Duch who has admitted his part in the torture and death of over 16...
created by Barbara McPherson | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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John Dewhirst's Sister Calls for UN Trial for Comrade Duch
The sister of the only documented Briton to die in the bloodbath of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia is calling for the UN to put Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Comrade Duch on trial for her brother's torture and...
created by Barbara McPherson | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
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Enhanced Interrogation Techniques - A Rose By Any Other Name
Guantanamo Prison Camp is in the news again today with talk revolving aroung "enhanced interrogation techniques". Enhanced interrogation techniques are a bafflgab to deflect the harsh reality of... 589 views | 44 recommendations | 24 comments
Cambodia: Torture Chief Duch Asks For Harshest Punishment
Torture chief Kaing Guek Eav, aka Duch, confronted with a woman who lost her husband and four children made a statement asking for the harshest punishment. Kaing Guek Eav was in charge of the S-21 prison...
created by Barbara McPherson | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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240 views | 60 recommendations | 7 comments
Cambodia: Survivor of S-21 Prison Camp Testifies Against Duch
Vann Nath, a survivor of prison camp S-21, took the stand today to testify against Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch. Duch ran the prison camp S-21 in which all but 14 out of 15 000 captives were...
created by Barbara McPherson | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
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425 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Khmer Rouge Killer Comrade Duch Admits Crimes
The head of one of the Khmer Rouge's torture centres has admitted responsibility for crimes committed during the regime's four-year rule. Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Comrade Duch, is on trial before a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia. He is the first Khmer Rouge leader to...
created by Rachel Nixon | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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146 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
Justice for genocide victims - 30 years late
After 30 years, the first trial of a former Khmer Rouge leader begins. Kaing Guek Eav, 66, better known as Duch, was in charge of the Toul Sleng prison. It is believed that he was responsible for the deaths of...
created by Lazylizards | 43 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
753 views | 89 recommendations | 14 comments
753 views | 89 recommendations | 14 comments
Khmer Rouge Leader Seeks Freedom
Khieu Samphan, former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, is seeking a release from custody.The Khmer Rouge's handiwork is still a part of everyday life in Cambodia, as landmines still seed the landscape,...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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191 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
Dith Pran of the "The Killing Fields" Dies
I distinctly remember watching the movie of The Killing Fields many years ago and being horrified that it was actually the truth.I remember it so well, because even though it was almost 30 years ago, the... The Arrest of Nuon Chea- Terror is an Old Hat
The name “Khmer Rouge” may no longer mean much to most people. Yet to read this morning of the arrest of Cambodia’s’ most senior surviving Khmer Rouge ideologist Nuon Chea, or "Brother No 2" brought...
created by shantanudutta | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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HANOI ATTACKS BUSH'S HISTORY LESSON ON VIETNAM
President Bush recently suggested that the US withdrawal fom South East Asia led to the genocide and bloodbath in the region and used this to justify the continued deployment of US troops in...
created by The Anglo American | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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519 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Khmer Rouge 'butcher' dies at 80
A former army chief of the Khmer Rouge who was accused of genocide has died at the age of 80 in CambodiaSuspicious lack of diplomacy
"The current, and long-standing, Prime Minister of the Asian nation of Cambodia, Hun Sen, is a former leader of the Khmer Rouge, albeit not the Polpot variety... more like the liberating variety, but very militant and authoritarian Khmer Rouge nevertheless. So one can expect...
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