Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia Helps Healing
The trial of Duch, the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer who oversaw the deaths of 15,000 Cambodians, has ended but the most difficult challenges for Khmer Rouge tribunal may still be ahead
Time Magazine,
Mon Nov 30 02:48:44 PST 2009
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Moving Beyond Khmer Rouge's Ghosts
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- The first trial to showcase the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge three decades ago concluded with the regime's chief torturer still seemingly unable to grasp the magnit...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Sun Nov 29 23:26:37 PST 2009
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Shock Khmer Rouge plea highlights political battle
A last-minute bid for release by Khmer Rouge jail chief Duch has underscored deep rifts between foreign and Cambodian staff that threaten the UN-backed court, officials and diplomats said.
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Sat Nov 28 21:31:59 PST 2009
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In abrupt reversal, Khmer Rouge prison chief asks tribunal to release him
After months of admitting guilt and expressing remorse, Kang Kek Ieu, better known as Duch, challenges the legitimacy of the U.N.-Cambodian war crimes tribunal. A former Khmer Rouge prison ...
Los Angeles Times,
Sat Nov 28 00:11:27 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge chief torturer seeks acquittal
The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer shocked a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Friday by asking to be freed at the end of a nine-month trial of the first member of the ultra-commu...
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Fri Nov 27 06:17:01 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge member asks for acquittal on war crimes, torture charges
BANGKOK -- Kaing Khek Iev, who ran the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison, unexpectedly asked judges in Phnom Penh on Friday to acquit him of charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes...
Washington Post,
Fri Nov 27 06:00:59 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge jail chief in shock acquittal plea
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch stunned Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court Friday by unexpectedly asking judges to acquit and release him on the final day of his trial.
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Fri Nov 27 04:38:44 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge chief torturer seeks acquittal at trial
The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer asked to be freed Friday, the final day of testimony for the first member of Cambodia's brutal former regime to face justice, saying he was not a...
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Fri Nov 27 01:52:04 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge war-crimes trial of prison chief Duch closes in surprise twist
In a surprising plea on the final day of statements at the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal Friday, a prison chief asked judges to release him, claiming he was not a high-ranking member of t...
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News,
Fri Nov 27 01:00:00 PST 2009
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Closing arguments end in Khmer Rouge trial
Closing argument wrapped up Friday in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief accused of killing thousands of people three decades ago.
CNN,
Thu Nov 26 23:54:30 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch seeks acquittal
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch asked Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court Friday to acquit and release him, in a surprise development on the final day of arguments in his nine-month ...
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Thu Nov 26 22:13:08 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge war-crimes trial of prison chief Duch closes in surprise twist
The Khmer Rouge war-crimes trial for regime leader Duch ended with a plea for acquittal. Some say the UN tribunal is in danger of falling apart due to political interference.
The Christian Science Monitor,
Fri Nov 27 08:06:03 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge prison chief requests release
The Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of death at an infamous torture center has asked Cambodia's genocide tribunal to release him, citing the decade he already has served in ja...
AP via Yahoo! News,
Thu Nov 26 21:43:09 PST 2009
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Lawyers say Khmer Rouge prison chief a scapegoat
Closing arguments were expected to conclude Friday in the genocide trial of a Khmer Rouge prison chief, with the two sides sparing over how much the former Cambodian school teacher should b...
AP via Yahoo! News,
Thu Nov 26 20:33:18 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge's Duch seeks release
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Former Khmer Rouge prison warden Duch asked for release on the last day of his war crimes trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
UPI,
Fri Nov 27 04:20:19 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge Duch in release plea
Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch stuns a UN-backed war crimes tribunal by asking to be released on the final day of his trial.
BBC News,
Thu Nov 26 23:31:15 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch asked a court to acquit and release him as his nine-month trial comes to an end in Cambodia, Agence France-Presse reported.
Bloomberg,
Thu Nov 26 22:45:33 PST 2009
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Closing Arguments End In War Crimes Trial Of Former Khmer Rouge Commander
(RTTNews) - The final arguments in the war crimes trial of a former Khmer Rouge commander accused of torturing and killing thousands of Cambodians ended on Friday, with the accused making a...
INO News,
Fri Nov 27 11:56:02 PST 2009
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Khmer Rouge chief torturer seeks acquittal
Source: Reuters (Recasts, adds Cambodian reaction) By Ek Madra PHNOM PENH, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer shocked a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Friday...
AlertNet,
Fri Nov 27 03:24:39 PST 2009
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