Tag Archives: Cambodia
Australia Gives $1.61 Million to Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Australia will donate an extra $1.61 million to fund Cambodia’s UN-backed Khmer Rouge trials. The nation has donated more than $18 million to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), the court set up in 2001. Australia is … Continue reading
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Second Judge Resigns from Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Six Months
A judge has resigned from the court set up to try former Khmer Rouge officials, saying his counterpart was obstructing investigative efforts. The resignation by Laurent Kasper-Ansermet is the second departure of an international judge from the court in the … Continue reading
Filed under International Justice, World
Khmer Rouge Prison Chief Testifies against Former Party Leaders
The Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer began a week of testimony Monday at Cambodia’s U.N.-backed tribunal against three of the regime’s surviving leaders. It was the first courtroom appearance by Kaing Guek Eav (known as Duch) since February, when the tribunal’s … Continue reading
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Cambodian Statue Looted During Bombing and Genocide in Limbo at Sotheby’s
Cambodia has asked the United States for help in recovering a thousand-year-old statue of a warrior that at Sotheby’s in New York and that experts believe was looted amid the bombing of the Vietnam War and the killing fields of … Continue reading
Filed under History, Sick Sad World, World
Mass Faintings at Cambodian Garment Factory
Factory workers in Cambodia have been forced to work overtime beyond the limits allowed by law, says a government official. Photo courtesy of Free Trade Union of Kingdom of Cambodia A government official blamed overwork and poor ventilation for the … Continue reading
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Supreme Court Sentences Duch to Life in Prison
The former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, raised his hands to his face in a Buddhist sign of goodwill as judges rejected his appeal and increased his nineteen-year sentence to life imprisonment. Duch, a born-again Christian, … Continue reading
Filed under Crime and Punishment, International Justice, Sick Sad World, World
Khmer Rouge Tribunal Cannot Pay Cambodian Staff
Cambodia’s U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has run out of money to pay the wages of hundreds of workers as contributions from donor countries have dried up. None of the more than 300 Cambodians working at the tribunal, from judges to … Continue reading
Filed under International Justice, Sick Sad World, World
Khmer Rouge Tribunal Has New Special Expert
The United Nations has named a new special expert to advise the Khmer Rouge trials in Cambodia. David Scheffer, the former US ambassador-at-large for war crime issues, is ”very well qualified to provide expert advice”, the UN said in a … Continue reading
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Cambodian School-Turned-Torture Center Finds Its Purpose Again
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum has reclaimed part of its original status as a high school by coordinating free history lectures on the Khmer Rouge regime. The museum holds the classes every Wednesday from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. and Friday from … Continue reading
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Khmer Rouge Defense Questions Prime Minister’s Comments
Defence lawyers for former Khmer Rouge Brother Number Two Nuon Chea criticized remarks made by Prime Minister Hun Sen about their client. Co-defence counsel for Nuon Chea Michiel Pestman said in court that the remarks by Hun Sen, quoted by … Continue reading
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