Khmer Rouge Leaders

The last surviving Khmer Rouge leader has been transferred to a Cambodian state prison to serve two life sentences after losing his appeal against a genocide conviction, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal gave its final verdict on Thursday, upholding the genocide conviction and life sentence imposed on former head of state Khieu Samphan.

Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge ended, a UN-backed tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top leaders of the former regime to life in prison for crimes against humanity during the country's 1970s terror period that left close to 2 million people dead.

Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge ended, a UN-backed war crimes tribunal is due to deliver its first verdicts on Thursday in a historic case against the last two living leaders of the regime to stand trial.

Haunted for decades by the death of 46 relatives under the Khmer Rouge, Ung Simonavy is hoping to find some solace this week when Cambodia's UN-backed court delivers verdicts on two former regime leaders for the first time.

A UN-backed tribunal on Wednesday began a hearing to prepare for the genocide trial of the two senior surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, under whose rule an estimated 1.7 million people died in the late 1970s from starvation, exhaustion, disease and execution.

The slow course of justice for the leaders of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime will inch forward again on Wednesday, as a U.N.-backed tribunal holds an initial hearing against a pair of defendants in their 80s facing genocide and other charges.

Former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary, who was on trial for genocide and war crimes, died in hospital on Thursday at the age of 87, a spokesman for the UN-backed court said.

Cambodia's landmark trial of three ex-Khmer Rouge leaders faces fresh delays, the UN-backed court said on Tuesday, explaining funding woes would force it to hold fewer hearings each month.

Cambodians were bluntly reminded of their tragic history on Monday as the trial began of three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of orchestrating the "killing fields" in the late 1970s.

The last surviving Khmer Rouge leader has been transferred to a Cambodian state prison to serve two life sentences after losing his appeal against a genocide conviction, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal gave its final verdict on Thursday, upholding the genocide conviction and life sentence imposed on former head of state Khieu Samphan.

Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge ended, a UN-backed tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top leaders of the former regime to life in prison for crimes against humanity during the country's 1970s terror period that left close to 2 million people dead.

Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge ended, a UN-backed war crimes tribunal is due to deliver its first verdicts on Thursday in a historic case against the last two living leaders of the regime to stand trial.

Haunted for decades by the death of 46 relatives under the Khmer Rouge, Ung Simonavy is hoping to find some solace this week when Cambodia's UN-backed court delivers verdicts on two former regime leaders for the first time.

A UN-backed tribunal on Wednesday began a hearing to prepare for the genocide trial of the two senior surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, under whose rule an estimated 1.7 million people died in the late 1970s from starvation, exhaustion, disease and execution.

The slow course of justice for the leaders of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime will inch forward again on Wednesday, as a U.N.-backed tribunal holds an initial hearing against a pair of defendants in their 80s facing genocide and other charges.

Former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary, who was on trial for genocide and war crimes, died in hospital on Thursday at the age of 87, a spokesman for the UN-backed court said.

Cambodia's landmark trial of three ex-Khmer Rouge leaders faces fresh delays, the UN-backed court said on Tuesday, explaining funding woes would force it to hold fewer hearings each month.

Cambodians were bluntly reminded of their tragic history on Monday as the trial began of three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of orchestrating the "killing fields" in the late 1970s.