World news about “Khmer Rouge” published by euronews.
Cambodian woman devotes life to healing war scars Euronews went to Battambang province to meet Davy Tith. This former teacher and translator has devoted most of her life to the victims of Pol Pot’s… 10/10/2012
Former Khmer Rouge soldier faces up to past Welcome to Kampong Thom, cradle of Pol Pot, the infamous Khmer Rouge leader. We are here to meet Chin Meth, on her journey through history. Enrolled by… 03/10/2012
Fighting the war’s inheritance in Cambodia This month, Women and War is in Cambodia to meet Meth, Davy, and Somaly. In a country where the proverb is: women are like cotton, they still fight with an… 01/10/2012
Khmer Rouge ‘core’ goes on trial Now frail and elderly pensioners, they nonetheless stand accused of being privy to the decisions taken by the regime of the Khmer Rouge. They are… 27/06/2011
Khmer Rouge First Lady set freeThe most senior female figure of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime has been set free by the country’s war crimes tribunal. 80-year-old Ieng Thirith, the… 16/09/2012
UN court hands life term to Khmer Rouge jailerA UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia on Friday rejected an appeal by Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, ruling that he must spend the rest of his life in… 03/02/2012
Khmer Rouge trial opens in CambodiaThe three most senior surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge have gone on trial at a UN-backed tribunal. Nearly two million people died under Pol Pot’s… 21/11/2011
Khmer Rouge leaders leave court citing ill healthSenior surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime have shown little sign of co-operating at their trial which has started in Phnom Penh. The four… 27/06/2011
Cambodians’ angst bound in warcrimes trialThe war crimes trial in Phnom Penh comes three decades after one of history’s bloodiest upheavals. Human rights activists say they hope for some sort of… 27/06/2011
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge four on trialThe UN-backed trial of the top surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime has finally got under way in Phnom Penh. The four defendants include the now… 27/06/2011
Khmer Rouge chiefs on trial over ‘Killing Fields’The long-awaited UN-backed trial of the four most senior surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime has got underway in Phnom Penh. The defendants… 27/06/2011
Time is of the essence in Khmer Rouge genocide trialThe UN-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia has formally indicted the four surviving leaders of the infamous Khmer Rouge regime. Brother Number Two, Nuon… 16/09/2010
Prayers at Khmer Rouge jail before court verdictA special Buddhist ceremony has been held at a notorious former Khmer Rouge prison in Phnom Penh, on the eve of a court verdict in the trial of the jail’s… 25/07/2010
The Khmer Rouge: uniquely wicked, rarely punishedFrom 1975 to 1979 the Khmer Rouge imposed a reign of terror in Cambodia, murdering intellectuals, re-educating urban populations through forced labour, and… 23/11/2009
Duch trial approaches endThe closing arguments have begun in the trial of the former prison chief of Cambodia’s notorious S-21 prison during the rule of Pol Pot. Better known as… 23/11/2009
