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# Khmer Rouge

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2022
# Cambodia
Tribunal rejects last surviving 91-year-old Khmer Rouge leader’s appeal in final session
Khieu Samphan and two other defendants were convicted over a reign of terror that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people.
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Sep 22nd 2022, 7:41 AM
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# Khmer Rouge
Irish artist criticised in Cambodia for adding smiles to colourised images of genocide victims
The images appeared in a Vice article last weekend.
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Apr 12th 2021, 1:01 PM
# Khmer Rouge
Duch, Khmer Rouge prison chief who oversaw torture and killings, dies aged 77
The chief of a top-secret prison was one of the few ex-Khmer Rouge who acknowledged even partial responsibility for his role in Cambodia’s genocide.
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Sep 2nd 2020, 7:30 AM
# Genocide
Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide in landmark ruling
The “reign of terror” left some two million Cambodians dead from overwork, starvation and mass executions.
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Nov 16th 2018, 7:36 AM
# method casting
Vanity Fair stands over claims Angelina Jolie movie gave impoverished children money and then took it away
The magazine’s September cover story describes a ‘game’ used to find the child star of Jolie’s film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.
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Aug 4th 2017, 12:40 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
Everyone’s talking about Obama considering hitting Iraq, Russia’s ban on EU food, and Denis O’Brien…
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Aug 7th 2014, 11:05 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s Thursday – and here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.
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Aug 7th 2014, 8:22 AM
# Genocide
Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of crimes against humanity
Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were charged with crimes against humanity, genocide, religious persecution, homicide and torture.
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Aug 7th 2014, 6:45 AM
# North Korea
UN declares North Korea's crimes on par with Nazism, apartheid and Khmer Rouge
The head of a UN inquiry has condemned North Korea’s extensive human rights abuses – including extermination, enslavement and sexual violence.
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Mar 17th 2014, 5:02 PM
# Cambodia
Cambodia genocide defendant ruled unfit for trial
Ieng Thirith, the notorious regime’s highest ranking woman, had been charged with crimes against humanity, genocide, homicide, torture and religious persecution.
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Sep 13th 2012, 11:55 AM
# Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot's deputy tells court: Khmer Rouge 'were not bad people'
Nuon Chea, on trial for genocide, today denied responsibility for the mass killings of his fellow Cambodians – blaming their deaths on neighbouring Vietnam.
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Dec 5th 2011, 2:43 PM
# Cambodia
Khmer Rouge genocide trial begins
The three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of orchestrating Cambodia’s ‘killing fields’ went on trial today before a UN-backed tribunal. The defendants are in their 80s and charges include crimes against humanity.
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Nov 21st 2011, 10:02 AM
# Cambodia
"Killing fields" trial opens in Cambodia
The trial represents the last chance to bring the Khmer Rouge leadership to justice.
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Jun 27th 2011, 5:58 PM
# Cambodian Genocide
'Comrade Duch' sentenced for crimes against humanity
The ex-prison director has admitted that he is solely responsible for the deaths of 12,380 of his countrymen.
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Jul 26th 2010, 1:21 PM