Top Cambodian leaders were all present at a big meeting held in Phnom
Penh on January 7 to mark the collapse of the genocidal Khmer Rouge
regime 32 years ago, recalling Vietnamese sacrifice of many lives to
secure victory.
The prosecutors at the Extraordinary Chambers of the Cambodian Courts
(ECCC) on October 19 asked for a life sentence for the former chief of
the Khmer Rouge run Toul Sleng S-21 prison, Kaing Guek Eav.
A UN-backed court has found the former head of a notorious Khmer Rouge
prison guilty of war crime and crimes against humanity and sentenced him
to 35 years imprisonment.
The Pre-Trial Chamber of the
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on April 30
dismissed appeals for bail by three former Khmer Rouge leaders.
The Cambodian government has approved a plan to develop Anlong Veng
known as the final stronghold of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot into
a national tourist site.
Cambodia 's UN-backed genocide court on
Jan. 14 announced that it had completed the investigations against
former Khmer Rouge top leaders and is preparing for the second trial.
A grand ceremony was held in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on January 7 to celebrate the 31st anniversary
of the Cambodian people’s victory over the Khmer Rouge genocidal
regime.
Cambodia's UN-backed court has for the
first time issued genocide charges against two leaders of the brutal
Khmer Rouge regime, a tribunal spokesman said on Dec. 16.
The Cambodia government and the United
Nations have agreed to appoint an "independent counsellor" to the
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).
The UN has submitted a list of two
nominations for outgoing international co-prosecutor Robert Petit at
the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to the
Cambodian Supreme Council of the Magistracy.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the
Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said it would subpoena 35 more witnesses and
civil parties between July 13 and August 26 to the upcoming trial for
the former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav.
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