As the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, Khieu Samphan, also known as "Brother Number Four," occupied a number of key roles as the government tortured, starved and killed its people.
His deputy Nuon Chea, 92, and head of state Khieu Samphan, 87, faced trial on charges of exterminating Cham Muslim and ethnic Vietnamese communities. This was the first genocide verdict given by ...
Khieu Samphan, 90, is appealing his 2018 conviction for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He is the last surviving member of the inner circle of Pol Pot’s radical communist ...
Three frail men, including Khieu Samphan, and one woman are charged with assorted crimes dating to a murderous reign from 1975 to 1979. Claims of interference by the Cambodian government and ...
Khieu Samphan, 90, was the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, the radical communist regime that ruled Cambodia with an iron fist from 1975-1979 and was responsible for the deaths of an ...
The ECCC was established by an agreement between the UN and the Royal Government of Cambodia, formalised in 2003. The ECCC ...
Khieu Samphan, the 91-year-old former head of state, had been convicted of genocide and other crimes. The judge upheld his sentence -- life in prison. Cambodia does not have the death penalty.
In his Aug. 18 Ideas piece, “It’s time to retire the word ‘genocide,’ ” Stephen Kinzer asserts that the term “genocide” is often used inappropriately in situations where it does not ...
Soy Sen testifies at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in 2015 After 12 years in operation, the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia on Friday delivered what will likely be its final verdict.
“In Kampuchea, for example, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge henchmen Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were prosecuted but not Prince Norodom Sihanouk. After World War II, the Tokyo Trials prosecuted 28 Japanese ...
"No what matter what you decide I will die in prison… that’s the end," Khieu Samphan told the court. Khieu Samphan's legal team are seeking the dismissal of the genocide conviction handed down ...
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