Khmer Rough Tribunal
KRouge prosecutor denies row sparked resignation
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — The international prosecutor at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge war crimes court denied Wednesday that his sudden resignation from the tribunal was due to a dispute with his local counterpart.
Canadian prosecutor Robert Petit insisted he was quitting for family reasons and hit out at “conspiracies” which suggested the real cause was a row [...]
Canadian prosecutor at Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal resigns
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS –
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Canadian prosecutor at the genocide tribunal trying Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge announced Tuesday he is resigning, citing personal and family reasons.
Robert Petit said in a statement that his resignation will become effective September 1, three years after he joined the United Nations-backed tribunal, which is [...]
Testimony of Cambodia leaders sought at KRouge trial
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Lawyers have asked Cambodia’s UN-backed Khmer Rouge genocide court to interview Premier Hun Sen, former king Norodom Sihanouk and other current leaders, local media reported Monday.
The English-language Cambodia Daily and Phnom Penh Post said the request was made by the defence team for former Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea, who is [...]
Khmer Rouge Pretrial Ends After Clash Over Evidence
By VOA News
Prosecutors and defense attorneys have clashed in Cambodia over evidence at a pretrial hearing for the man who once ran a notorious Khmer Rouge prison.
Defense lawyers for Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, argued Wednesday against using a film documenting torture as evidence before a genocide tribunal.
Prosecutors insisted on introducing the film [...]
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Trials to Start
By SETH MYDANS
Published: January 20, 2009
A United Nations-backed tribunal announced that it would open the first hearing on Feb. 17 in the long-delayed trials of five former leaders of the Khmer Rouge, which caused the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979. The first defendant will be Kaing Guek Eav, 65, left, known [...]
