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Khmer Rouge

Former Khmer Rouge Leader 'Unfit to Stand Trial'

19 November 2011 by Administrator

On Thursday, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), declared that Ieng Thirith, the 78-year-old former minister of social affairs in the Khmer Rouge regime, was "not fit to stand trial” on the grounds of her dementia.

Cambodia: Bringing the Surviving Leaders of the Khmer Rouge to Justice

1 July 2011 by Administrator

Four of the most senior Khmer Rouge leaders deemed ‘most responsible’ for the deaths of 1.7 million people have gone on trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.