Khmer Rouge Regime

Kaing Guek Eav, Khmer Rouge Prison Chief, Could Get 40 Years

AP | SOPHENG CHEANG and LUKE HUNT | Posted 11.25.2009 | World


PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence Wednesday for a m...

Khmer Rouge Trial: Television Helps Spread Word To Nation

GlobalPost | Brendan Brady | Posted 11.20.2009 | World


PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- When the former Khmer Rouge prison chief, Kaing Ghek Eav, first took the stand eight months ago, most Cambodians had scarce kn...

Why a Small Team of Americans is Going to Spend November in Cambodia

Stephen Macfarlane | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


Stephen Macfarlane

A burgeoning international interest in the war crimes tribunal of Kaing Guek Eav (aka Duch, who ran Tuol Sleng and other camps like personal fiefdoms) forces attention back to the photographs.

"The Conscience of Nhem En" On HBO: A Review

Elyssa Spitzer | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment


Elyssa Spitzer

The premise of the film is powerful because the reality of the Khmer Rouge is horrifying. Do not watch it if the aim is to see something uplifting that makes you think positively about humanity.

Khmer Rouge Trials: Duch Calls Pol Pot A 'Murderer'

AP | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The former chief jailer for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge blamed the group's late leader Pol Pot for its murderous policies as h...

Corruption Allegations Could Threaten Khmer Rouge Trials

New York Times | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


Even as Khmer Rouge trials in Cambodia gain momentum with compelling testimony from the regime's chief torturer, allegations of corruption among the t...

Khmer Rouge Defendent: US Policies Enabled Cambodian Genocide

News 24 | Posted 05.07.2009 | World


The man accused of serving as the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer testified on Monday that US policies in the 1970s contributed to the brutal regime's ri...

Khmer Rouge Defendant Admits Guilt, Expresses 'Heartfelt Sorrow'

AP | GRANT PECK | Posted 05.01.2009 | World


PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The man accused of being the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer put down his prepared speech, removed his eyeglasses and gazed ...

Once isolated from the outside world, Cambodia jumps online

WorldFocus.org | Posted 03.16.2009 | Home


Monks head online in Phnom Penh. Several decades ago under the communist Khmer Rouge, Cambodia was isolated and cut off from much of the outs...