Life Sentences Upheld Against Khmer Rouge Leaders (Tribunal Updates)
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 11:04 am
Life Sentences Upheld Against Khmer Rouge Leaders
by George Wright and Colin Meyn | November 23, 2016
Four decades after the Khmer Rouge came to power, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan on Wednesday became the first senior regime leaders to have been handed a final guilty verdict for their responsibility for crimes committed during Pol Pot’s brutal rule over Cambodia.
After being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia’s Trial Chamber in August 2014, both defense teams filed lengthy appeals and the Khmer Rouge leaders were still legally presumed innocent until a verdict was reached by the Supreme Court Chamber.
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by George Wright and Colin Meyn | November 23, 2016
Four decades after the Khmer Rouge came to power, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan on Wednesday became the first senior regime leaders to have been handed a final guilty verdict for their responsibility for crimes committed during Pol Pot’s brutal rule over Cambodia.
After being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia’s Trial Chamber in August 2014, both defense teams filed lengthy appeals and the Khmer Rouge leaders were still legally presumed innocent until a verdict was reached by the Supreme Court Chamber.
Full-story.....https://www.cambodiadaily.com/breakingn ... rs-120914/