PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, April 6 (UPI) -- A notorious former Khmer Rouge prison commander on trial for war crimes says U.S. backing for Cambodia's right-wing government set the stage for genocide.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, March 29 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in Cambodia allege former math teacher Kaing Guek Eav oversaw the torture and killing of more than 15,000 people in a Khmer Rouge prison.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The first war crimes trial for any Cambodian accused of taking part in the 1970s Khmer Rouge genocide opened Tuesday in Phnom Penh, observers said.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The accused war criminal who served as chief interrogator for the Khmer Rouge is to guide his judges around a torture center and execution site.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The alleged main torturer in the Khmer Rouge regime appeared Tuesday before a genocide tribunal as it opened its hearing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, July 21 (UPI) -- Ta Mok, known as "The Butcher" during the Khmer Rouge's genocide in Cambodia in the 1970s, has died at age 80 before facing trial for his alleged crimes.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, May 5 (UPI) -- Cambodia has selected 30 judges to serve on a war crime tribunal that will try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, accused of genocide in the 1970s. The court will include 17 Cambodian and 13 foreign jurists, Cambodian officials said Thursday.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A former head of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime has publicly acknowledged genocide took place in the 1970s.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Talks between the United Nations and Cambodia resumed Monday to establish a special court to try former Khmer Rouge leaders. They would be tried for crimes against humanity.
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Friday instructed his top legal adviser, Hans Corell, to end talks with Cambodia over establishing a special court to try former Khmer Rouge leaders for war crimes. Corell said as drawn, the Phnom Penh court lacks imparti
