Khmer Rouge leaders get life for war crimes

Two senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge were sentenced to life in prison on war crimes charges for their role in Cambodia’s terror period in the 1970s.

Khmer Rouge leaders get life for war crimes
Thu, 07 Aug, 2014 - 07:49

Two senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge were sentenced to life in prison on war crimes charges for their role in Cambodia’s terror period in the 1970s.

A UN-backed war crimes tribunal today announced the historic verdicts, three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge ended.

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