The last surviving leader of the regime that killed 1.7 million Cambodians lost his appeal on Thursday. Some victims think the long, expensive tribunal was a hollow exercise.
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Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge’s Chief Ideologist, Dies at 93
Pol Pot’s deputy, who was known as Brother No. 2, was convicted of directly overseeing the torture and killing of more than 14,000 people in a Cambodian prison.
Lawyer’s Status Throws Genocide Conviction of Khmer Rouge Leader Into Doubt
An international tribunal dismissed a Dutch lawyer who had defended one of Khmer Rouge leaders. The lawyer’s bar membership lapsed in 2016.
‘We Only Killed the Bad People’: 2 Khmer Rouge Leaders, Forever Linked
Khieu Samphan, 87, and Nuon Chea, 92, who were convicted of genocide on Friday, once hoped that the world would “let bygones be bygones.”
Khmer Rouge’s Slaughter in Cambodia Is Ruled a Genocide
Four decades after the Communist movement’s reign of terror, two surviving senior leaders are held accountable in a genocide verdict that opens the door for other rulings.