Cambodia still reeling from Khmer Rouge
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Their photos line the walls of the genocide museum, once a notorious prison where Cambodians were tortured and killed by the brutal Khmer Rouge.
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Cambodia: Khmer Rouge judgment welcome, but raises human rights concerns
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
A UN-backed tribunal has given former Khmer Rouge jailer "Duch" a life sentence for the killings of more than 12,272 people. February 3, 2012 International The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal’s final judgment against a former prison chief in Cambodia today is an important step towards accountability but raises human rights concerns, Amnesty International said. The tribunal’s Supreme Court ...
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge judgment welcome, but raises human rights concerns
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Headline Title: Cambodia: Khmer Rouge judgment raises human rights concerns 03 February 2012 The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal’s final judgment against a former prison chief in Cambodia today is an important step towards accountability but raises human rights concerns, Amnesty International said. The tribunal’s Supreme Court Chamber upheld an earlier conviction of Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing ...
CSX to receive boost with listing of state-owned companies
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
SINGAPORE: The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has been launched more than six months now but it remains very quiet.
Cambodia Court Extends Key Khmer Rouge Official's Prison Sentence
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Court rules against Comrade Duch's appeal to cut his 35-year prison term, putting his in jail for life
Leader of Khmer Rouge torture prison gets life sentence
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Cambodia's war crimes court Friday rejected the appeal a man who ran a Khmer Rouge regime torture prison and instead increased the man's sentence to life imprisonment.
Eight die in Cambodia anti-tank mine blast
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Eight Cambodian farmers were killed and one was critically injured on Friday after their truck hit two old anti-tank mines in northwestern Cambodia, police said.
U.N. court gives life sentence to Khmer Rouge torture chief
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia ruled on Friday that the Khmer Rouge's prison chief should serve the rest of his life in jail, extending a 19-year sentence handed down in July 2010 that outraged survivors of the "killing fields" regime. The Supreme Court Chamber handling an appeal by Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, ruled that the former chief of the ...
Cambodia Plans To Import Oil From Iran Despite US Sanctions
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
TEHRAN, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- The Cambodian government plans to import and refine oil from Iran despite the recent US sanctions on Iranian oil imports, Iran's Mehr News Agency (MNA) reported.
Cambodia Plans To Import Oil From Iran Despite US Sanctions
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
TEHRAN, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- The Cambodian government plans to import and refine oil from Iran despite the recent US sanctions on Iranian oil imports, Iran's Mehr News Agency (MNA) reported.