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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday denied interfering with the UN-backed Khmer Rouge court, but repeated warnings that pursuing more suspects from the 1970s regime could spark civil war.
Former Khmer Rouge prison warden Duch asked for release on the last day of his war crimes trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His lawyer confirmed Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, asked to be released, arguing he wasn't a senior member in the Khmer Rouge chain of command, the BBC reported Friday.
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to design and build Electricité du Cambodge's National Control Centre and Energy Management System in Phnom Penh.
After claiming to feel great remorse for his part in Khmer Rouge atrocities, the defendant in Cambodia's first genocide trial on Friday surprised the court with a last-minute plea for his freedom, saying he should not have...
The lawyer for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge jail chief urged judges Thursday to recognise his client's remorse, as the landmark first UN-backed trial over the "Killing Fields" era draws to a close.
Lawyers for the Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of killings in Cambodia accused prosecutors Thursday of making him a scapegoat for all the horrors committed by the regime.
The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer had to "kill or be killed" and operate like an "obedient machine," his lawyer said on Thursday in defending the first member of Cambodia's murderous regime to face justice.
The trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief ended Friday with the defendant unexpectedly asking to be set free despite his admission of guilt.
Phnom Penh - The defence in Cambodia's war crimes tribunal on Wednesday said their client, Comrade Duch, has been made a scapegoat for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge. Kar Savuth, Duch's Cambodian defence lawyer, sai...
Prosecutors in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief asked a U.N.-backed Cambodian court Wednesday to sentence the man to 40 years in prison for his role in the torture and deaths of thousands.
The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer shocked a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Friday by asking to be freed at the end of a nine-month trial of the first member of the ultra-communist regime to face justice.
BANGKOK -- Kaing Khek Iev, who ran the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison, unexpectedly asked judges in Phnom Penh on Friday to acquit him of charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder and torture.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded he be sentenced to 40 years in jail for his role in the killing of thousands of Cambodian prisoners.
CHONBURI, Thailand, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Cambodian coastal waters remain open to Thai fishing vessels, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh said Friday.
Thailand and Cambodia's diplomatic row over fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will not cause further clashes between their armed forces, their defense ministers said after meeting Friday.
Thailand and Cambodia said on Friday a recent diplomatic row will not lead to conflict on their heavily armed common border where troops have clashed in deadly exchanges in the past year.
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