Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court against the former prison chief "Duch" continued Tuesday, with prosecutors calling for the defendant to be handed a lengthy jail term.
An investigation into a little known legacy of the Khmer Rouge regime: children born from the hundreds of thousands of forced marriages in an effort to “further the glory” of Cambodia.
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday began final arguments in the trial of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30 years ago.
Some 30 years after the hardline communist regime fell, Duch, a notorious camp commandant, is the first high-ranking Khmer Rouge official to be tried in the UN-backed war crimes court.
More former Khmer Rouge leaders could face charges before a UN-backed tribunal after the court agreed to extend investigations to additional suspects, a decision that could put it on a collision course with the government.
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal heard its first survivor testimony Monday. Van Nath, one of a handful of prisoners to survive the regime's notorious Tuol Sleng prison, gave evidence at the trial of his jailor Duch (pictured).
Khieu Samphan, who was head of state under Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge, has appealed for bail ahead of his trial at the UN-backed war crimes court. Samphan is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Kaing Guek Eav, alias Comrade Duch, has admitted responsibility for crimes committed during the Pol Pot regime at the UN-backed Cambodian tribunal. He has also asked the victims' families for forgiveness.
Three decades ago, tens of thousands of Cambodians were massacred by the Khmer Rouge in Takeo province. We accompanied one of the survivors of the genocide as he returned to face his former torturer.
