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Duch Gets 19 Yrs. For War Crimes

PHNOM PENH , Cambodia — A United Nations-backed court found the commandant of the central Khmer Rouge prison and torture house guilty on Monday of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sent him back to prison for a total of 19 years.

The commandant, Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, was the first major Khmer Rouge figure convicted in connection with the deaths of 1.7 million people from 1975 to 1979.

Efficient and ruthless, Duch, 67, oversaw the ... Read More

Posted On 07/26/2010 08:20:31 by administrator

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Duch on Trial

Part 1 and 2

Part 1 and 2 of the ninteenth episode in a series of weekly video updates about the Khmer Rouge trial proceedings currently underway in Cambodia. This episode covers the third week of substantive proceedings in the case against Kaing Guek Eav, alias “Duch,” who has admitted that he ran the Khmer Rouge’s notorious S-21 torture center.
The films, produced for a prime-time Cambodian television audience, endeavor to explain the complex legal ... Read More

Posted On 09/19/2009 19:03:00 by administrator

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