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Khmer Rouge prosecutor says Duch should get 40 years

AFP Global Edition 23 hours ago

Prosecutors asked Cambodia's war crimes court Wednesday to hand a 40-year jail term to former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, accused of overseeing 15,000 deaths at the regime's main torture centre. The former cadre, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, was ...

Khmer Rouge jail chief set to address court

AFP Global Edition yesterday

The Khmer Rouge prison chief was to give his concluding remarks on Wednesday in final arguments at Cambodia's war crimes court, nearing justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities three decades ago. Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- has repeatedly ...

Cambodia Khmer Rouge Genocide Tribunal

AP News yesterday

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, file photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, is seen in the courtroom of the U.N.-backed tribunal, ...

DR.Congo war crimes trial starts at The Hague

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Two Congolese militiamen pleaded not guilty on Tuesday as they were accused in The Hague of plotting to wipe out a village where their forces killed civilians, raped women and enslaved child soldiers. "Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui are responsible for ...

Hague prosecutor accuses Congo warlords

Reuters US Online Report World News yesterday

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Two Congolese militia leaders commanded forces that raped, killed and looted civilians in an attack that killed 200 people during the Congo war, a war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui both pleaded ...

DR Congo war crimes trial starts at The Hague

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Two Congolese militiamen pleaded not guilty on Tuesday when they were accused of planning to wipe out an entire village as their men killed civilians, raped women and enslaved child soldiers. "Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui are responsible for some of ...

Khmer Rouge prosecutors seek jail term for Duch

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Prosecutors called on Tuesday for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to get a lengthy jail term, saying he embodied the ruthless efficiency of the regime behind the "Killing Fields" atrocities. Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- has apologised ...

DR Congo war crimes trial begins at The Hague

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Two Congolese militiamen accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic route in an ethnic war pleaded not guilty to war crimes in the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. "I plead not guilty," Germain Katanga replied to each of ...

DR Congo militiamen on trial at war crimes court

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Two Congolese militiamen accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic route in an ethnic war went on trial on warcrimes charges in the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. The trial of Germain Katanga, 31, and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, ...

DR Congo war crimes trial begins at the Hague

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Two Congolese militiamen accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic route in an ethnic war pleaded not guilty to war crimes in the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. "I plead not guilty," Germain Katanga replied to each of ...

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