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Aug 7, 2014 · Today, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) found Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan guilty of crimes against humanity committed between 17 April 1975 and December 1977 and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
Nov 16, 2018 · Khieu Samphan, 87, and Nuon Chea, 92, who were convicted of genocide on Friday, once hoped that the world would “let bygones be bygones.”
On 15 September 2010, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan (together with Ieng Sary and Ieng Thirith) were indicted on charges of crimes against humanity, genocide and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 in what is referred as Case 002 before the ECCC.
Sep 22, 2022 · Khieu Samphan, aged 91, was the regime’s head of state. He was convicted in first instance in 2018 alongside Nuon Chea, the former second in command of the Khmer Rouge, of crimes against humanity, war crimes committed in security centers and worksites as well as the genocide of ethnic Vietnamese people.
Sep 22, 2022 · Khieu Samphan is the last surviving senior leader of the Khmer Rouge regime. More than 2 million people are believed to have died under their rule. The final verdict brings a close to a court process stretching 16 years, costing $500 million and resulting in the conviction of three of the Khmer Rouge's senior leaders.
Aug 17, 2021 · Mr. Khieu Samphan and Mr. Nuon Chea were also convicted and sentenced to life in prison in an earlier trial in 2014 for crimes against humanity. They were found to have “encouraged,...
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Sep 23, 2022 · Nuon Chea was convicted of genocide against the ethnic Vietnamese and Cham groups; Khieu Samphan was convicted of genocide against the ethnic Vietnamese only.
