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| Two elderly former Khmer Rouge leaders convicted last week of crimes against humanity |
Last week two leaders of the infamous Khmer Rouge regime were jailed having been found guilty of crimes against humanity. A UN-backed war crimes tribunal found the Khmer Rouge’s Brother No 2 Nuon Chea and former head of state Khieu Samphan guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment, in a move heralded by human rights groups as a “historic victory” for the nation.
The verdict came nearly
40 years after the regime led by Pol Pot ended its murderous four-year reign
over Cambodia, during which time nearly 2 million people – a quarter of the
population –died from
