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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 11:01 PM
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Senior Khmer Rouge leaders to appear in Cambodian court
Source: BBC

Two of the most senior surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge are due to appear in court in Cambodia on Monday.

Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan will attend a preliminary hearing at the UN-backed war crimes tribunal to request release from pre-trial detention.

They and two other senior figures face charges of genocide for their parts in the deaths of around two million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979.

The elderly defendants have all been in detention since 2007.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12320935
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