The Guardian: Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide in Cambodia’s ‘Nuremberg’ moment
Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea are the two most senior living leaders of regime that presided over deaths of nearly 2 million in Cambodia.
The two most senior Khmer Rouge leaders still alive today have been found guilty of genocide, almost 40 years since Pol Pot’s brutal communist regime fell in a verdict that nonetheless holds meaning for millions of Cambodians.
Nuon Chea, 92, who was second-in-command to Pol Pot, and Khieu Samphan, 87, who served as head of state, will both be sentenced for genocide carried out between 1977 and 1979, in what is a landmark moment for the Khmer Rouge tribunals.
The pair are already serving life sentences for crimes against humanity.
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Update #1: Khmer Rouge’s Slaughter in Cambodia Is Ruled a Genocide (The New York Times)
Update #2: Khmer Rouge surviving leaders face genocide verdict (BBC)
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