Tribunal Official Faces Emotional Khmer Rouge Victims in California
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer September 10, 2014
WASHINGTON DC -- The international prosecutor for the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal faced an emotional crowd of Cambodians in Long Beach, California, last week, as he sought to update them on the court’s progress. Article
Tribunal Official To Meet With Cambodians in California
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer September 3, 2014
WASHINGTON DC -- The international prosecutor for the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal is scheduled to meet with survivors of the regime now living in the US.
The prosecutor, Nicholas Koumjian, will meet with members of the Cambodian Association of America in Long Beach, California, on Thursday, to update them on the progress of the tribunal and allow them to ask questions about the court’s legal proceedings. Article
Experts See Expanded Scope in Impending Khmer Rouge Trial
By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer August 27, 2014
WASHINGTON DC—As the Khmer Rouge tribunal prepares for the second and final phase of a trial against two jailed leaders of the regime, observers say they are hopeful the case will reveal more truths about the movement and provide some sense of justice for victims. Article
Local refugees unsated by Khmer Rouge verdict
By Greg Mellen, Orange Country Register August 7, 2014
LONG BEACH – Reacting to the news of guilty verdicts against two senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge for war crimes, many Cambodian residents and refugees in the Southland say justice was belated and incomplete. Article
Long Beach Cambodians aided as witnesses in Thursday’s historic verdict against Khmer Rouge leaders
By Press Telegram August 7, 2014
A historic ruling handed down Thursday against leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia was aided by testimony from some 170 survivors of the massacre in the U.S., many from Long Beach. Article
Khmer Rouge verdicts offer bittersweet relief to SoCal Cambodians
By Josie Huang, 89.3 KPCC August 7, 2014
Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge ended, a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top leaders of the former regime to life in prison on war crimes charges for their roles during the country's 1970s terror. Article
A Cambodian court on Thursday found two of the Khmer Rouge's most senior leaders guilty of crimes against humanity. They were sentenced to life in prison for taking part in the genocide that killed almost two million Cambodians. Article
Local Cambodians give testimony, await Khmer Rouge verdict
By Josie Huang, 89.3 KPCC July 25, 2014
Thirty-five years after the Khmer Rouge regime terrorized Cambodia, judgements are coming for two former senior officials charged with war crimes, and Chanthan Pich doesn't want to hear anything but "guilty" verdicts. Article