an hour agoThe leaders of the brutal regime, Red Kmeries, are found guilty of genocide in Cambodia
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)For the first time, two leaders of Cambodia's brutal regime, the “Kmeres of Red” have been convicted of genocide, Periscope report. Nuon Chea, 92, the right hand of notorious leader Paul Pot and 87-year-old Khieu Samphan, were convicted in front of a hall filled with family members of their victims in [...]
Nuon Chea, 92, the right hand of notorious leader Paul Pot, and 87-year-old Khieu Samphan, former head of state were found guilty in front of a hall filled with family members of their victims at Pnom Pen.
The two leaders of the world's bloodiest communist regime were tried by a UN-backed court, charged with the extermination of Cham Muslims and ethnic Vietnamese.
Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphoan, who only suffered life sentence for crimes against humanity, have again been given similar sentences.
Their crimes include rape, forced marriage, and persecution for religious beliefs. Both were sentenced to life imprisonment while also serving a sentence for crimes against humanity. More than 2 million people are believed to have died during the short-lived, but highly brutal, red-mile regime during 1975-79 in Cambodia.
The “Kmermet Red” was the Communist Party's state organisation in Cambodia, which at the orders of Leader Paul Pot slaughtered millions of innocent citizens.
