Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of atrocities – 17 years later

It has taken 17 years, since Cambodia first requested international help to set up a tribunal, to bring these, the first senior Khmer Rouge leaders, to justice.

The trials have proceeded so slowly there were real doubts over whether any verdicts would be reached while the defendants were still alive.

 

BBC News – Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of atrocities – 17 years later.