In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan

Open this photo in gallery Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan attends his appeal hearing at

's former head of state Khieu Samphan, 90, will challenge his 2018 conviction for genocide against

PHNOM PENH( Reuters)-The last surviving leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime on Thursday denied involvement in genocide and being responsible for crimes against humanity, in one of his final appearances before an international tribunal.... Pol Pot, the architect of the" Year Zero" revolution that sought to create a peasant utopia, died in 1998.... " Many years of sitting as the defendant, at the end of this long case, it is important for me to inform you and especially inform the Cambodian

Kaing Guek Eav, the former schoolteacher known as Duch who became the most notorious killer during the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror in Cambodia in the 1970s, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.... He was admitted to Khmer Soviet Friendship on Tuesday, and his death was announced by Neth Pheaktra, spokesman for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh.... Only a handful survived. Duch( pronounced doik) and Tuol Sleng prison became a symbol of the brutality of the Khmer Rouge

At their first news conference, a spokesperson said they would allow women to work and study — but “ within the bounds of Islamic law.” Still, the Taliban’s record raises worries of a violent and repressive future.... India, Canada and Britain were increasing aid or expanding refugee permissions.... Sweden said it would divert aid from Afghanistan so that it would not contribute to Taliban rule. What happened?...

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