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Khieu Samphan (Khmer: ខៀវ សំផន; born 28 July 1931) is a Cambodian former communist politician and economist who was the chairman of the state presidium of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until 1979.
Nov 19, 2007 · Khieu Samphan was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 23 November 2016, the Supreme Court Chamber quashed part of the convictions but affirmed life imprisonment for Khieu Samphan in Case 002/01. Trial hearings in Case 002/02 commenced on 17 October 2014.
Sep 22, 2022 · Mr. Khieu Samphan, urbane and multilingual, was the nominal leader and presentable face of the Khmer Rouge and a member of its tight-knit inner circle. During the tribunal’s...
Sep 22, 2022 · Khieu Samphan, aged 91, was the regime’s head of state. He was convicted in first instance in 2018 alongside Nuon Chea, the former second in command of the Khmer Rouge, of crimes against humanity, war crimes committed in security centers and worksites as well as the genocide of ethnic Vietnamese people.
Aug 20, 2021 · Khmer Rouge-era President Khieu Samphan, 90, was speaking during his appeal of a 2018 guilty verdict. It was one of only a few rulings against those deemed “most responsible” for the...
Sep 22, 2022 · Khieu Samphan is the last surviving senior leader of the Khmer Rouge regime. More than 2 million people are believed to have died under their rule. The final verdict brings a close to a court process stretching 16 years, costing $500 million and resulting in the conviction of three of the Khmer Rouge's senior leaders.
Sep 22, 2022 · The decision of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia to uphold the conviction of the regime’s last surviving leader, Khieu Samphan, ends more than 13 years of hearings by the...
Aug 17, 2021 · The defendant, Khieu Samphan, 90, was the head of state for the fanatical communist regime that ravaged the country through campaigns of torture, execution, forced labor and starvation. His...
Khieu Samphan was the group’s nominal head of state but, in his trial defense, denied having real decision-making powers when the Khmer Rouge carried out a reign of terror to establish...
Sep 22, 2022 · The international court convened in Cambodia to judge the Khmer Rouge for its brutal 1970s rule ended its work Thursday after spending $337 million and 16 years to convict just three men of crimes after the regime caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people.
