The U.N.-backed tribunal was formed decades after the end of their reign, and several years after the death of feared Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, in 1998. Only three of the defendants below have ...

Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge government implemented policies—forced labor, resettlements, torture, starvation—that led to the death of 1.7-to-3 million people, or at least ...

In response, Pol Pot insists that erasing the malign effects of Western imperialism and remaking a society requires harsh ...

Meeting with Pol Pot was freely inspired by journalist Elizabeth Becker's account in the book "When The War Was Over". The indie film stars Irène Jacob , Grégoire Colin , and Cyril Gueï .

For the first time, two leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been convicted of genocide. His deputy Nuon Chea, 92, and head of state Khieu Samphan, 87, faced trial on charges ...

Anlong Veng was once Pol Pot's jungle headquarters and home of the very last Khmer Rouge holdouts to put down their arms. And after they were driven from power in 1979, the Khmer Rouge retreated ...

Nuon Chea was the highest ranking member of the Khmer Rouge to be found guilty of crimes at the UN-backed tribunal While Pol Pot has gone down in history alongside Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and ...

In 1975, soon after the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, grabbed power in Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, one of the group’s leaders who was then serving as deputy prime minister, visited China and met ...