Former Khmer Rouge Official Seeks Release

Ieng Sary is one of five former senior Khmer Rouge officials being held by Cambodia's genocide tribunal, which is attempting to establish accountability for an estimated 1.7 million deaths under the communist group's rule from 1975 to 1979. Lawyers ...

Cambodia— Cambodia's genocide tribunal heard an emotional plea Thursday from the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister, who asked to be moved from pretrial confinement in its jail because of ill health. Hearings on Ieng Sary's appeal for release ...

The former Khmer Rouge foreign minister is so ill that staying in jail could kill him, his lawyers said Thursday as they appealed for his release from detention by Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court. Ieng Sary, 82, is one of five top regime cadres ...

The United Nations-assisted court has charged Ieng Sary, 82, with crimes against humanity and war crimes. Presiding Judge Prak Kimsan adjourned the hearing until Tuesday after the defendant said he was feeling tired. Ieng Sary is one of five ...

As a child, she lived through the brutal Khmer Rouge years, before fleeing to the United States, where she studied to become a lawyer...As head of the Center for Social Development , Theary Seng is an outspoken critic of corruption and abuse ...