Cambodia News: Ieng Thirith

Keeping the peace in a post Khmer Rouge era
The Phnom Penh Post
Ieng Sary, the Khmer Rouge's influential foreign minister, and his wife, the regime's Minister for Social Affairs Ieng Thirith, broke away from the guerrilla group in exchange for a government amnesty in 1996. Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot – arrested by ...

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Trial of Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan in ...
Stuff.co.nz
A man touches a glass case containing 5000 human skulls belonging to the Khmer Rouge victims as people gather to mark the 42nd anniversary of the start of ...

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Finding Justice in Cambodia: Too Little, Too Late?
Diplomatic Courier
So far, five senior regime figures have been tried: Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who ran the infamous S-21 security center; Nuon Chea, the regime's second-in-command; Ieng Sary, its foreign minister; Ieng Thirith, social affairs minister; and ...

Scope of Case 002 reduced - Khmer Times
Khmer Times
The Khmer Rouge tribunal's trial chamber yesterday reduced the scope of Case 002 against the two surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, saying the ...

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Pol Pot Was 'Gentle,' Nephew Tells Khmer Rouge Tribunal - The ...
The Cambodia Daily
Pol Pot was a “gentle” and friendly person who never used “inappropriate” or abusive words to those around him, his nephew told the Khmer Rouge tribunal on ...

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Jailing of Khmer Rouge leaders 'sends message to North Korea': UN envoy
Reuters
Former Foreign Minister Ieng Sary died in 2012. His wife, Ieng Thirith, a former minister, died in 2015. The Cambodian government also welcomed the court judgment. "We express our hope that this trial and today's delivery of the final judgment brings ...
Khmer Rouge leaders have life sentences upheld for atrocitiesSky News
Cambodia: UN Tribunal Rejects Appeal of Ex-Khmer Rouge LeadersThe Diplomat
Top Pol Pot accomplice Nuon Chea left to die in jail as final appeal turned downInternational Business Times, Singapore Edition
South China Morning Post
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Gericht bestätigt lebenslange Haft für Anführer der Roten Khmer
ZEIT ONLINE
Die ursprünglich ebenfalls angeklagten Ieng Sary und Ieng Thirith waren während der Verfahren gestorben. Die Aufarbeitung der Verbrechen dauerte so lange, weil in Kambodscha nach dem Ende der Roten Khmer jahrelang Bürgerkrieg herrschte.
Rote-Khmer-Drahtzieher bleiben in HaftDeutsche Welle
Lebenslange Haft für zwei greise MassenmörderNeue Zürcher Zeitung

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Ieng Thirith: Scholar who became the highest-ranked woman in the Khmer Rouge and was later charged with genocide
The Independent
Ieng Thirith was the highest-ranking woman in the Khmer Rouge, the genocidal regime that oversaw the death of nearly 2m Cambodians. Sister-in-law of the movement's leader, Pol Pot, she was a Sorbonne-educated Shakespeare scholar but went on to ...
Ieng Thirith, 'First Lady' of the Khmer Rouge, Dies at 83TIME
Ieng Thirith dies at 83; accused in brutal Khmer Rouge regimeLos Angeles Times
Hundreds Bid Farewell to Ieng Thirith in PailinThe Cambodia Daily
The Phnom Penh Post -Radio Free Asia -Asian Correspondent
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Ieng Thirith, Khmer Rouge Minister in Cambodia, Dies at 83
New York Times
As minister of social affairs, Ms. Ieng Thirith was the most powerful woman in the Khmer Rouge. She was married to Ieng Sary, who was foreign minister and deputy prime minister. He died in 2013. Both she and her husband were part of a group of young ...
Ieng Thirith dead: Former 'first lady' of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime dies aged 83The Independent
Ieng Thirith: 'First Lady' of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge dies while facing charges of genocide, crimes against humanityABC Online
Ieng Thirith, a leader of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime, dies at 83Washington Post
The Globe and Mail -The Cambodia Daily
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Khmer Rouge's 'first lady' Ieng Thirith dies
Aljazeera.com (blog)
Ieng Thirith - the sister-in-law of Pol Pot - has died in her home in Pailin province, one of the last strongholds of the Khmer Rouge. She was 83. She died at 10:30am local time on Saturday, her lawyer Phat Pouv Seang told Al Jazeera. She had been ...