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Vladimir Putin claims that a "genocide" is occurring in Eastern Ukraine.
2022-02-15

The Cambodian Ministry of Culture and exiled politician Mu Sochua condemn American-Canadian digital media company "Vice" for publishing an article about an art project aiming to colorize photographs of inmates interred at Khmer Rouge-era prison Tuol Sleng, after social media users noticed that the photos were edited to have the subjects smiling. The article was subsequently deleted.
2021-04-11

Voters cast ballots to select representatives for rural and urban Cambodian precincts from, nationwide, 94,595 candidates for 11,572 council seats. Voter turnout was 85.74 percent with few reports of irregularities. According to early results, the opposition makes significant gains against the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
2017-06-4

Nuon Chea, the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader, is declared fit for trial by a United Nations-backed court in Cambodia.
2013-03-30

Former Khmer Rouge senior official and Foreign Minister of Kampuchea Ieng Sary dies during a genocide trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
2013-03-14

Three boys aged eight and nine are killed when a bazooka grenade, left over from a war in Cambodia, explodes.
2012-09-10

The trial begins of the three most senior surviving members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
2011-11-21

A United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia holds its first hearings in the trial of four former senior Khmer Rouge officials, including former head of state Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot's deputy Nuon Chea. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-pacific-13922564 (BBC)] [http:--www.france24.com-en-20110627-khmer-rouge-genocide-trial-opens-cambodia-0# (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019
2011-06-27

Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, two of the most senior surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, appear in a Cambodian court to request release from pre-trial detention.
2011-01-31

The United Nations-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia indict four Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for their role in the regime in the late 1970s, including Pol Pot's deputy Nuon Chea, former Foreign Minister Ieng Sary, Social Affairs minister Ieng Thirith and head of state Khieu Samphan.
2010-09-16