The UN-backed Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal today handed down a 35-year prison sentence to Kaing Guek Eav (alias Duch), the former head of the Khmer Rouge S-21 prison. This is a historic day for Cambodia as Duch is the first senior Khmer Rouge member to be tried for the atrocities committed during 1975-79.
Click here to read an article about the trial and verdict. Alternatively, the BBC has a series of articles about the trial, the verdict and stories from survivers of the S-21 and of the Khmer Rouge era.
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