Khmer Rouge Try Longtime Cambodian Leader Pol Pot
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Human Rights, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Indochina
- Date: July 25, 1997
Article abstract: The Khmer Rouge, a radical guerrilla group that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, held a public trial of its leader, Pol Pot, and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
A Surprising Trial
On July 26, 1997, the hidden radio station of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge guerrilla army announced that Pol Pot had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment the day before. Many Cambodians and many international observers were skeptical. Pol Pot had been the leader of the Khmer Rouge since 1963, and its radical soldiers had supported him during the...
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