Cambodia: Ex-Khmer Rouge leader loses genocide appeal

A UN-backed war crimes tribunal has rejected an appeal by the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge armed group.
The court in Cambodia has upheld the genocide conviction and life sentence handed to 91 year-old Khieu Samphan in 2018.
He was head of state during the rule of the Khmer Rouge, when two million people were killed.
Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi reports.
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  • @mudshovel289
    @mudshovel289 Жыл бұрын

    Never forget, China supported this government. Vietnam invaded Cambodia and China was so upset that they invaded Vietnam but utterly failed in their goal of making Vietnam leave Cambodia. After enough casualties, China declared that “successfully taught Vietnam a lesson,” and left the country after achieving nothing.

  • @dkwhattouseasusername1012

    @dkwhattouseasusername1012

    4 ай бұрын

    Tbh all countries besides Vietnam failed Cambodians during the regime, both China and the US supported the gov while the UN did nothing until after the invasion by Vietnam.

  • @mudshovel289

    @mudshovel289

    4 ай бұрын

    @@dkwhattouseasusername1012 yeah the U.S. has its own history of supporting brutal dictatorships. But here China invaded Vietnam to help the Khmer Rouge. They failed to save them but still found a way to play it off as a victory to their own people. “We teach Vietnam a lesson”. The entire rest of the world recognizes it as a failure to achieve their stated goals.

  • @Fred-ix6gl

    @Fred-ix6gl

    Ай бұрын

    Laos and the people's republic of Kampuchea were also involved, its just that vietnam played the larger role

  • @lengxiong3061
    @lengxiong3061 Жыл бұрын

    It take too long to prosecute war crimes ,it should have been prosecute back in the 1980... not 40, 50 years later. 2 million peoples lost their life, it's not worth it!

  • @iamedwardbibbins9012
    @iamedwardbibbins90123 ай бұрын

    The fact that he’s actually seeking an appeal is crazy!!

  • @7eVen.si62
    @7eVen.si62 Жыл бұрын

    Take him out back ! Detail of six men ! And let justice be served.

  • @sastra9422
    @sastra9422 Жыл бұрын

    1979 after Vietnam won Pol Pot, Thailand support Pol pot until 1989. after UN talk with Thai 1 billion USD open the border help the Cambodian people in Thailand refugee camp. Cambodia land control with for army. 1 - Pol Pot army support by Thailand 2 - Cambodian National Liberation from Sern San and Sor Keng 3 - Cambodian National Liberation from Fun Sipich, family King 4 - Cambodian National Liberation from Hun Sen support by Vietnam. after France and Indonesia help Cambodia with Paris peace a greement of 4 army sign 1991 until 1993 UN era in Cambodia.

  • @YouknowwhereHughgo
    @YouknowwhereHughgoАй бұрын

    It’s hard to understand why people will carry out such things on their own people

  • @saddamhussein4480
    @saddamhussein4480 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Vietnam for Overthrowing The Khmer Rouge .

  • @stonesamrith9547

    @stonesamrith9547

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks Viet cong for overthrowing the Khmer rouge. It is very ridiculous and stupid that thoughts and your heart feeling biased towards and supported Viet Cong army's invaded Cambodia.

  • @gloriouse4458
    @gloriouse4458 Жыл бұрын

    MAY THE DEAD 💀 R.I.P. 🥀💔💖

  • @sastra9422
    @sastra9422 Жыл бұрын

    my uncle was kill and 2022 now a million Cambodian never been fair or justice.

  • @kvong615
    @kvong615 Жыл бұрын

    This is a joke. Took this long

  • @blackpatriot-wq2tf
    @blackpatriot-wq2tf4 ай бұрын

    Whats vexing is this man and pol pot live to see old age while little children back then weren't able too 😥 whole generations were destroyed because of these monsters

  • @vidanaps714
    @vidanaps714 Жыл бұрын

    It took less time to killed millions of Cambodians But it takes longer time to find the crime ! 💔😭😣🙏🏻

  • @manjungcaster5288
    @manjungcaster5288Ай бұрын

    what about israel

  • @teguhharyono2548
    @teguhharyono25483 ай бұрын

    Apakah polpot punya anak???, dimana keturunannya sekarang

  • @thelolfrog
    @thelolfrogАй бұрын

    lots of ppl in general are saying china supports the war or the wrong side or whatever it was they chose to belive in, but tbh, I think china was targeting vietnam as a whole

  • @stonesamrith9547
    @stonesamrith9547Ай бұрын

    Khev Samphon, Noun Chea, Soun Sen is originally from the family's China, but they were born in Cambodia, and Eang Sary, Eang Thirith , Penn Savan, Bun Nary, queen Monique, is from Vietnam and Kheo Punnary is Pol Pot's wife ,she is a professor were teaching at Sisovat School, and she was a spied of Viet cong and hidden in Cambodia

  • @sastra9422
    @sastra9422 Жыл бұрын

    12th April US Ambassy leaving Cambodia. US Lose Indochina war. US never Know a bout Cambodian Love Sihanouk King, but US bad relations with Sihanouk King, and Support Lun Nol. Cambodian angry Lun Nol a bout destroyed of Royal throne, chang Cambodia to Khmer Republic 1972, and 1973 King Sihanouk anounced to all Cambodian support King back to power joined with Khmer Red military support by China. 1975 Pol Pot Betray the king and Detention of the King in the Royal Palace 1976. China not support Pol Pot during 1977 they know the Sihanouk King not power military but Thailand always support Pol Pot until 1989.

  • @thomasmoon4455
    @thomasmoon4455 Жыл бұрын

    Investigate the regime? The king of Cambodia little hun sen was a Khmer rouge. What left to investigate?

  • @OleLeik

    @OleLeik

    Жыл бұрын

    The (current?) prime minister was as footsoldier for the KR (he later defected). Just goes to show how involved all layers of society were in the regime. Many Cambodians were involved in the KR. While many were victims and survivors, many were also carrying out the will of the Angkha. Many were simultaneously victim and oppressor. As a result, most of the country would rather let sleeping dogs lie then try to deal out justice, as doing so would implicate much more people than they'd be comfortable with.

  • @anoplolepisgracilipes

    @anoplolepisgracilipes

    4 ай бұрын

    Hun Sen took away all power from the King Sihanouk and Sihamoni, and was responsible for the 1997 clashing between Ranariddh and Hun Sen, leading into a huge disaster.

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    @TheLatiosnlatias02

    Ай бұрын

    @@anoplolepisgracilipes Hun Sen is standing against US and you're no doubt an Israeli supporter

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    @Madde58982 Жыл бұрын

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    @lastChang Жыл бұрын

    This is Chinese🇨🇳 Xi Jinping's foreseeable future.

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    @srghma

    5 ай бұрын

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    @srghma

    5 ай бұрын

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    @srghma

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, for occupying Tibet, for torturing Uyghurs, for attacking Taiwan that doesn't want to be part of china

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    @srghma

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, for occupying Tibet, for torturing Uyghurs, for attacking Taiwan that doesn't want to be part of china

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    @srghma

    5 ай бұрын

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  • @metrotrain1
    @metrotrain1Ай бұрын

    What is happening to wonderful Ukrainians since 2022 is a lot worse how many wonderful ukraine people are dead from russians 350.000 plus ukraine soldiers plus thousands of ukraine residents

  • @ferrysetyawan2642
    @ferrysetyawan2642 Жыл бұрын

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  • @TheLatiosnlatias02

    @TheLatiosnlatias02

    Ай бұрын

    Oh shut up ZionNazi. Nonstop killings and Palestinians are on the move towards the death traps of the so called “safe zones” where Israeli terrorists of Chabad/Talmudic Zionists follow them and bomb them. Now Israel started Ukrainian war and morons like you just jump on the bandwagon against Russia.

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    @ferrysetyawan2642 Жыл бұрын

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  • @titaniumskunkogkush4365
    @titaniumskunkogkush4365 Жыл бұрын

    Nobody actually knows the truth about the Khmer rouge.

  • @mudshovel289

    @mudshovel289

    Жыл бұрын

    So I guess you do then?

  • @quangnguyenduc62

    @quangnguyenduc62

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah. Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge leaders are actually national heroes. They just wanted to build agricultural paradise as Mao Zedong proposed and make Khmer Empire great again. But unfortunately, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and disrupted that process. They did not directly killed anyone, they should live peacefully to the end of their lives like Pol Pot, not sentenced or executed

  • @erkkihelminen7580

    @erkkihelminen7580

    9 ай бұрын

    To kill millions based by poltical views, etnic and religius minorities not to mention killed because wearing classes

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    @jun31d_14

    6 ай бұрын

    @@quangnguyenduc62 how delusional are you?

  • @jun31d_14

    @jun31d_14

    6 ай бұрын

    @@quangnguyenduc62 How many innocent people have died building that agricultural paradise in Cambodia and also in China? Should we talk about the S21 prison and the things that has happened there?

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    Жыл бұрын

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    Жыл бұрын

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    @Makimade

    3 ай бұрын

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    @TheLatiosnlatias02

    Ай бұрын

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