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Cambodia: Life in prison for Khmer Rouge leaders
As a UN-supported tribunal wrapped up in Cambodia, the country took one more step towards leaving its darkest time behind for good. The only two Khmer Rouge leaders who remain alive, Nuon Chea, 92, and Khieu Samphan, 87, were both sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh. The communist regime led by dictator Pol Pot left nearly two million dead between 1975 and 1979, from forced labour, famine, outbreaks of illness and politically-driven purges.
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