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Dancing with Dictators

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Dancing with Dictators, featuring Ross Dunkley, will be shown at Meta House tonight. At 7pm, the new documentary about Australian editor Ross Dunkley (co-owner of Burma's English-language newspaper, Myanmar Times, and publisher of the Post) is a gripping documentary for anyone who gives a damn about freedom of the press.

Accused continue to try to escape courtroom

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The second day of opening statements at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal opened with Ieng Sary’s lawyers accusing the Trial Chamber of abusing their client’s fair trial rights by forcing him to stay in court.

KR defendants ask for Judge Cartwright to step down

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Lawyers for former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Ieng Sary interjected at the beginning of today’s Case 002 proceedings, requesting that New Zealand Trial Chamber Judge Silvia Cartwright step down from her judicial position immediately...

Prosecutors appeal release of Ieng Thirith

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Court prosecutors today appealed the Khmer Rouge Trial Chamber’s decision to unconditionally release Ieng Thirith, court sources told the Post.

Acid law passes

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A LAW to punish the perpetrators of acid attacks and regulate the use of acid in the Kingdom was passed by the National Assembly today following two days of debate.

Ieng Thirith not testifying

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DEFENCE lawyers for former Khmer Rouge Social Action Minister Ieng Thirith have said that she will not be able to make a statement or testify in the opening stage of the court’s second case, according to a document released by the court today.

Controversial KRT judge resigns

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THE Khmer Rouge Tribunal’s international Co-Investigating Judge Siegfried Blunk has submitted his resignation to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

Vann Nath, Tuol Sleng survivor, dies at age 66

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Vann Nath, who survived the notorious Tuol Sleng prison by painting portraits of Khmer Rouge leaders, died this afternoon at a private clinic in Phnom Penh at the age of 66.

Case 002: Day 2

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THE Khmer Rouge tribunal continued today with the second day of hearings in the trial of the four most senior surviving leaders of Democratic Kampuchea, with debate focusing largely on the 1996 pardon and amnesty granted to former KR foreign minister Ieng Sary.

Nuon Chea walks out of hearing

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110627_ecccFORMER Khmer Rouge Brother Number 2 Nuon Chea walked out in protest during proceedings today at Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal that marked the first day of the court’s trial against him and three other senior KR leaders.

The Phnom Penh Post wins at 2011 SOPA awards

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The Phnom Penh Post is proud to have won the 2011 Society of Publishers in Asia awards for Breaking News and Multimedia...