Wednesday, April 13, 2011

CAMBODIA - The Torturer Douch considered on appeal

The appeal trial of Duch, former head of the center S-21 prison, where some were tortured 15,000 people before being executed, opened March 28. Found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, he was sentenced in July 2010 to thirty years imprisonment. But his lawyers requested his release, arguing that their client is not within the mandate of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution "top officials" of the crimes committed under the Democratic Kampuchea.

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