Under the law, Khmer Rouge deniers can be charged and jailed for terms of one-five years and subjected to fines of US$2,500 ...

The tribunal, which held a series of trials starting in 2009, found that the Khmer Rouge government committed genocide, ...

The National Assembly approved a bill that provides for up to five years in prison for anyone who questions the atrocities of ...

Cambodian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a draft law making it illegal to deny atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime ...

Cambodian lawmakers today approved a draft law making it illegal to deny atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in ...

Almost immediately, the deadly purges began. The victims numbered anyone perceived as challenging the visions of Khmer Rouge strongman Pol Pot to remold Cambodia into an agrarian autocracy.

Led by “Brother Number One” Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia from April 1975 until their overthrow by a Vietnamese invasion in January 1979, during which time they attempted a radical ...

committed by the Khmer Rouge, a spokesman said Saturday (Jan 25). The ultra-Maoist movement -- led by "Brother Number One" Pol Pot -- wiped out about two million people through starvation ...

The draft was issued three months ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia on April 15, 1975 after five years of civil war. Under the leadership of the late Pol Pot ...

The bill makes violation of its terms punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of between $2,500 and $125,000.