DPA
Phnom Penh – Cambodia’s international war crimes tribunal said Monday that it would rule by mid-February on an appeal for provisional release by three aging Khmer Rouge leaders.
Lawyers for the former leaders, who were arrested in 2007, argued that rules governing the court dictated that their clients should be freed immediately to await the trial expected later this year.
They argued an earlier ruling that the four former Khmer Rouge shoul remain in custody breached the court’s rules.
Former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan addressed the court briefly.
‘I have just one suggestion,’ he said. ‘Please abide by the law.’
Four senior Khmer Rouge leaders are in pre-trial detention. All are elderly, with the youngest aged 78, and observers fear one or more might die before their trial concludes.
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Lawyers for the former leaders, who were arrested in 2007, argued that rules governing the court dictated that their clients should be freed immediately to await the trial expected later this year.
They argued an earlier ruling that the four former Khmer Rouge shoul remain in custody breached the court’s rules.
Former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan addressed the court briefly.
‘I have just one suggestion,’ he said. ‘Please abide by the law.’
Four senior Khmer Rouge leaders are in pre-trial detention. All are elderly, with the youngest aged 78, and observers fear one or more might die before their trial concludes.
Please click here to read more...
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