At Least the important Khmer Rouge alive leaders stand in a trial!

In many countries the crimes against the humanity were happen. Recently, countries like South Africa created a new style of trial for this crimes, the idea comes from Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Price a new way to help to heal the wounds of the relatives of the victim. Now a days an important trial was started last Monday.

The most important Khmer Rouge who are still alive stand in a trial last Monday. Three men and one woman “Khieu Samphan, 79, the nominal head of state; Nuon Chea, 84, described as the Khmer Rouge’s ideologue; Ieng Sary, 85, the foreign minister; and his wife, Ieng Thirith, 79, who was minister of social affairs.” They are some of the main Khmer Rouge were responsible for crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, homicide and other offenses between 1975 to 1979. “All have declared their innocence”.

This is an important United Nations trial about the memories of many Cambodians because the Khmer Rouge kills were estimated to 25% of the 1975-1979 population in Cambodia. The cost until now is the 10millions dollars.

However many of the criminal Khmer Rouge are still free in Cambodia and the most important leader Pol Pot, Son Sen, Pol Pot’s right-hand man, and Ta Mok, a top military commander are died before to be judged.

An important challenge for the trial is the defendants are very all, and they have to be mental and physical enough well to be in the trial. The four defendants are sicks. Some doctors are assignment to these important prisoners. But there is not guaranty if they are going to be in good health to be in the trial, and the trial can be for many years. The trial starts in August-September.

Kaing Guek Eav Khmer Rouge know as Duch, responsible of the main prison and torture house, was sentenced to 35 years and reduce to 19 years. “An appeal is pending.”

Do you think is important to judge crimes against humanity when the responsible are all or are not committed any more crime for years? I think it is very important because all the human being we need in the deep of our self to know the true and to have justice.

References

Retreived June 26 2011 from

Ex-Khmer Rouge Leaders Go on Trial in Cambodia

By SETH MYDANS

Published: June 26, 2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/world/asia/27cambodia.html?_r=1&src=rec