The pair were senior leaders of a regime responsible for the deaths of up to two million Cambodians from 1975-1979. He also named the Islamic State group, which has committed widespread atrocities across swathes of Iraq and Syria. The Khmer Rouge regime dismantled modern society in Cambodia in their quest for an agrarian Marxist utopia, killing vast numbers and leaving a generational scar. Some analysts have compared the Khmer Rouge to the Islamic State group, for their ruthless pursuit of revolution and sheer barbarity. But while the court has brought a handful of senior Khmer Rouge leaders to book, the vast majority of perpetrators remain unpunished.

Source: Manila Times November 23, 2016 10:07 UTC