Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for various crimes against humanity and violations of the Geneva Convention by a United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia. He is the first high-ranking member of the Khmer Rouge to be tried and convicted by the body, in his case for actions take while in charge of detainees. Cambodia Tribunal Monitor
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