As the former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, Khieu Samphan, also known as "Brother Number Four," occupied a number of key roles as the government tortured, starved and killed its people.

His deputy Nuon Chea, 92, and head of state Khieu Samphan, 87, faced trial on charges of exterminating Cham Muslim and ethnic Vietnamese communities. This was the first genocide verdict given by ...

Former Khmer Rouge official Khieu Samphan, pictured here in 2010, had been convicted of genocide in 2018 The special tribunal in Cambodia set up to examine atrocities under the fanatical rule of ...

Khieu Samphan, the 91-year-old former head of state, had been convicted of genocide and other crimes. The judge upheld his sentence -- life in prison. Cambodia does not have the death penalty.

A large number of Buddhist devotees gathered to participate in the traditional “Tak Bat Devo” ceremony, marking a significant ...

In 1975, soon after the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, grabbed power in Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, one of the group’s leaders who was then serving as deputy prime minister, visited China and met ...

"No what matter what you decide I will die in prison… that’s the end," Khieu Samphan told the court. The impending closure of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal must be recognized as the beginning of a ...