PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A rights group demanded the resignation Monday of the two judges responsible for indictments at Cambodia's tribunal on Khmer Rouge war crimes, alleging that they improperly halted investigations into further suspects.
The major New York-based group Human Rights Watch said in a statement that the two-judge indictment panel, comprising You Bunleng of Cambodia and Siegfried Blunk of Germany, had violated its duties by failing "to conduct genuine, impartial, and effective investigations" into suspects beyond the one convicted last year and four set for trial.
The group said justice could not be obtained as long as the two judges held their …
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