Topic: Jacques Verges

French lawyer takes centre stage in Cambodian court

AFP Asian Edition - 79 days ago
Lawyer Jacques Verges has defended some of the world's most notorious figures, from Carlos the Jackal to Slobodan Milosevic. Now at 86 he has added a Khmer Rouge genocide suspect to his resume.The elderly Frenchman appeared at Cambodia's war ...

KRouge leader's appeal delayed by lawyer no-show

AFP Global Edition - 1080 days ago
Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court delayed the Khmer Rouge head of state's appeal for release from jail after his famed lawyer Jacques Verges failed to appear at proceedings.Khieu Samphan stood in court on Friday and said Verges had not ...

KRouge court rejects leader's translation appeal

AFP Asian Edition - 1087 days ago
Lawyers for former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan Friday lost an appeal at Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal to have his case file translated into French for his famed attorney.The genocidal regime's leader and his lawyers have argued ...

KRouge leader demands release because of missing translation

AFP Asian Edition - 1165 days ago
Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan demanded his release by Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal Thursday on the grounds that his file has not been translated into French for his lawyers.Khieu Samphan, 77, spoke in a hoarse voice after hearing arguments ...

The untold story of the lawyer who defends terrorists

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1725 days ago
An elderly, vaguely familiar South-East Asian face fills the screen. " Jacques Verges has known me for 30 years," the man declares in heavily accented French, "and says he considers me polite, discreet - and always smiling. " Thus begins Barbet Schroeder's documentary about ...