“1st ‘Killing Fields’ verdict: Guilty”
27 July 2010 Philippine Daily Inquirer PHNOM PENH—Finally, a Khmer Rouge leader is held accountable for the “killing fields” that devastated a generation of Cambodians more than 30 years ago. In the first verdict involving a senior member of Cambodia’s murderous regime in the 1970s, a UN-backed …
“Survivors need a reason to live ; As Khmer Rouge victims come to terms with the Duch sentence, a Singapore-based couple is bringing a picture of hope to Cambodians”
Mahdev Mohan and Vinita Ramani Mohan 31 July 2010 TODAY (Singapore) In 2008, Singapore lawyer Mahdev Mohan and his wife, ex-journalist Vinita, set up Access to Justice Asia to represent Cambodian minorities in the war crimes trials of senior Khmer Rouge leaders. Mr Mahdev, 31, is the first Asian lawyer to act as legal counsel...
“Khmer Krom deserve justice as well”
Mahdev Mohan and Laurel E Fletcher 29 September 2010 Phnom Penh Post This month’s indictment of four former senior Khmer Rouge leaders is a historic step forward in Cambodia’s search for justice. After three years of investigation, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal has brought charges of mass atrocity crimes against Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan,...
“SMU don to fight Khmer Rouge victims’ case”
Jennani Durai 14 October 2010 Straits Times AFTER spending two years trying to get justice for Cambodian victims of ethnic cleansing, a Singapore lawyer has finally managed to get his clients’ voices heard by a United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal. Singapore Management University (SMU) Assistant Professor Mahdev Mohan, together with a …
“KRT urged to act on Khmer Krom”
James O’Toole 20 June 2011 Phnom Penh Post Photo by: ACCESS TO JUSTICE ASIA Khon Savin (right) meets Andrew Cayley last year at a forum for the Khmer Krom community in Pursat province. Lawyers representing Khmer Krom civil parties at Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal have praised Andrew Cayley, the court’s international co-prosecutor, for making a...
“S’pore lawyer takes on Khmer Rouge leaders”
K. C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent 24 June 2011 Straits Times SMU law academic will represent victims of ‘Killing Fields’ regime WHEN the long-awaited trial of four former Khmer Rouge leaders starts in Cambodia on Monday, Singaporean Mahdev Mohan will be one of the lawyers representing the victims. The 32-year-old is an assistant professor of law...
“SMU Law Professor Mahdev Mohan Leads Team of Lawyers to Seek Justice on Behalf of Cambodian Genocide Survivors “
Distributed by Contify.com 24 June 2011 Singapore Government News Source: Singapore Management University Singapore, June 24 — Singapore Management University issued the following news release: After more than three decades of impunity, the senior leaders of the notorious Khmer Rouge regime are finally being brought to book at the United Nations-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the...
“Opinion: More to justice than a trial”
Laurel E Fletcher, Megan Karsh and Mahdev Mohan 6 December 2011 Phnom Penh Post Photo by: Heng Chivoan Tann Sinath, whose husband was killed by the Khmer Rouge in 1978, attends a hearing at the ECCC yesterday. At the United Nations-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal in Phnom Penh, Case 002 is in its early stages. Three...
“Khmer Krom fear exclusion in KRT cases”
Thomas Miller 10 August 2011 Phnom Penh Post Civil party lawyers expressed alarm yesterday that sites of alleged atrocities against Khmer Krom were left out of a statement by the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s co-investigating judges that named crime sites connected to the court’s controversial fourth …