柬埔寨法庭維持對前紅色高棉領導人終生監禁的判決

A U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia has upheld life sentences given to two former leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime for crimes against humanity.

Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were originally sentenced in 2014. The Supreme Court Chamber's top judge Kong Srim said Wednesday the life sentences were appropriate, and that the two men showed a "complete lack of consideration for the ultimate fate of the Cambodian population."

Chea and Samphan are the most senior Khmer Rouge officials still living. They are also on trial in a second case involving genocide charges. Their lawyers argued the 2014 conviction was tainted by errors and biased judges, and while Wednesday's decision noted some problems, the overall verdict remained the same.一個聯合國支持的柬埔寨法庭裁決，維持對兩名前紅色高棉領導人因違反人類罪而判處終生監禁。

喬森潘和農謝2014年被判刑。柬埔寨最高法院的一位法官星期三說，原先的判決是恰當的，喬森潘和農謝完全無視柬埔寨人民的命運。

喬森潘和農謝是紅色高棉政權目前仍然在世的最高職位的領導人。他們還因另一起有關種族屠殺的案件中受到審判。他們的律師辯護說，2014年的判決受到了失誤與法官偏見的影響。儘管法庭承認上次判決有失誤存在，但還是決定維持原判。