Two of Pol Pot's senior leaders during the Khmer Rouge purges in Cambodia appeared in a United Nations backed court yesterday facing charges of mass murder, forced marriage and rape. Nuon Chea, 88, known as 'Brother Number Two', and ex-head of state Khieu Samphan, 83, have already been given life sentences after a separate trial at the same court in August for crimes against humanity. That ruling saw them become the first top figures to be jailed from a regime responsible for the deaths of up to two million Cambodians from 1975-1979. Scroll down for video Former Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan, left and Nuon Chea, right, are on trial in Cambodia in a special UN backed court facing charges of mass murder and rape over their time in power between 1975 and 1979
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The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 killing two million
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The regime forced people to leave cities and towns to work in the fields
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Intellectuals and people using glasses were routinely murdered
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Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan face charges of mass murder and rape
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Chea and Samphan have already been found guilty of genocide
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The pair are being tried at a special United Nations backed court
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