PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />An appeal by the former head of Cambodia's Tuol Sleng torture centre ended with his convictions upheld and his jail term extended to a life sentence.<br/> <br />Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, was originally handed a 35-year term, commuted to 19 years for time spent in military detention.<br/> <br />Survivors of the notorious Khmer Rouge 'killing fields' regime of the 1970s welcome the ruling of the U.N.-backed court.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Bou Meng, Tuol Sleng survivor, saying (Khmer):<br/> <br />"I'm 100 per cent satisfied with the court's decision and I say to the world that this trial chamber is an example of a world court."<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Chum Mei, Tuol Sleng survivor, saying (Khmer):<br/> <br />"This is the right decision. The decision by the appeal court is 100 per cent right and it brings justice 100 per cent."<br/> <br />Duch was convicted in 2010 of murder, torture, rape and crimes against humanity.<br/> <br />He'd argued that the court had no jurisdiction to try him because he wasn't a top commander of Pol Pot's regime.<br/> <br />Prosecutors who in turn appealed with civil parties in the case against what they saw as a light sentence were satisfied with the outcome.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: International co-Prosecutor Andrew Cayley saying (English):<br/> <br />"We were successful in the two major prongs of our appeal, we were successful in ensuring that the cumulative conviction is overturned."<br/> <br />The court is currently hearing the trials of three top members of the Khmer Rouge regime.<br/> <br />Campaigners say there's overwhelming evidence to pursue two more suspects but the government is resisting any further indictments.<br/> <br />Paul Chapman, Reuters
