Cambodian villagers watch a movie portraying Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, the chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison at Ampe Phnom village, Kampong Speu province, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 5, 2009. The event was organized by the Documentation Center of Cambodia. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Cambodian villagers watch a movie portraying Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, the chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison at Ampe Phnom village, Kampong Speu province, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 5, 2009. The event was organized by the Documentation Center of Cambodia.

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  1. Chhum Mey, front right, 78, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge's S-21 prison during the Khmer Rouge regime, burns an incense stick at Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Lawyers representing victims of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime boycotted a tribunal trying its leaders after being barred Monday from questioning a defendant about his personality and state of mind. Mey said he was disappointed with the judges decision and urged the chamber explain the reason.
  2. Chhum Mey, 78, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge's S-21 prison during the Khmer Rouge regime, gestures as he stands inside his former cell of the prison, now reopened as Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Lawyers representing victims of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime boycotted a tribunal trying its leaders after being barred Monday from questioning a defendant about his personality and state of mind. Mey said he was disappointed with the judges decision and urged the chamber explain the reason.
  3. Chhum Mey, 78, a survivor of Khmer Rouge's S-21 prison during the Khmer Rouge regime, describes a story when he was the former Khmer Rouge prisoner at the prison, now turned to Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Lawyers representing victims of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime boycotted a tribunal trying its leaders after being barred Monday from questioning a defendant about his personality and state of mind. Mey said he was disappointed with the judges decision and urged the chamber explain the reason.
  4. Chum Manh, 78, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture centre, sits in his former cell during a visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, August 31, 2009, as he boycotts the Khmer Rouge trial of Duch, the chief of the S-21. A group of 28 civil parties, many of them relatives of prisoners who died after harsh interrogations at S-21, boycotted the trial as they are disappointed with the court order not to question the personal character of Duch.
  5. Chum Manh, 78, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture centre, points as his photo during a visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, August 31, 2009, as he boycotts the Khmer Rouge trial of Duch, the chief of the S-21. A group of 28 civil parties, many of relatives of prisoners who died after harsh interrogations at S-21, boycotted the trial as they are disappointed with the court order not to question the personal character of Duch.
  6. Chum Manh, 78, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture centre, poses in his former cell during a visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, August 31, 2009, as he boycotts the Khmer Rouge trial of Duch, the chief of the S-21. A group of 28 civil parties, many of them relatives of the prisoners who died after harsh interrogations at the S-21, boycotted the trial as they are disappointed with the court order not to question the personal character of Duch.
  7. Chum Manh (R), 78, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture centre, wipes away tears while people pray at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, August 31, 2009, as they boycott the Khmer Rouge trial of Duch, the chief of the S-21. A group of 28 civil parties, many of them relatives of the prisoners who died after harsh interrogations at the S-21, boycotted the trial as they are disappointed with the court order not to question the personal character of Duch.
  8. Chum Manh (R), 78, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture centre, wipes away tears while people pray at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, August 31, 2009, as they boycott the Khmer Rouge trial of Duch, the chief of the S-21. A group of 28 civil parties, many of them who survived the S-21 where more than 14,000 prisoners died after harsh interrogations, boycotted the trial as they are disappointed with the court order not to question the personal character of Duch.
  9. Chum Manh, 78, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture centre, poses in his former cell during a visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, August 31, 2009, as he boycotts the Khmer Rouge trial of Duch, the chief of the S-21. A group of 28 civil parties, many of them who survived the S-21 where more than 14,000 prisoners died after harsh interrogations, boycotted the trial as they are disappointed with the court order not to question the personal character of Duch.
  10. Khmer Rouge survivors and civil party members pray in front of a stupa at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh on August 31, 2009. The UN-backed war crimes tribunal into the Khmer Rouge's main jail chief Duch, actual name Kaing Guek Eav, was boycotted by a group of 28 civil parties who are angry with judges for ruling last week to ban them and their lawyers from questioning Duch about his personality in the forthcoming hearings.
  11. A card is placed next to human skulls of Khmer Rouge victims at Choeung Ek, a "killing fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh August 20, 2009. The remains of nearly 9,000 people were exhumed in the 1980s from mass graves in this one-time orchard, also known as one of the 'The Killing Fields' during the Khmer Rouge.
  12. A tourist views photos of former Khmer Rouge prisoners at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, formerly the regime's notorious S-21 prison, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Under the command of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, who headed the prison, up to 16,000 people were tortured and later taken away to be killed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule. The chief of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center, being tried by a U.N.-backed tribunal on genocide charges, asked the Cambodian people Wednesday to give him "the harshest punishment."
  13. A tourist views photos of former Khmer Rouge prisoners at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, formerly the regime's notorious S-21 prison, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Under the command of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, who headed the prison, up to 16,000 people were tortured and later taken away to be killed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule. The chief of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center, being tried by a U.N.-backed tribunal on genocide charges, asked the Cambodian people Wednesday to give him "the harshest punishment."
  14. A tourist views photos of former Khmer Rouge prisoners at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, formerly the regime's notorious S-21 prison, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Under the command of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, who headed the prison, up to 16,000 people were tortured and later taken away to be killed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule. The chief of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center, being tried by a U.N.-backed tribunal on genocide charges, asked the Cambodian people Wednesday to give him "the harshest punishment."
  15. A tourist takes photos of portraits of former Khmer Rouge prisoners at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, formerly the regime's notorious S-21 prison, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Under the command of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, who headed the prison, up to 16,000 people were tortured and later taken away to be killed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-1979 rule. The chief of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center, being tried by a U.N.-backed tribunal on genocide charges, asked the Cambodian people Wednesday to give him "the harshest punishment."
  16. Reach Sambath, Cambodian chief of Public Affairs Section of the U.N,-backed genocide tribunal, shows a picture of former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, also known as "Brother No. 2" after late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, during a distribution of the U.N,-backed genocide tribunal document books to high school students in Takhmau town of Kandal province, some 15 kilometers (9 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The tribunal staff distributed more than 4,000 books about the tribunal for Khmer Rouge leaders accused of genocide to the high school students for their awareness about the court, court officials said.

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