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Officials from Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal, which has run out of money to pay salaries of workers, will meet with donor countries at the United Nations in New York next week on urgent funding needs, a spokesman for the U.N.-backed war crime court sai
Nuon Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site. LOWELL -- U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas says she has long had an appreciation of Lowell's vibrant and large Cambodian c
Bou Meng, former S-21 prison survivor, gestures after the verdict was handed down to Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The Khmer Rouge tribunal's Supreme Court on Friday... View Photo »
It was the first time anyone had tried to reach Mondulkiri, a wild place in the far west of the country, since the Khmer Rouge had been overthrown
A series of special reports on ‘News Stream’ reveals a poor community threatened by child traffickers, and highlights one woman’s mission to save “one girl at a time” CNN’s Natalie Allen went to Vietnam on a trip to build a playground for poor children i
PASSING ON EXPERTISE: Phoenix Clearance, a Kiwi firm that specialises in clearing landmines and unexploded ordnance, trains staff at Ban Xai, in the Khoueng Viangchan region of Laos. Not many Christchurch people think the ground under the city is safe. R
Last year I read Kim Echlin's The Disappeared, a very moving novel about the Cambodian genocide in which more than a million people were systematically killed as part of Pol Pot's regime. Her fellow Canadian author Madeleine Thien treads similar territor
Cambodian buddhist monks and relatives of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime sit praying during a ceremony held at the site of the killing field of Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012 after Kaing Guek Eav --better known as Duch,... View Photo »
And to me, this is not genocide—that would imply a specific target. The Khmer Rouge seemed more like a steamroller, with the enemy constantly changing.
At this hour, when the sun has yet to cast silhouettes of temple towers against the sky, it's surprisingly chilly. The sweet smell of wood smoke and sticky rice fills the air. My guide sniffs, smiles and pulls his cotton patterned krama scarf up around h
Singer songwriter Bochun Huy is putting an American twist on a Cambodian classic. The original song, “I Am 16,” comes from the heyday of Cambodian rock-the 1960s and 1970s, before the Khmer Rouge. Huy’s version, though, is something entirely new. “I kind
The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: ខ្មែរក្រហម Kmae Krɑhɑɑm) was the ruling political party of Cambodia—which it renamed the Democratic Kampuchea—from 1975 to 1979. Full Article
Cambodian buddhist monks and victims of the Khmer Rouge regime sit praying during a ceremony held at the site of the killing field of Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people was given life in prison...
View Photo »Kaing Gek Eav, alias Duch, upper center, former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison commander, is seen on a screen at the court press center during a session of U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as the court gives verdict on appeal filed by Duch against his conviction Friday, Feb. 3,...
View Photo »Kaing Gek Eav, alias Duch, top, former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison commander, sits behind his lawyer Kar Savuth, as they are seen on a screen at the court press center during a session of U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as the court gives verdict on appeal filed by Duch...
View Photo »Bou Meng, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge S-21 prison, talks to the media after the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) gave Khmer Rouge's prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, a life sentence, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh February 3, 2012. The...
View Photo »Cambodian and foreign journalists look at fomer Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch (C top) from a livefeed video in a press room at the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. The former Khmer Rouge jailer...
View Photo »Choum Mey (L), a survivor of the Khmer Rouge's prison Toul Sleng, speaks to the media after Kaing Guek Eav --better known as Duch -- was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw...
View Photo »Former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison chief Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch attends his appeal hearing at the Court Room of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh February 3, 2012. The United Nations backed tribunal on Friday rejected Duch's appeal...
View Photo »A handout photo taken and released by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on February 3, 2012 shows fomer Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav -better known as Duch (C) -- greeting judges in the courtroom at the ECCC in Phnom Penh. The former Khmer Rouge jailer...
View Photo »Chum Mey (L), a survivor of the Khmer Rouge S-21 prison, lines up to attend a session at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh February 3, 2012. The United Nations backed tribunal, which has handed down a 35-year jail term commuted to...
View Photo »Women from families of Khmer Rouge victims prepare to enter the court room for the appeal trial's verdic announcement of former Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav --better known as Duch, at the complex of the Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge trial in Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. ...
View Photo »Survivors of Khmer Rouge's notorious prison Tuol Sleng Bou Meng (L) and Choum Mey arrive for the appeal trial verdic announcement of former Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav --better known as Duch, at the complex of the Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge trial in Phnom Penh on February...
View Photo »Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison also known as Tuol Sleng, Chum Mey, second from left, and Bou Meng, second from right, sit during a forum of Civil Parties and Appellants and their lawyers at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia,...
View Photo »Chum Mey, a Cambodian survivor of the Khmer Rouge�s notorious S-21 prison also known as Tuol Sleng, shows a magazine describing his life while detained at the prison, during a forum of Civil Parties and Appellants and their lawyers at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, in Phnom Penh,...
View Photo »Foreign tourists walk arround a mass grave of the Khmer Rouge's victims at the site of the former killing field at the site of the former killing field at Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 2, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of 15,000 people at a...
View Photo »Sun Thary (top), a relative of a Khmer Rouge victim, and Bou Meng, a survivor of the S-21 Khmer Rouge prison, cry during a ceremony at the Tuol Sleng (S-21) genocide museum in Phnom Penh February 2, 2012. The United Nations backed tribunal, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of...
View Photo »A foreign tourist looks at skulls of Khmer Rouge's victims displayed in a stupa at the site of the former killing field at Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 2, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of 15,000 people at a notorious torture prison will learn...
View Photo »Chum Mey, a survivor of the S-21 Khmer Rouge prison, shows his prison room to the media after a ceremony at the Tuol Sleng (S-21) genocide museum in Phnom Penh February 2, 2012. The United Nations backed tribunal, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), which has...
View Photo »A tourist walks near portraits of former Khmer Rouge regime leader Pol Pot (top, R) and Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, former chief of the S-21 prison, at the Tuol Sleng (S-21) genocide museum in Phnom Penh February 1, 2012. The United Nations-backed tribunal, Extraordinary Chambers in the...
View Photo »U.N. Special Expert on Khmer Rouge Trial David Scheffer, left, speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. David Scheffer said despite Cambodian Supreme Council Magistracy doesn't appoint Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet as co-investigating judge...
View Photo »A tourist places flowers at a memorial stupa of the Khmer Rouge at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh February 3, 2012. The U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia ruled on Friday that the Khmer Rouge's prison chief should serve the rest of...
View Photo »Cambodian buddhist monks walk past a stupa where skulls of the Khmer Rouge genocide's victims are displayed after they attended a prayer for the Khmer Rouge vicitms at the site of the killing field of Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer...
View Photo »In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, sits in the courtroom for a session of U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as the court gives verdict on appeal filed...
View Photo »Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Ann speaks to the media after Kaing Guek Eav --better known as Duch, former chief of the prison Toul Sleng, was sentenced to life time imprisonment by the Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. A Khmer Rouge...
View Photo »Co-prosecutora Andrew Cayley (R) from United Kingdom and Chea Leang from Cambodia speak during a press conference after Kaing Guek Eav --better known as Duch, former chief of the prison Toul Sleng, was sentenced to life time imprisonment by the Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge...
View Photo »Students watch a live broacast of the appeal trial verdic announcement of former Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav --better known as Duch -- at the canteen inside the complex of the Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. Hundreds of Cambodians...
View Photo »Cambodian buddhist monks and victims of the Khmer Rouge regime sit praying during a ceremony held at the site of the killing field of Choeung Ek in the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 3, 2012. A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people was given life in prison...
View Photo »It was the first time anyone had tried to reach Mondulkiri, a wild place in the far west of the country, since the Khmer Rouge had been overthrown
And to me, this is not genocide—that would imply a specific target. The Khmer Rouge seemed more like a steamroller, with the enemy constantly changing.
The U.N. support for Cambodia is very good because we can find out the truth about the many millions of people who were killed. It’s a little too late, but it is a good thing for our nation, and for the Khmer Rouge too.
Their argument is anyone else is not really a senior leader for the Khmer Rouge. This is an absurd notion.
Most historians agree that without this American intervention the Khmer Rouge would not have been able to seize power
Khieu Samphan is not a communist leader but a real democratic leader and I don't believe he killed Cambodians during the Khmer Rouge regime
Former Khmer Rouge deputy denies mass killings
Real justice ... will be when the court prosecutes the Khmer Rouge leaders, and sentences them for their crimes.
If (the Khmer Rouge leaders) were standing before me right now, I would take my shoes off and hit them over the head
The massacres were planned by and reported to the highest echelons of the [Khmer Rouge]
It's important, not just to bring justice to victims of the Khmer Rouge and that the court follows international standards. It's also important to create a legacy, an example, for Cambodia justice and show what a fair trial looks like.
The Khmer Rouge years have left an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of the Cambodian people. The trial of the leaders is something that I, like so many other victims of the Khmer Rouge, thought would never happen.
The Khmer Rouge years have left an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of the Cambodian people. The trial of the leaders is something that I, like so many other victims of the Khmer Rouge, thought would never happen.
The Khmer Rouge were quite scrupulous actually about keeping written records. Some of that has been destroyed over the years, but we have a lot of it
And then I feel like I live again in the Khmer Rouge regime - and I feel the suffering of other people. I feel the suffering of my Mum, you know, who get killed by the Khmer Rouge who get the horse and dragged her because she stole food for my daughters ... So it seems like bad memories come back again ...
I also think it is important in the interests of international justice generally because it’s certainly part of the fight against impunity ... We are looking at crimes that are 30 years old. I’m quite certain that at the time the leaders of the Khmer Rouge never believed they would be held to account fo...
And then I feel like I live again in the Khmer Rouge regime - and I feel the suffering of other people. I feel the suffering of my Mum, you know, who get killed by the Khmer Rouge who get the horse and dragged her because she stole food for my daughters ... So it seems like bad memories come back again ...
The first thing is that we are dealing with nearly two million dead, so there isn’t anybody in this country that has been unaffected by what happened during the Khmer Rouge period
They used to be big shots in the Khmer Rouge time, and they were like a God who ordered you can die, you can survive by their order, and now it’s their turn to be in the court
The Khmer Rouge leadership, which included the three defendants, was kept constantly informed by periodic reports
Khmer Rouge trial captivates Cambodians
It's the first time the senior leadership of the Khmer Rouge is being tried by a court with international backing.
This is the first (trial) of the Khmer Rouge leadership responsible for enacting a series of policies that led to the deaths of nearly 2 million people
As the trial starts tomorrow, I want to remind the victims and ask them to push this trial to find justice for those who were killed by the Khmer Rouge regime
I want to remind the victims and ask them to push this trial to find justice for those who were killed by the Khmer Rouge's regime
