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Archive for April, 2009

From Celebration to Commemoration

Friday, April 17th, 2009

After the Khmer New Year celebrations: It is back to commemorations: on April 17th, 34 years ago, the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh… There is a small multimedia slideshow on Khmer New Year here at Ka-set.

2553, Prime Beef

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Happy New Year… This is 2553, the year of the Ox…

Rattana

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

DAY 7

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

I will spare you from pictures about the tribunal until April 20th: it is Khmer New Year holiday…

DAY 6

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

First testimony at the ECCC trial… During the civil war before the Khmer Rouge took power, François Bizot, a french archaeologist, was taken prisoner for 3 months by Duch at the M13 detention camp, and finally released. A fate hundreds of other prisoners will not be able to share. M13 was the prefiguration of the […]

DAY 5

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

DAY 4

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Missed Khieu

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Aw geez, now the PR guy made a mistake. He let two photographers in the pool and there was authorisation for three… Missed yet another chance to take pics of Khieu Samphan… Story Nr VIJ2009025