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Kaing Geak Eav, alias Duch, sentenced to 35 years…

Monday, July 26th, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, will hear his verdict… For the occasion I updated my website with a new edit. Maybe more is not better but… As a reminder: – the dummy of the book ’30 Years for a Trial’. – the Magnum in Motion multimedia piece.

On the morning of monday, July 26th, the first verdict in the Khmer Rouge trial will be announced. It is never too late of course. But 30 years? Anyhow I have a feeling Mr. Kaing Guek Eav still has something up his sleeve which will not make that day as satisfying as it could be. [...]

Duch, alias Kaing Guek Eav, head of the S21 interrogation center during the Khmer Rouge regime, fired François Roux, his co-lawyer a few weeks before the verdict at the ECCC (July 26th). Open road to the appeal… Duch still playing games… Info here. As a reminder: ’30 Years for a Trial‘ is a downloadable .pdf [...]

In case you don’t want to see this man die before those who are being tried at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, please read the following: “Dear Friends Please allow me to send you this urgent call for help. Vann Nath whom you all know as a S-21 survivor, a painter and a restless and dedicated [...]

Magnum in Motion just made a podcast I produced about the Khmer Rouge trial, called “30 Years for a Trial”, available on its website. Also downloadable via iTunes, Zune.

Tonight is he last opportunity to see the open-air projections in front of Wat Botum organised by the French Cultural Center. 12 screens and hundreds of pictures from all over the world in a smooth 18°C breeze… Don’t miss my 8 minutes MM piece on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Yes, the one some of you [...]

That’s it. The last day of the first Khmer Rouge trial. There is just one thing missing: THE VERDICT. But will it make a difference? Will the condemnation of ONE mean the page can be turned? Of course not.