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 […]
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
There is a multimedia slideshow on the Ka-set website about Duch’s pardon (this picture isn’t in there)…
It seems there will be no more photo ops at the trial of Duch. Judges judge… They haven’t got a clue that history is also written with photographs. They should know better though: they use pictures as evidence in their own courts…
Couldn’t get in this time. Bad luck with the draw. So I will not have the first real day of Duch’s trial in my archive… All there is left to do is trying to get excited with what is left… Journalists, and a bit of the public…
Hearing at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Pre-Trial Chamber for Khieu Samphan. His french co-lawyer, Jacques Vergès didn’t show up… Adjourned until April 3rd. And I am adjourning until tuesday night… No posts… CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 27/02/2009: Khieu Samphan, former Chief of State of the Democratic Kampuchea and leader of the Political Bureau (Bureau 870), […]