Vann Nath, born in Battambang province in 1946, passed away… He was one of the three remaining survivors of the S21 interrogation center. Now only two are left. The trial of four ‘most responsible’ and elderly Khmer Rouge leaders should start early 2012… Unless they too pass away… I feel immensely privileged to have had […]
Vann Nath, one of the very few survivors of S21, suffered a stroke and is in a coma. Richard Rechtman, Psyhiatrist and Anthropologist, said about him : “Vann Nath is probably the first witness I meet who bears witness to nothing but forces the others to testify”. See this and this…
The second Khmer Rouge trial starts today. I will not be there. But I believe the photographs I could take will be very similar to this. For the background on the Khmer Rouge trial check this.
Sorry, The Day of Anger (previously Hatred Day) was yesterday. I’m a day late. 20 years separate those two pictures: the graves are slowly leveling with the ground… Here is a multimedia I did in 2009 for Ka-Set…
He does it nearly every year: documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh is at the Cannes film festival with a new movie. This one is called ‘Maître des Forges de l’Enfer’ and is about Kaing Guek Eav, alias ‘Duch’. Long interviews before his trial. I have a few stories on my website related to this… One is […]
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. […]