Just minor hickups…
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 28/05/2009: Repairing sound system in press room on the 23rd day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 28/05/2009: Press room on the 23rd day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
Next week no tribunal… They take a week off and we will switch to something else for a while. The Pretrial Chambers might have something going on though…
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 27/05/2009: The accused on the 22nd day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 27/05/2009: 22nd day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
Before heading for the Kambol KR trial, there was a demo demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi in front of the Myanmar embassy.
Just wondering: are her tormentors eligible for a similar trial?
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh). 27/05/2009: A few dozen Human Rights activists and Myanmar nationals held a demonstration in front of the Myanmar embassy demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 26/05/2009: Day 21 of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 26/05/2009: Bus waiting for visitors to be brought back to town (20km) on day 21 of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 25/05/2009: Day 20 of Duch trial at the ECCC. (the pink recorder is from a lady journalist and the other one is from a male journalist)
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 25/05/2009: Press room on day 20 of Duch trial at the ECCC.
Actually there are more animals in the “chicken den”:
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 22/04/2009: Gecko on the premises of the ECCC during the10th day of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 22/04/2009: Lizard on the premises of the ECCC on the 10th day of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 21/05/2009: 19th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 21/05/2009: 19th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
EXACTLY twenty years ago, during my first trip there, I got hooked on Cambodia…
CAMBODIA. Chhoeung Ek. 20/05/1989: Military during Hatred Day.
CAMBODIA. Chhoeung Ek (Phnom Penh). 20/05/2009: Reenactment of Khmer Rouge atrocities during Hatred Day. Initiated in 1984 by a regime seeking legitimacy, Hatred Day commemorates the directive of collectivism planned by Pol Pot. The celebration was stopped after the 1991 Paris Peace accords but was still attended to in the provinces. Phnom Penh reinstated it in 1999.
Otherwise, we received a little treat from the ECCC: a press conference…
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 20/05/2009: Knut ROSANDHAUG, Deputy Director of the Office of Administration, TONY Kranh, Acting Director of the Office of Administration at the ECCC, during first press conference on the 18th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 19/05/2009: Courthouse on the 17th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 19/05/2009: Press room during recess at the 17th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
Quite a boring morning for the first day after two weeks of recess at the Duch trial at the ECCC… Just got back in Phnom Penh when I heard that Craig Etcheson is testifying. I guess he’ll still be out there tomorrow…
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 18/05/2009: Reflection of the administrative buildings on the 16th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 18/05/2009: Press room on the 16th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.
CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 18/05/2009: The court building, located 20 km outside of Phnom Penh, on the 16th day of Duch trial at the ECCC.