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Archive for July, 2010

Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A long awaited pronouncement

Friday, July 30th, 2010

By Chandara Tith.

The United Nations-backed war crime tribunal for the Khmer Rouge Regime has pronounced its first verdict on July 26, 2010. The former leader of the Toul Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, Duch will be sent to prison for 19 years.

Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch in the court on 26 July 2010 (Photo: Courtesy of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch in the court on 26 July 2010 (Photo: Courtesy of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal deals with surviving senior leaders of the regime. People believe it helps to support reconciliation after the enormous sufferings during the Khmer Rouge regime.   (more…)

Same, Similar and Different

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

By Chandara Tith.

Dara in Bonn

Here we go... Dara's first walk around Bonn (photo: private)

It is not the end of the world: a 22 year-old Cambodian guy travel abroad for the first time to do an internship and live independently in a student dormitory. He temporarily sets up a new life in Bonn/ Germany. (more…)