Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Cambodian Khmer Rouge trial of Comrade Duch set to end


A vehicle carrying Kaing Guek Eav, former Khmer Rouge prison chief, aboard arrives at a U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Cambodia's genocide tribunal continues its historic trial of the accused Khmer Rouge torture chief on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch (R) talks with his lawyer Francois Roux of France before the start of the second day of closing arguments in his trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Mark Pitters-ECCC/Handout (CAAI News Media)



Chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch (R) talks with his Cambodian lawyer Kar Savuth before the start of the second day of closing arguments in his trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Mark Pitters-ECCC/Handout (CAAI News Media)


Cambodian students read document on Khmer Rouge outside the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, known Tuol Sleng genocide museum, is being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


David J. Schefer, an U.S. Professor of Law of Northwestern University, right, and Cambodian genocide victim Theary Seng, front left, walk through a gate at the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall where Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, known Tuol Sleng genocide museum, is tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


VIDEO - Cambodian schoolchildren are only just starting to learn about the murderous Khmer Rouge regime with the help of new textbooks. The hardline regime killed up to two million people during its 1975-9 rule. Duration: 01:54. (AFPTV/ECCC/Rachel O'Brien) (CAAI News Media)


A Cambodian boy looks at skulls and bones inside a memorial for victims of the Khmer Rouge regime in Battambang province. Prosecutors called for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to receive a long jail term for his role in the "Killing Fields" atrocities as they delivered final arguments in his trial. (AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy) (CAAI News Media)


Kaing Guek Eav reads a document at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Prosecutors called for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to receive a long jail term for his role in the "Killing Fields" atrocities as they delivered final arguments in his trial.(AFP/ECCC/File/AFP) (CAAI News Media)



Kaing Guek Eav reads a document at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Prosecutors called for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to receive a long jail term for his role in the "Killing Fields" atrocities as they delivered final arguments in his trial.(AFP/ECCC/File/AFP) (CAAI News Media)


Chum Mey, center, a Cambodian survivor of the S-21 prison during the Khmer Rouge regime, walks in front of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious prison, now known as Tuol Sleng genocide museum, is being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Cambodian Buddhist nuns line up in front of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, is being tries for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Cambodian students line up as Buddhist monks, left, arrive at the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, is being tries for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Cambodian Buddhist monks line up in front of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, is being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)

Cambodian Buddhist monks line up in front of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, is being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)


Cambodian students line up in front of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, is being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)

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