http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/grace_davies/justice_for_cambodia_khmer_rouge_trial Comments for "Justice for Cambodia - Khmer Rouge trial, " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/grace_davies/justice_for_cambodia_khmer_rouge_trial &quot;It&#39;s a big day ... the spotlight&#39;s on Cambodia&quot;. So said Peter Foster, spokesman for the Cambodian genocide tribunal, on hosting its first public hearing today. Kang Kek Ieu, or &quot;Duch&quot;, former head of Tuol Sleng jail in Phnom Penh, and &quot;<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/khmer.rouge/index.html">alleged chief torturer</a>&quot; of the Khmer Rouge is the first former leader of the regime to be charged by the court. The UN-backed tribunal was finally set up last year following <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/12/asia/AS-GEN-Cambodia-Khmer-Rouge-Timeline.php?WT.mc_id=rssap_asia">years of political and financial wrangling</a>.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/grace_davies/justice_for_cambodia_khmer_rouge_trial" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/grace_davies/justice_for_cambodia_khmer_rouge_trial">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/grace_davies/justice_for_cambodia_khmer_rouge_trial#comment cambodia democracy genocide trial Grace Davies khmer rouge oD Today phnom penh pol pot Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:07:52 +0000 Grace Davies 35111 at http://www.opendemocracy.net