Duch's public hearing: Photos inside the courtroom in session

Former Khmer Rouge prison chief S-21, Kaing Guek Eav (Duch) in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's Khmer Rouge court opened its first public hearing Tuesday, in what many see as a landmark moment for a country trying to come to terms with the brutal 1970s regime (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)
The court room and attending court officials are seen during the hearing of former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav (Duch), (unseen) in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's Khmer Rouge court opened its first public hearing Tuesday, in what many see as a landmark moment for a country trying to come to terms with the brutal 1970s regime (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)
A panel of five Cambodian and international judges (back) presides at the courtroom during the hearing of former chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch, otherwise known as Kaing Guek Eav, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 20, 2007. (Chor Sokunthea/Reuters)
Judges with Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal, from left, Prak Kim San of Cambodia, Katinka Lahuis of the Netherlands and You Bun Long of Cambodia, call the proceedings to order Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The tribunal met Tuesday on a hearing for former Khmer Rouge prison camp commander Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
This general view shows a court room during a hearing of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, the former Khmer Rouge prison chief at Tuol Sleng prison, at the court hall of Khmer Rouge Tribunal headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal opened its doors Tuesday for the first public court appearance of a Khmer Rouge figure since the regime's brutal reign of terror in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)