Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Face expression of elderly Cambodians in waiting

Left: An elderly Cambodian woman waits to attend the UN-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's genocide tribunal postponed Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea's first public court hearing Monday amid a row over his legal team, raising concerns for further delays to the UN-backed proceedings.(AFP/Saeed Khan)

Right: Noun Chea, a former Khmer Rouge leader and right hand man to Pol Pot, waits during a hearing Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, at the U.N.-back genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A Cambodian court adjourned a hearing Monday over former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea's appeal against his detention by Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal tasked with seeking justice in the communist movement's atrocities in late 1970s. (AP Photo /Tang Chhin Sothy, Pool)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That because Yuon-Sen want to delay purpously the tribunal so the old people died and the young paople will forget about the genocide.

Anonymous said...

the faces show many years of suffering. please help cambodians find justice.

Anonymous said...

looks like years of hardship and sufferings put a lot of wear and tear on this poor woman's face.