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:

  1. Anonymous9:48 AM

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

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  2. Anonymous10:11 AM

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

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  3. Anonymous12:21 PM

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

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