Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Opening of Comrade Duch's trial

Former Khmer Rouge prison commander, 66-year-old Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, gestures in the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. (AFP/Pool/Adrees Latif)
Former Khmer Rouge prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also know as 'Duch' looks on during the first day of a U.N.-backed tribunal Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Duch went before Cambodia's genocide tribunal Tuesday for its first trial over the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people at the hands of the Khmer Rouge regime more than three decades ago. (AP Photo/Adrees Latif, POOL)
Former Khmer Rouge prison commander, 66-year-old Duch (C), whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, stands in the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh.(AFP/Pool/Adrees Latif)
Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, awaits the start of his trial on the outskirts of Phnom Penh February 17, 2009. Duch, the ex-commandant of the notorious S-21 prison and chief Khmer Rouge torturer, faced trial for crimes against humanity on Tuesday, the first by a senior Pol Pot cadre three decades since the end of a regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Former Khmer Rouge prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, right, also know as 'Duch' talks with a lawyer during the first day of a U.N.-backed tribunal Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Duch, went before Cambodia's genocide tribunal Tuesday for its first trial over the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people at the hands of the Khmer Rouge regime more than three decades ago. (AP Photo/Adrees Latif, POOL)
Kaing Guek Eav (L), also known as Duch, awaits the start of his trial on the outskirts of Phnom Penh February 17, 2009. Duch, the ex-commandant of the notorious S-21 prison and chief Khmer Rouge torturer, faced trial for crimes against humanity on Tuesday, the first by a senior Pol Pot cadre three decades since the end of a regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

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