Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Photos from Duch's trial - 01 April 2009

Monks line up to attend the trial of former Khmer Rouge chief torturer Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, during his trial on the outskirts of Phnom Penh April 1, 2009. Duch is on trial for crimes against humanity, the first by a senior Pol Pot cadre, three decades since the end of a regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian students from the Royal Cambodian Administration school wait in line for a trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, also known as 'Duch,' at a U.N.-backed tribunal Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The man accused of being the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer put down his prepared speech, removed his eyeglasses and gazed at the courtroom audience as he pleaded for forgiveness from the country he helped terrorize three decades ago. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian police look on at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Kaing Guek Eav, also know as 'Duch,' is the first of five former Khmer Rouge leaders being tried for crimes against humanity. The man accused of being the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer put down his prepared speech, removed his eyeglasses and gazed at the courtroom audience as he pleaded for forgiveness from the country he helped terrorize three decades ago. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Cambodians look on at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Kaing Guek Eav, also know as 'Duch,' is the first of five former Khmer Rouge leaders being tried for crimes against humanity. The man accused of being the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer put down his prepared speech, removed his eyeglasses and gazed at the courtroom audience as he pleaded for forgiveness from the country he helped terrorize three decades ago. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Cambodian Buddhist monks collect pass for getting into the courtroom for a trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, also known as 'Duch', at a U.N.-backed tribunal Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A day after Duch took the stand and pleaded for forgiveness, the man who ran the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison is expected to face tough questioning about his running of the communist radicals' torture machine. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian police look on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Kaing Guek Eav, also know as 'Duch,' is the first of five former Khmer Rouge leaders being tried for crimes against humanity. The man accused of being the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer put down his prepared speech, removed his eyeglasses and gazed at the courtroom audience as he pleaded for forgiveness from the country he helped terrorize three decades ago. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Pictured is a live feed of former Khmer Rouge chief torturer Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, during his trial on the outskirts of Phnom Penh April 1, 2009. Duch is on trial for crimes against humanity, the first by a senior Pol Pot cadre, three decades since the end of a regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
In this image made off APTN footage, Kaing Guek Eav, better known as 'Duch', far left, smoothes his hair as his lawyer Francois Roux stands during a trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The man accused of being the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer put down his prepared speech, removed his eyeglasses and gazed at the courtroom audience as he pleaded for forgiveness from the country he helped terrorize three decades ago. (AP Photo/APTN)

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