Showing posts with label Commemoration for the Victims of the KR Regime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Commemoration for the Victims of the KR Regime. Show all posts

Thursday, April 17, 2008

SRP's 17 April 1975 "Killing Fields" commemoration at Choeung Ek Memorial

Sam Rainsy (R), Cambodia's opposition party leader, holds a tray of candles and incense to pray for victims who died during the Khmer Rouge regime at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh April 17, 2008. Hundreds of Cambodians, including 99 monks, gathered at the site to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Khmer Rouge reign, which plunged the nation into a radical communist group genocide regime from 1975-1979. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodia's opposition party leader Sam Rainsy (L) and Buddhist monks look at a memorial stupa displayed with more than 8,000 skulls of victims of the Khmer Rouge at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh April 17, 2008. Hundreds of Cambodians, including 99 monks, gathered at the site to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Khmer Rouge reign, which plunged the nation into a radical communist group genocide regime from 1975-1979. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian Buddhists monks stand in front of a memorial stupa displayed with more than 8,000 skulls of victims of the Khmer Rouge at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh April 17, 2008. Hundreds of Cambodians, including 99 monks, gathered at the site to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Khmer Rouge reign, which plunged the nation into a radical communist group genocide regime from 1975-1979. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian Buddhists monks stand in front of a memorial stupa displayed with more than 8,000 skulls of victims of the Khmer Rouge at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh April 17, 2008. Hundreds of Cambodians, including 99 monks, gathered at the site to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Khmer Rouge reign, which plunged the nation into a radical communist group genocide regime from 1975-1979. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
The Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh. Cambodia on Tuesday quietly marked the 10-year anniversary of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's death, amid fears that time is running out to try his ageing surviving cadre before a genocide tribunal (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)
The Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh on the 10-year anniversary of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's death (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)