Showing posts with label Digging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Digging. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Poverty leaves no room for human dignity

Villagers dig for jewellery at Sre Leave village, in Trapaing Khlaing commune, in Kamport province, 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, May 8, 2007. Hundreds of villagers from Kamport province flocked to a gravesite in Chhuk district, where many bodies of Khmer Rouge victims were buried during the Khmer Rouge regime, to dig for jewellery and other valuables, police said on Monday, reported Cambodia Daily News. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Ngeth Thea (R), 31, examines a piece of clothing after digging at Sre Leave village, in Trapaing Khlaing commune, in Kamport province, 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, May 8, 2007. Hundreds of villagers from Kamport province flocked to a gravesite in Chhuk district, where many bodies of Khmer Rouge victims were buried during the Khmer Rouge regime, to dig for jewellery and other valuables, police said on Monday, reported Cambodia Daily News. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Duk Veth, 42, holds up a gold earring after digging at Sre Leave village, in Trapaing Khlaing commune, in Kamport province, 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, May 8, 2007. Hundreds of villagers from Kamport province flocked to a gravesite in Chhuk district, where many bodies of Khmer Rouge victims were buried during the Khmer Rouge regime, to dig for jewellery and other valuables, police said on Monday, reported Cambodia Daily News. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian man piles up skulls, bones and clothes that were dug up at Sre Leave village, in Trapaing Khlaing commune, in Kamport province, 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, May 8, 2007. Hundreds of villagers from Kamport province flocked to a gravesite in Chhuk district, where many bodies of Khmer Rouge victims were buried during the Khmer Rouge regime, to dig for jewellery and other valuables, police said on Monday, reported Cambodia Daily News. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian boy look at skull and bones that were dug up at Sre Leave village, in Trapaing Khlaing commune, in Kamport province, 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, May 8, 2007. Hundreds of villagers from Kamport province flocked to a gravesite in Chhuk district, where many bodies of Khmer Rouge victims were buried during the Khmer Rouge regime, to dig for jewellery and other valuables, police said on Monday, reported Cambodia Daily News. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea