Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Survivor Sees Khmer Rouge Trials As Catalyst For Accountability

March 9, 2010
By Tejinder Singh,
AHN Correspondent

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) - The Cambodian killing fields took her parents but Theary Seng (picture) is a survivor and sees the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders as a great opportunity, calling it a "court of public opinion."
Seng, a Cambodian-born U.S.-trained lawyer, addressed a Newsmaker event at the National Press Club on Friday.
She expressed hope that the Khmer Rouge tribunal, formally the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), could be "a powerful catalyst for social accountability--the constructive engagement of Killing Fields survivors and other Cambodians and their transformation into informed, empowered citizens."?
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