Monday, November 23, 2009

Duch's trial - 23 Nov. 2009

Cambodians line up in front of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, now known as the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, is being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Closing arguments are expected to start Monday with both sides wrapping up their cases by the end of the week. Kaing Guek Eav, who pleaded guilty, is expected to testify as soon as Wednesday and to be sentenced early next year. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Khmer rouge survivor Chum Manh (R) waits in line to attend the trial of chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 23, 2009. Duch, a former maths teacher whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, is the first of the five indicted former Khmer Rouge cadres to face trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal. The trial is now in the closing arguments stage. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodians line up in front of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, now known as the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, is being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Closing arguments are expected to start Monday with both sides wrapping up their cases by the end of the week. Kaing Guek Eav, who pleaded guilty, is expected to testify as soon as Wednesday and to be sentenced early next year. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch reads documents during the closing arguments of his trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 23, 2009 . REUTERS/ECCC/Handout
Chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch reads a document during closing arguments at his trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 23, 2009 . REUTERS/ECCC/Handout

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