Monday, July 26, 2010

Cambodians Pray at Prison Before Historic Genocide Verdict

People attend a Buddhist ceremony at Tuol Sleng genocide museum, formerly the regime's notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 25, 2010. (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

VOA News
25 July 2010


Hundreds of victims of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge gathered Sunday for a Buddhist prayer ceremony, on the eve of the first verdict from the country's U.N.-backed war crimes court.

Survivors of the regime's notorious Tuol Sleng prison prayed along with the relatives of the more than 14,000 killed there.

Prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, better known as "Duch," is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity as well as murder and torture.
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