Martine Lefelivre (C) the widow of Cambodian diplomat Ouk Ket, killed on Dec. 9, 1977 at Tuol Sleng sits along side her daughter( R) as they greet the monks after an emotional prayer ceremony at the Toul Sleng Genocide museum July 25, 2010 in Phnom Penh (Photograph by: Paula Bronstein, Getty)PHNOM PENH, July 25, 2010 (AFP) - About 150 Khmer Rouge victims gathered at the site of a notorious regime prison for a Buddhist prayer ceremony Sunday, on the eve of the first verdict at Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes court.
Survivors of the late 1970s regime and relatives of its dead, led by five Buddhist monks, knelt at Tuol Sleng in tribute to the estimated 15,000 people who were tortured and murdered at the prison under its chairman, Duch.
Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, was due to hear his verdict Monday on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, premeditated murder and torture after nine months of proceedings last year.
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Survivors of the late 1970s regime and relatives of its dead, led by five Buddhist monks, knelt at Tuol Sleng in tribute to the estimated 15,000 people who were tortured and murdered at the prison under its chairman, Duch.
Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, was due to hear his verdict Monday on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, premeditated murder and torture after nine months of proceedings last year.
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