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Interview with Siem Reap Province People

On 23 September 2009, the task force of the Open Forum of Cambodia (OFC) visited the Battambang province to interview the people about Khmer Rouge regime occurring and link their opinion about Khmer Rouge regime to Khmer Rouge trial of the Khmer Rouge tribunal. The program is established to distribute information about the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and hear the people in provinces/municipalities or Khmer Rouge  ...


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Where Pen Ron Was Killed

Pen Ron was one of the most popular singers in Cambodia during the 60s and 70s. Unfortunately, her talent and her life came to an end when Pol Pot came to power on 17th of April, 1975. Phok Nang, 67, village chief of Trakiet said, “all people who were taken Troap Kor pagoda were killed on the site north of the pagoda ...


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  1. Complaint against Marcel Lemonde Increases
  2. Khieu Samphan’s co-defence lawyer Sar Sovann has already made decision to file a complaint to remove Marcel Lemonde’s position as international co-investigating judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

    He sued the co-investigating judge for not respecting professional code. "Marcel Lemonde has no rights to instruct investigating official to find only inculpatory evidence," he said. "His task is to find both inculpatory and exculpatory evidence."

  3. Genocidal Crime Center Built to Commemorate the Dead in Pol Pot Regime
  4. Tribunal to Close Case 002 Complaints in Mid-November
  5. Duch Rejects Witness’s Testimony, Torture Record
  6. Tuol Sleng ex-guard, interrogator testifies
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Tuol Sleng torture survivor starts group for Khmer Rouge victims

CHUM Mey, a 79-year-old who is among the few known living survivors of Tuol Sleng prison, has established a new organisation to support victims of the Khmer Rouge. The former mechanic testified in June as a civil party in the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s first case, that of Tuol Sleng prison chief Kaing Guek Eav. On Wednesday, he received official permission from the Ministry of Interior to establish his group ...

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News Summary for September 2009

The September 2009 local newspapers covered the stories of 28 civil parties who boycotted to attend hearing as they were not happy with judges’ decision to dismiss four defence team from asking defendant about characters on 27 August 2009. They also reported news relates to statement of co-prosecutor who failed to secure supermajority of votes to bar further investigations into Khmer Rouge suspects from being conducted, a detention center of the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) turned into Buddhist monastery for worship, wealth problem of Nuon Chea, former Khmer Rouge leader, taken to hospital for medical check, and news release of Khmer Rouge tribunal about amendment request of the internal rules relating to procedural code of the court ... 
 
Tuesday, 09 February,2010

The ECCC Should Address Starvation to Fulfill its Mandate

Constant hunger was perhaps the most universal form of suffering endured by Cambodians during the period of Democratic Kampuchea (DK) from 1975-1979. The Khmer Rouge (KR) regime forced all Cambodians to eat communally and outlawed eating privately or raising private crops. These actions effectively stripped the population of the ability to feed itself and made Cambodians wholly reliant on communal rations for sustenance. These rations however, were woefully insufficient, typically consisting of two small ladles...

A Hospital, a place to Die 

If we feel sick, we go to the hospital and know the doctor will treat us. However, some people who went to a hospital located on the Wat Sokuntharam ground during the Pol Pot regime tried to find a way to leave the hospital after they were inside for a couple of days. During the Pol Pot regime, Wat Sokuntharam, also known as Wat Skun in Kampong Cham province, was one of the former hospitals. Mr. Pat Choy, 52, who presently is the Pana Village Chief, recalled what he experience while going for treatment with his family in the Khmer Rouge time ...

Report Survey Conducted 

On 7-10 October 2009, the task force of the Khmer Rouge web portal project at the Open Forum of Cambodia (OFC) conducted a survey on a joint target group – including NGO representatives, youth team, victims, and people in community, based on key eleven questions for interview. Hor Neath, Adhoc rights group coordinator, Takeo, says that Adhoc rights group also works on Khmer Rouge trial, distributing information about Khmer Rouge regime to the people and youth in community  ...

The Court Report of ECCC for November 2009

Welcome to the 19th edition of The Court Report. This newsletter is published monthly in an effort to keep the public better informed about court activities. In the Judicial section, updates from the Pre-Trial Chamber, the Trial Chamber, the Office of the Co-Investigating Judges, the Office of the Co-Prosecutors, and the Victim’s Unit are included ...

Remains of 2,000 victims Burned 

In the era of Democratic Kampuchea the Khmer Rouge used a small former village in Kampong Cham province as the security office or detention center. The office was under the command of Comrade Sup as the director. The people who had been provisionally jailed here were later killed and buried in a plot of higher ground called Tuol Krasaing and in a ditch hear by called O Ta Kung, around five hundred meter away from the detention center ...


Publications

The survey report of Khmer Rough Trial Web Portal
Source: Open Forum of Cambodia


A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 1975-1979(part2)
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: KHAMBOLY DY


A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 1975-1979(part1)
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: KHAMBOLY DY


the ECCC khmer Poster
Source: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
(02-6-2007)


Justice Initiatives
Source: Cambodia Justice Initiative of Open Society Justice Initiative
(05-1-2006)


Searching for the truth
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: DCCam