sexta-feira, 5 de março de 2010


CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. Genocide museum of Tuol sleng, situated in a school transformed into an interrogation center by the Khmer Rouge. Dismantling of a map made by Vann Nath, one of two survivors of Tuol Sleng, in 1979 and made of skulls collected from nearby Choeung Ek Killing Field.
The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, was blamed for one of the worst horrors of the 20th century. At least 1.7 million people - nearly one-quarter of Cambodia's population - died under the regime, from execution, disease, starvation and overwork.

The first accused, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, was in charge of the S21 interrogation center, a prison converted from a school. At the prison, men, women and children were shackled to iron beds and tortured before they were beaten to death. He is charged with crimes against humanity. His verdict will be pronounced within the next couple of months. Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith, all the remaining top leaders of the 'Angkar' (the Organisation), are waiting in their cell for their trial to begin. They are charged with crimes against humanity and genocide