Thursday, 12 August 2010

The tribunal began Thursday distributing its landmark verdict book of Duch, the first Khmer Rouge leader to be sentenced to 35 years in prison on July


A survivor of the Khmer Rouge prison S-21, Vann Nath, holds the first verdict book he received at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh August 12 ,2010. More than 500 copies of this verdict book on former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav have been released by the Cambodia-UN backed tribunal court to villagers who live near the former Khmer Rouge main prisons on the outskirts of the capital of Phnom Pen to promote awareness about the court, a court official said. Kaing Guek Eav, a former prison chief better known as Duch, was on Monday found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and received less than half the 40-year sentence sought by prosecutors for his role in the 1975-1979 reign of terror. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian villager reads a verdict book after it was distributed at Prey Sar village, a former Khmer Rouge S-24 prison, the outskirts of Phnom Penh August12 ,2010. More than 500 copies of this verdict book on former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav have been released by the Cambodia-UN backed tribunal court to villagers who live near the former Khmer Rouge main prisons on the outskirts of the capital of Phnom Pen to promote awareness about the court, a court official said. Kaing Guek Eav, a former prison chief better known as Duch, was on Monday found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and received less than half the 40-year sentence sought by prosecutors for his role in the 1975-1979 reign of terror. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

The survivors of Khmer Rouge prison S-21, Chum Mey (R) and Bou Meng, look at verdict books after they were distributed at Prey Sar village, a former KhmerRouge S-24 prison, the outskirts of Phnom Penh, August 12 ,2010. More than 500 copies of this verdict book on former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav have been released by the Cambodia-UN backed tribunal court to villagers who live near the former Khmer Rouge main prisons on the outskirts of the capital of Phnom Penh to promote awareness about the court, a court official said. Kaing Guek Eav, a former prison chief better known as Duch, was on Monday found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and received less than half the 40-year sentence sought by prosecutors for his role in the 1975-1979 reign of terror. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian child looks at the verdict book after it was distributed at Prey Sar village, a former Khmer Rouge S-24 prison, the outskirts of Phnom PenhAugust 12 ,2010. More than 500 copies of this verdict book on former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav have been released by the Cambodia-UN backed tribunal court to villagers who live near the former Khmer Rouge main prisons on the outskirts of the capital of Phnom Penh to promote awareness about the court, a court official said. Kaing Guek Eav, a former prison chief better known as Duch, was on Monday found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and received less than half the 40-year sentence sought by prosecutors for his role in the 1975-1979 reign of terror. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian child holds a recent verdict book of Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, during the books delivering by the U.N.-backedgenocide tribunal staff officials at Prey Sar village, a former Khmer Rouge S-24 prison, some 18 kilometers (11 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. The tribunal began Thursday distributing its landmark verdict book of Duch, the first Khmer Rouge leader to be sentenced to 35 years in prison on July 26 on war crimes and crimes against humanity, more than 500 to the commune officers who live near by the former Khmer Rouge main prisons on the outskirts of the capital of Phnom Pen to promote awareness about the court, a court official said. (Photo/Heng Sinith)

Lars Olsen, right, legal communications officer of U.N,-backed genocide tribunal, distributes recent verdict book of Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav,better known as Duch, to villagers at Prey Sar village, a former Khmer Rouge S-24 prison, some 18 kilometers (11 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. The tribunal began Thursday distributing its landmark verdict book of Duch, the first Khmer Rouge leader to be sentenced to 35 years in prison on July 26 on war crimes and crimes against humanity, more than 500 to the commune officers who live near by the former Khmer Rouge main prisons on the outskirts of the capital of Phnom Pen to promote awareness about the court, a court official said. (Photo/Heng Sinith)

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