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U.S. Survivors Attend Case 002 Trial Opening of the Khmer Rouge Atrocities
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Newsletter: Moving Forward Through Justice, Vol. 1 Issue No. 05, October– December 2011, Victims’ Participation in the Proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), p. 14
Article By: ASRIC. U.S.victim-survivors, Sophany Bay, Marie Chea and Sarem Neou, attended opening sessions of Case 002 of the ECCC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Active participation inthe litigation process by the victim-survivors is an unprecedented mandate of this Court, making the survivors’ presence and their representation essential to the larger mission of justice, reclamation, and healing.
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Article By: ASRIC. U.S.victim-survivors, Sophany Bay, Marie Chea and Sarem Neou, attended opening sessions of Case 002 of the ECCC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Active participation inthe litigation process by the victim-survivors is an unprecedented mandate of this Court, making the survivors’ presence and their representation essential to the larger mission of justice, reclamation, and healing.
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Grim reflection on eve of Khmer Rouge trial
By Choeung Ek, International Herald Tribune
11/21/2011
With opening statements about to begin in the most important phase of the Khmer Rouge trials, survivors knelt before a huge pyrámid of skulls at a killing field here Sunday as monks chanted a prayer for the souls of the dead.
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11/21/2011
With opening statements about to begin in the most important phase of the Khmer Rouge trials, survivors knelt before a huge pyrámid of skulls at a killing field here Sunday as monks chanted a prayer for the souls of the dead.
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Three US Survivors To Attend Opening of Khmer Rouge Case
By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
11/17/2011
A small group of Khmer Rouge survivors from the US plan to attend an opening hearing next week at the UN-backed tribunal, as it puts three senior leaders of the regime on trial in a landmark case.
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11/17/2011
A small group of Khmer Rouge survivors from the US plan to attend an opening hearing next week at the UN-backed tribunal, as it puts three senior leaders of the regime on trial in a landmark case.
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Khmer Rouge on Trial: Can Serving Justice Cure PTSD?
By Tracie White, Stanford Medicine
Summer 2011
It was 1976, a year into the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror in Cambodia. Sophany Bay and her two young children struggled moment by moment to survive. Each day, the small family ate a cup of rice soup, or nothing at all, growing weaker and thinner. Each night, they slept in a cagelike hovel built of bamboo stalks and leaves. At gunpoint, Bay spent 12- to 14-hour days in a rock quarry, swinging a hammer and loading the broken pieces into baskets that she carried on a pole across her back, barely able to stand. While she worked, the children were forced to stay behind where they were repeatedly interrogated and beaten by soldiers.
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Summer 2011
It was 1976, a year into the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror in Cambodia. Sophany Bay and her two young children struggled moment by moment to survive. Each day, the small family ate a cup of rice soup, or nothing at all, growing weaker and thinner. Each night, they slept in a cagelike hovel built of bamboo stalks and leaves. At gunpoint, Bay spent 12- to 14-hour days in a rock quarry, swinging a hammer and loading the broken pieces into baskets that she carried on a pole across her back, barely able to stand. While she worked, the children were forced to stay behind where they were repeatedly interrogated and beaten by soldiers.
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Preliminary Hearing Cools Some Anger at Court
By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
7/5/2011
The head of a US-based group that advocates for victims at the Khmer Rouge tribunal said last week’s hearings for four jailed leaders will likely soften some criticism for the court.
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7/5/2011
The head of a US-based group that advocates for victims at the Khmer Rouge tribunal said last week’s hearings for four jailed leaders will likely soften some criticism for the court.
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Khmer Rouge Trial Takes Shape
By Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
7/1/2011
The historic Khmer Rouge tribunal wrapped-up its initial hearings in Case 002 this week, winning widespread praise for its conduct, as a legal strategy emerged for defending Pol Pot’s surviving lieutenants against charges relating to the deaths of up to 2.2 million Cambodians.
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7/1/2011
The historic Khmer Rouge tribunal wrapped-up its initial hearings in Case 002 this week, winning widespread praise for its conduct, as a legal strategy emerged for defending Pol Pot’s surviving lieutenants against charges relating to the deaths of up to 2.2 million Cambodians.
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US-Based Victims Group Questions Tribunal’s Independence
By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
6/22/2011
The latest flares at the Khmer Rouge tribunal have drawn sharp criticism from the Cambodian-American Diasporas and added to their suspicion over the court’s independence.
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6/22/2011
The latest flares at the Khmer Rouge tribunal have drawn sharp criticism from the Cambodian-American Diasporas and added to their suspicion over the court’s independence.
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Letters to the International Herald Tribune: Cambodians demand justice
By Leakhena Nou, New York Times
6/13/2011
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia was established by the government of Cambodia and the United Nations to prosecute “senior leaders” of Democratic Kampuchea and “those who were most responsible” for the atrocity crimes committed from 1975 to 1979. It carried a mandate to include survivors in the litigation process.
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6/13/2011
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia was established by the government of Cambodia and the United Nations to prosecute “senior leaders” of Democratic Kampuchea and “those who were most responsible” for the atrocity crimes committed from 1975 to 1979. It carried a mandate to include survivors in the litigation process.
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Professor Takes on Khmer Rouge Trauma in US
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By Pin Sisovann, VOA Khmer
5/31/2011
When the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal stood up in 2006, it offered a chance for many Cambodians to seek some form of truth and justice that many hoped could help heal some of the trauma wrought by the regime.
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5/31/2011
When the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal stood up in 2006, it offered a chance for many Cambodians to seek some form of truth and justice that many hoped could help heal some of the trauma wrought by the regime.
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US Group Condemns UN Tribunal in Cambodia
By Robert Carmichael, VOA
5/26/2011
A US-based organization for survivors of the Khmer Rouge condemned the UN-backed war crimes tribunal on Thursday for preventing overseas Cambodians from taking part in the court’s controversial third case.
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5/26/2011
A US-based organization for survivors of the Khmer Rouge condemned the UN-backed war crimes tribunal on Thursday for preventing overseas Cambodians from taking part in the court’s controversial third case.
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Cambodian-American Survivors of the Khmer Rouge Regime File Civil Party Applications for Case 003
Center for Justice and Accountability
5/18/2011
CJA and our partner Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia (ASRIC) -- a Cambodian community-based organization -- have filed five civil party applications for the third case before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The UN-backed ECCC, a hybrid tribunal comprised of Cambodian and international judges, is hearing cases involving crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and1979.
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5/18/2011
CJA and our partner Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia (ASRIC) -- a Cambodian community-based organization -- have filed five civil party applications for the third case before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The UN-backed ECCC, a hybrid tribunal comprised of Cambodian and international judges, is hearing cases involving crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and1979.
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In Turbulent Week for Tribunal, Rising Concerns
Reporters, VOA Khmer
5/13/2011
A disagreement between the Khmer Rouge tribunal prosecutors over whether more investigation is needed in a controversial case has rekindled worries over whether the UN-backed court will meet its mandate.
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5/13/2011
A disagreement between the Khmer Rouge tribunal prosecutors over whether more investigation is needed in a controversial case has rekindled worries over whether the UN-backed court will meet its mandate.
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Local Cambodian-Americans play active role in trial of Khmer Rouge leaders
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By Rob Strauss
5/13/2011
Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge government fell more than 30 years ago. The power behind the infamous “Killing Fields” killed as many as 2 million Cambodians through executions, starvation and disease.
Later this year, four Khmer Rouge leaders are set for trial before a United Nations-backed tribunal that’s charged them with genocide and crimes against humanity. Among those on trial is Nuon Chea. He was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, who died more than a decade ago.
5/13/2011
Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge government fell more than 30 years ago. The power behind the infamous “Killing Fields” killed as many as 2 million Cambodians through executions, starvation and disease.
Later this year, four Khmer Rouge leaders are set for trial before a United Nations-backed tribunal that’s charged them with genocide and crimes against humanity. Among those on trial is Nuon Chea. He was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, who died more than a decade ago.
US Victims Add Calls for More Tribunal Cases
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By Sophinarath Cheang, VOA Khmer
5/11/2011
Distance is perhaps one barrier that prevents US-Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge from participating in UN-backed trials underway in Phnom Penh. But that did not stop Chanthorn Pech or Roath Prom from becoming participants in the tribunal’s next case—002—an atrocity trial for four jailed Khmer Rouge leaders.
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5/11/2011
Distance is perhaps one barrier that prevents US-Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge from participating in UN-backed trials underway in Phnom Penh. But that did not stop Chanthorn Pech or Roath Prom from becoming participants in the tribunal’s next case—002—an atrocity trial for four jailed Khmer Rouge leaders.
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‘Art as Witness’ Aims To Heal Survivor Trauma
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By Cheang Sophinarath, VOA Khmer
5/2/2011
“I don’t want to talk about, or recall, the memories of the Khmer Rouge,” says one survivor. “I always cry.” “My mother died,” says another. “My brother died.” “My husband passed away,” says another, “and what were left were my three children and myself.”
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5/2/2011
“I don’t want to talk about, or recall, the memories of the Khmer Rouge,” says one survivor. “I always cry.” “My mother died,” says another. “My brother died.” “My husband passed away,” says another, “and what were left were my three children and myself.”
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Cambodian Immigrants Seek Healing in Khmer Rouge Genocide Trial
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By Liz Gonzalez, New America Media
3/10/2011
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Survivors of Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime are finally hopeful about getting answers to the question they have carried for 35 years: Why? An estimated 1.7 million or more Cambodians died during the murderous reign of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. This summer, four Khmer Rouge leaders will go on trial in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, created by the Cambodian government and the United Nations.
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3/10/2011
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Survivors of Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime are finally hopeful about getting answers to the question they have carried for 35 years: Why? An estimated 1.7 million or more Cambodians died during the murderous reign of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. This summer, four Khmer Rouge leaders will go on trial in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, created by the Cambodian government and the United Nations.
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In San Jose, Talk of Atrocity Reparations
By Pin Sisovann, VOA Khmer
3/1/2011
Sophany Bay had her last look at her daughter’s corpse some 35 years ago. Her child died under the Khmer Rouge and was being taken away for burial in a shallow grave in Takeo province.
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3/1/2011
Sophany Bay had her last look at her daughter’s corpse some 35 years ago. Her child died under the Khmer Rouge and was being taken away for burial in a shallow grave in Takeo province.
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Cambodians in US Set To Meet Over Tribunal Case
By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
2/23/2011
A group of Cambodian-Americans is meeting in California later this week to discuss their legal options for reparations under the Khmer Rouge tribunal as a case for four leaders of the regime moves ahead.
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2/23/2011
A group of Cambodian-Americans is meeting in California later this week to discuss their legal options for reparations under the Khmer Rouge tribunal as a case for four leaders of the regime moves ahead.
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