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“The goal is to help make the trial proceedings accessible to everyone in the interest of furthering the process of international justice.” “We consider these films to be a vital tool in helping the Cambodian public and the world at large better understand the complex issues involved in these groundbreaking trials,” said AIJI Director David J. The programs are being shown on local television station CTN to an audience of approximately 2.5 million Cambodians, as well as being available online for easy viewing worldwide. Īfter several months of anticipation and a decade of negotiations, the first trial to be heard by the Khmer Rouge Tribunal is now underway in the case against Kaing Guek Eav, alias “Duch,” who has admitted that he ran the Khmer Rouge’s notorious S-21 torture center.ĪIJI engaged Cambodia’s premier television production company, Khmer Mekong Films, to produce the half-hour weekly TV shows recapping the most recent trial proceedings. Also available on the “Time for Justice, Cambodia” site are written reports on the tribunal sessions prepared by legal monitors from the Asian International Justice Initiative, or AIJI.
The films – produced for a prime-time Cambodian television audience, with English subtitles added – endeavor to explain the complex legal proceedings in an accessible and informative manner through the use of trial footage, expert commentary and interviews. HONOLULU (April 8) – Weekly video updates about the Khmer Rouge trial proceedings currently underway in Cambodia can now be viewed online at /Khmer-Rouge-Trials.
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