Erika Kinetz
Traditional Chams Cling Proudly to Old Ways
kompong chhnang province - The struggle for the souls of Cambodia’s Muslims on Wednesday came down to cake. It is the anniversary of the Prophet...
Civil Parties Ruling Goes to Heart of ECCC’s Role
Judges at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia will be entering uncharted legal waters Thursday, when they rule on whether civil parties...
Defense Teams Ask KR Tribunal To Evaluate Clients’ Mental Fitness
Defense lawyers for Ieng Sary and Nuon Chea have formally asked the Khmer Rouge tribunal to evaluate whether their clients are fit to stand...
DC-Cam Team Searching for KR Complainants
For the last week, Terith Chy has been trudging through Kompong Thom province villages following a frail historical thread. Team leader at the Documentation Center...
7 Weeks’ Pay Left for ECCC’s Cambodian Staff
Some 200 Cambodian staff at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia learned Tuesday that their salaries are only guaranteed for seven more...
Time, Money, Politics To Decide KR Suspect List
Five defendants are behind bars at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and prosecutors are now preparing to identify more suspects. The...
Many Factors To Decide KR Suspect List
Five defendants are behind bars at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and prosecutors are now preparing to identify more suspects. The...
News Anchor Refuses To Cover KR Tribunal
Soy Sopheap, the well-known CTN news anchor, said Monday that he is boycotting coverage of the Khmer Rouge tribunal. “I will stop reporting what is...
Lawyer: ECCC Press Rules Stricter Than Most
The Khmer Rouge tribunal has the potential to exert stricter control over journalists than the domestic courts of Cambodia, media lawyer Mike Fowler said...
Aware of Risks, Gov’t Supports Exporting Labor
Thav Voeun, 25, had never seen the sea. “Somalia,” which is where he’d end up, was a word he’d never heard. A native of Pursat...
First Foreign Lawyer Authorized for KR Victims
German attorney Silke Studzinsky on Friday became the first foreign lawyer authorized to represent victims before the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Studzinsky, who was sworn...
Long Pursuit of Justice Leads Lawyer to ECCC
Cambodian attorney Say Bory, now representing former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, has...
Long Pursuit of Justice Leads Lawyer to K Rouge Tribunal
Cambodian attorney Say Bory, now representing former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, has...
Concerns Arise Over Witness Protection at ECCC
The witness support section of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has no director, and court watchers are raising fresh concerns about...
US Group Blasts Handling of Nuon Chea Motion
The Open Society Justice Initiative, a New York-based court monitoring group, has criticized judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal for their brusque treatment of...
Duch’s Visits to KR Sites Were Filmed: Judges
A private film crew recorded former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav’s secret visits to Choeung Ek and Tuol Sleng last week, the...
Tensions Mount Between ECCC Officials, Media
The Cambodian story that raced across the world last week was of former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, weeping at...
ECCC, Journalists Clash Over Tribunal Access
Police questioned a foreign reporter for several hours Wednesday and erased digital photographs she had taken of Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav,...
Duch Returns to S-21, Clairifies Role as Chief
Former Tuol Sleng prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, aka Duch, on Wednesday led victims, witnesses, and Khmer Rouge tribunal officials through the grisly halls...
Duch To Revisit Choeung Ek Graves and Tuol Sleng Prison
There are already plenty of ghosts at Tuol Sleng, and Wednesday the prison’s former director Duch, himself almost ethereal after 20 years in hiding...