Irwin Loy

Rainy season arrives in Phnom Penh…

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:38:20 +0700

Rainy season arrives in Phnom Penh…

Tatai River, Koh Kong, Cambodia.

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:52:00 +0700

Tatai River, Koh Kong, Cambodia.

"Yesterday, Judge Cartwright visibly shook her head and mouthed the words ‘blah blah blah’. I tried..."

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:37:11 +0700

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Yesterday, Judge Cartwright visibly shook her head and mouthed the words ‘blah blah blah’.

I tried to look for international jurisprudence on this and found none but found a secondary source, which states: ‘Some musicians cuss at home but are afraid to express yourself on the microphone,’ which is [the] Dr Dre [song], Express Yourself.

My application is that Cartwright could express, as Dr Dre advised, her personal and judicial opinions for the record.

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- Andrew Ianuzzi, co-defence counsel for accused war criminal Nuon Chea, encouraging Judge Silvia Cartwright to speak up with a little NWA reference.

Faces at Angkor Thom’s Bayon temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:09:40 +0700

Faces at Angkor Thom’s Bayon temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Sunset on Thailand’s Koh Lanta.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:45:41 +0700

Sunset on Thailand’s Koh Lanta.

"It’s not as juicy as $16 for oranges squeezed into a glass, but the real scandal of Bev..."

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:59:30 +0700

“It’s not as juicy as $16 for oranges squeezed into a glass, but the real scandal of Bev Oda’s five years at the helm of the Canadian International Development Agency is a systematic shift of aid away from those who need it most.”

- The Vancouver Sun’s Don Cayo takes aim at Canada’s uneven cuts to foreign aid.

Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river, from a few dozen floors up.

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:59:03 +0700

Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river, from a few dozen floors up.

A ride on the (slow) train through Sri Lanka’s hill...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:22:00 +0700

A ride on the (slow) train through Sri Lanka’s hill country. Shot on an iPhone.

"We also have the right to be Muslims."

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:43:32 +0700

“We also have the right to be Muslims.”

- A radio piece on Indonesia’s Koran study group for transgender Muslims.

Lunar eclipse, December 10.

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:41:50 +0700

Lunar eclipse, December 10.

What does an 85-year-old accused war criminal sound like?...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:50:01 +0700

What does an 85-year-old accused war criminal sound like? Here’s a short clip of Nuon Chea speaking in court this week, sans interpreter.

Former Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea says that violence by the...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:46:37 +0700

Former Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea says that violence by the colonial French pushed him toward nationalism—and later, the communist movement—as a young man.

I’m tweeting from court today over on Twitter (@illied), and writing occasional longer updates on Google+.

Kup Aisha sits on her bed, her wrinkled hands folded over a...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:40:05 +0700

Kup Aisha sits on her bed, her wrinkled hands folded over a flowing skirt. She has the TV on in the background, though she barely glances at it.

Today, Aisha will walk into a courtroom on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, and stare into the faces of the people she holds responsible for her misery.

In a country where the Khmer Rouge are blamed for the deaths of one-quarter of the population, justice has many meanings. In this radio piece for PRI’s The World, I look at one woman’s story.

Justice delayed

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:40:53 +0700

Justice delayed:

The long-awaited trial of former leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime began this week in Phnom Penh.

But in a country where every citizen is touched by the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, justice has many meanings.

Monks wait outside the court at the Khmer Rouge war crimes...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:01:00 +0700

Monks wait outside the court at the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal Monday in Phnom Penh.

For frequent updates from court, follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/illied or for occasional longer postings, my Google+ www.gplus.to/illied

"These crimes, ordered and orchestrated by the accused, were among the worst horrors inflicted on any..."

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:56:00 +0700

“These crimes, ordered and orchestrated by the accused, were among the worst horrors inflicted on any nation in modern history.”

- Opening statements begin in long-awaited trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders. I’m tweeting from the tribunal over at www.twitter.com/illied and writing longer updates on Google+: www.gplus.to/illied

thai-flood-hacks: My parents’ dog can’t swim, so we made this...

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:44:18 +0700

thai-flood-hacks:

My parents’ dog can’t swim, so we made this makeshift doggie life jacket for him.

A nice video package on the Bangkok floods, from the good folks...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:42:05 +0700

A nice video package on the Bangkok floods, from the good folks at Asia Media Lab.

My story on what happened when authorities built a makeshift...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:41:00 +0700

My story on what happened when authorities built a makeshift flood barrier through a village in Bangkok, leaving half the residents dry, and the other half soaked in chest-deep water. For pritheworld:

“When you have so many problems all coming at the same time, it changes people. It makes good people go mad.”- Narongsak Srisawat, a Bangkok resident, explains why villagers tore down a flood barrier that divided an inundated community.

Pet Rescue: Bangkok.

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:17:00 +0700

Pet Rescue: Bangkok.