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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.

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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.

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.

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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

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

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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

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China, Cambodia, Wikileaks and the Uighurs

When asked to choose between two dozen Uighur asylum-seekers and a Chinese government that claimed they were “criminals”, Cambodian authorities sided with China — and Western diplomats were powerless to stop them. What leaked diplomatic cables show about the controversial 2009 deportations.

There are no publicly named suspects, no defence lawyers and no official victims. And soon, court observers in Cambodia fear, there will be no further Khmer Rouge trials.

There are no publicly named suspects, no defence lawyers and no official victims. And soon, court observers in Cambodia fear, there will be no further Khmer Rouge trials.

If his objective is not to offend, then he has no room at all.
The UN’s rights envoy to Cambodia, Surya Subedi, faces a balancing act in dealing with a government that has become highly sensitive to international criticism.

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Sunday at the spa for a lucky United Nations employee in Phnom Penh.

Sunday at the spa for a lucky United Nations employee in Phnom Penh.

To date, all he’s received is a statement from Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that had about as much clout as a damp squib: ‘The secretary general appeals to both sides to put in place an effective arrangement for cessation of hostilities and to exercise maximum restraints.’
Luke Hunt, writing in The Diplomat, on the United Nations’ tepid response to the border skirmishes between Cambodia and Thailand.

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