Cambodia

“ECCC resignations spell trouble for victims’ justice”

Vinita Ramani Mohan 30 June 2009 Phnom Penh Post Dear Editor, I read today that Robert Petit, international co-prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), has resigned from his post due to “personal and family reasons”. This year has gotten off to a bad start for …

” Survivors need a reason to live ; As Khmer Rouge victims come to terms with the Duch sentence, a Singapore-based couple is bringing a picture of hope to Cambodians”

Mahdev Mohan and Vinita Ramani Mohan 31 July 2010 TODAY (Singapore) In 2008, Singapore lawyer Mahdev Mohan and his wife, ex-journalist Vinita, set up Access to Justice Asia to represent Cambodian minorities in the war crimes trials of senior Khmer Rouge leaders. Mr Mahdev, 31, is the first Asian …

“INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY:Is there a Khmer Rouge Exception?”

Post Staff 23 August 2007 Phnom Penh Post To be presumed innocent until proven guilty is a basic human right that ought to be afforded to anyone charged of a criminal offense and made available at every stage of his/her criminal proceedings. Notwithstanding this, many of us often …

“Lawyer helps genocide victims”

Esther Ng 8 January 2009 TODAY WHEN Singaporean lawyer Mahdev Mohan went to Cambodia to interview victims of the genocidal Khmer Rouge, he wanted to get away from two places with terrible memories for them — Tuol Sleng, the infamous torture …

“S’porean to represent Khmer Rouge victims”

Teh Joo Lin 9 January 2009 Straits Times SMU lecturer will be the first Asian outside Cambodia to serve as the voice of victims. A FORMER litigator here is set to become the first Asian outside Cambodia to represent in court the victims of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime of the …

“Khmer Krom survivors find relief in visit to Khmer Rouge tribunal”

ROBBIE COREY-BOULET 19 June 2009 Phnom Penh Post Though efforts have increased, outreach to Khmer Krom minority remains limited: experts. Photo by: SOVANN PHILONG Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal, where former Tuol Sleng prison chief Kaing Guek Eav is currently on trial. WHEN Tuol Sleng prison chief Kaing Guek Eav began to cry Tuesday morning while testifying...

“Filing to urge genocide charge”

Robbie Corey-Boulet and May Titthara 22 October 2009 Phnom Penh Post Chapei singer Kong Nai singsfor Khmer Krom civil party applicants at a conference Wednesday. ATEAM of lawyers representing Khmer Krom civil parties at the Khmer Rouge tribunal is preparing a submission calling for investigating judges to bring genocide charges against the four regime leaders...

“No charges of genocide of K Krom”

James O’Toole ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET 19 January 2010 Phnom Penh Post KRT judges’ Case 002 decision based on procedural factors GENOCIDE charges specific to the Khmer Krom will not be brought by the Khmer Rouge tribunal against the regime leaders awaiting trial, judges have ruled, sparking accusations that the suffering endured by the...

“KKrom appeal ruling on genocide at ECCC”

James O’Toole ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SAM RITH 3 March 2010 Phnom Penh Post LAWYERS for Khmer Krom civil parties at the Khmer Rouge tribunal have appealed the co-investigating judges’ January decision not to bring genocide charges specific to the ethnic group, arguing that a narrow scope of investigation will prevent their clients and other civil...

“KRT judges rule on civil parties”

James O’Toole 13 May 2010 Phnom Penh Post Decision also makes genocide charges unlikely in cases involving Khmer Krom IN a wide-ranging decision made public Wednesday, judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal clarified the requirements for civil party participation while also upholding a controversial decision not to bring …

“Ruling clarifies KRT civil parties”

James O’Toole 14 May 2010 Phnom Penh Post A RULING from judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal made public this week moved to settle a debate about civil party participation at the court that has long been brewing among observers, civil party lawyers and tribunal …

“S’pore lawyer helps victims of Khmer Rouge”

Teh Joo Lin 19 July 2010 Straits Times His team’s work set to win justice for ethnic minority persecuted in the 1970s THE atrocities borne by a Cambodian ethnic minority at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s will now come to light, thanks to a Singaporean-led team of human rights …