Man or monster? the trial of a Khmer Rouge torturer
During the Khmer Rouge's brutal reign in Cambodia during the mid-to-late 1970s, a former math teacher named Duch served as the commandant of the S-21 security center, where as many as 20,000 victims were interrogated, tortured, and executed. In 2009 Duch stood trial for these crimes against hum...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press
2016.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426074906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Man (opening arguments)
- Revolutionary (M-13 prison)
- Subordinate (establishment of S-21)
- Cog (policy and implementation)
- Commandant (functioning of S-21)
- Master (torture and execution)
- Erasure : Duch's apology
- Villain (the civil parties)
- Zealot (prosecution)
- Scapegoat (defense)
- The accused (trial chamber judgment).