Hearing of Evidence Begins with Questioning of Nuon Chea

  • by Christine Evans, Clinical Fellow, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law (JD and LLM)
  • — 5 Dec, 2011

Trial 002 reconvened today with the beginning of the evidentiary hearings and with the return of Nuon Chea to the witness dock. The day was filled with fits and starts, as the hearing of evidence was interrupted a number of times by procedural matters and brought to an end early for the day due to Nuon Chea’s health.

The mood in the public gallery matched that of the proceedings. The crowd was subdued for much of the morning and whenever procedural matters were on the table, with a number of the students caught sleeping by the sharp-eyed security guards especially during the monotone reading of the Closing Order. As soon as Nuon Chea moved to the witness dock, however, the public gallery became livelier, as many of the civil parties present made their opinions known through loud comments to neighbors and shaking heads throughout the testimony…

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