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Dans quelques jours, nous connaitrons le verdict du tribunal qui doit juger Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, le directeur du centre de sécurité S21 pendant la période du Kampuchea démocratique. Ce sera un moment historique. Pour les victimes, pour le peuple cambodgien, pour l’humanité toute entière blessée par les crimes exceptionnels commis au Cambodge entre 1975 et 1979.  Duch est accusé de crime contre l’humanité, c’est‐à‐dire qu’il est, au regard du droit pénal international, responsable des crimes suivants qui ont toujours été commis sous son autorité et auxquels, dans certains cas, il a personnellement participé : meurtre, extermination, réduction en esclavage, viol, emprisonnement, torture, persécution pour des motifs politiques et raciaux. Il est également accusé de violations graves des Conventions de Genève contre des Vietnamiens civils et prisonniers de guerre. Les faits ont été établis et les preuves ont été apportées. On le constate, au regard de ce qui s’est passé au Ca...

By Sam Sotha Just having a quick brainstorming, there have been many and long lasting civil wars in this world. One of which is the most unforgettable civil war in Guatemala that arouses the studies of most political scientists. This war lasted for 30 years, starting in 1961 and ending in 1996, taking 200,000 lives, more than 1 million displaced and 45,000 still listed as missing. If we take a closer look at the then-civil war in Guatemala, it is quite comparable to Thailand's current situation in many perspectives, particularly the double standard of law enforcement in which it is unacceptable by another faction.  Generally, civil war has occurred after a coup. It can be seen in Thailand that every critical issue has happened after the coup of 19 September 2006 to overthrow Thaksin's government. Likewise, the civil war in Guatemala had its roots from the military coup which ousted elected President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmiin from power.  If we turn back to Thailan...

29 June 201 • Will it end one day, and soon enough, after 150 years of its happening? • Cambodia had nothing to do with it. • Its source was the failure of Siam King Mong Kut and his ministers. Colonel F. Bernard, President of the French Commission  for the delimitation of the French-Siamese border in virtue of the Convention of 13 February 1904 had made an observation about the Thais, which  is worth remembered. He said: “the superiority of their self-esteem was the primary cause of their troubles and misfortune –  in French: la superiorite de leur esprit fut la premiere cause de leurs malheurs.”     He wrote in a book published in 1933, “L’Ecole des Diplomates,” within the context of the Thai diplomacy during the reign of king Mong Kut of Thailand, the reign of King Ang Duong of Cambodia and the mission of M. de Montigny, the  plenipotentiary of the French Emperor Napoleon III to the court of King Mong Kut. Colonel F. Bernard had mentioned a...