Cambodia’s Quest for Peace
Elena Lesley & Joel Rozen
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The exterior of one detention building at S-21 -- barbed wire running up to the third floor prevented prisoners from jumping to their deaths.
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Detention cells at S-21
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Mass graves at the ‘Killing Fields’ outside of Phnom Penh, where S-21 detainees were taken to be killed.
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Skulls excavated from the Killing Fields
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Cambodian observers gather for lunch outside the court during a break at the tribunal
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Cambodian observers during a break outside the tribunal
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Him Huy making tea at his house
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Him Huy with one of the cows he takes care of
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Him Huy with his nine-year-old son sleeping in the background
This slideshow accompanies Elena Lesley’s dispatch from Cambodia. Photographs by Elena Lesley and Joel Rozen.
Elena Lesley
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Joel Rozen is a visual anthropologist currently working toward a doctorate at Princeton University. Past credits include several years of arts reporting for Creative Loafing and the New York Times Company; his work has also appeared in The Atlantic online, the Phnom Penh Post and Time Out New York.
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