October 18, 2013 “Citizen reporters spread the word on Khmer Rouge trial” AFP Un Chhouen left his farm long before dawn, eager to ensure he was on time for Cambodias Khmer Rouge tribunal, where the former regimes top leaders are on trial. His task was clear: to absorb proceedings from the public gallery in the case of the regimes two surviving leaders and relay the highlights to friends and neighbours back in his remote village -- plugging the information vacuum left by the mainstream Khmer press as interest in the long-running trial wanes. The 64-year-old farmer is one of thousands of citizen reporters who have been asked to spread the news from the UN-backed tribunal -- an uphill battle given widespread indifference to the complex legal proceedings, among citizens and officials eager to put the countrys bloody past behind them. au.news.yahoo/thewest/a/-/world/19452238/citizen-reporters-spread-the-word-on-khmer-rouge-trial/
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:37:25 +0000