Cash-strapped Khmer Rouge tribunal appeals for more funds
Cambodia and the UN on Tuesday appealed to international donors for more money to fund the country's cash-strapped war crimes court as it prepares for its second trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders.
This picture, released by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), shows the courtroom during the verdict reading in the trial of Khmer Rouge prison chief S-21, Kaing Guek Eavin July 2010. Cambodia and the UN appealed to international donors for more money to fund the country's cash-strapped war crimes court as it prepares for its second trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders.
The appeal was made during a meeting in the capital Phnom Penh between the government, officials from the United Nations-backed court and representatives from 22 countries, officials said.
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