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The Master of Confessions

The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer

By: Thierry Cruvellier

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The Master of Confessions

The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer

By: Thierry Cruvellier

Renowned journalist Thierry Cruvellier takes us into the dark heart of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge with The Master of Confessions, a suspenseful account of a Chief Interrogator's trial for war crimes. On April 17, 1975, the communist Khmer Rouge, led by its secretive prime minister Pol Pot, took over Cambodia. Renaming the country Democratic Kampuchea, they cut the nation off from the world and began systematically killing and starving two million of their people. Thirty years after their fall, a man named Duch (pronounced "Doïk"), who had served as Chief Prison officer of S21, the regime's central prison complex, stood trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Unlike any other tribunal defendant, Duch acknowledged his personal responsibility, pleaded guilty, and asked for forgiveness from his victims. In The Master of Confessions, Thierry Cruvellier uses the trial to tell the horrifying story of this terrible chapter in history. Cruvellier offers a psychologically penetrating, devastating look at the victims, the torturers, and the regime itself, searching to answer crucial questions about culpability. Self-drawing on his knowledge, and experience, Cruvellier delivers a startling work of journalistic history—by turns deeply moving, horrifying, and darkly funny.

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0062329553

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Court of Remorse

Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

By: Thierry Cruvellier

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Court of Remorse

Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

By: Thierry Cruvellier

When genocidal violence gripped Rwanda in 1994, the international community recoiled, hastily withdrawing its peacekeepers. Late that year, in an effort to redeem itself, the United Nations Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to seek accountability for some of the worst atrocities since World War II: the genocide suffered by the Tutsi and crimes against humanity suffered by the Hutu. But faced with competing claims, the prosecution focused exclusively on the crimes of Hutu extremists. No charges would be brought against the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front, which ultimately won control of the country. The UN, as if racked by guilt for its past inaction, gave in to pressure by Rwanda’s new leadership. With the Hutu effectively silenced, and the RPF constantly reminding the international community of its failure to protect the Tutsi during the war, the Tribunal pursued an unusual form of one-sided justice, born out of contrition. Fascinated by the Tribunal’s rich complexities, journalist Thierry Cruvellier came back day after day to watch the proceedings, spending more time there than any other outside observer. Gradually he gained the confidence of the victims, defendants, lawyers, and judges. Drawing on interviews with these protagonists and his close observations of their interactions, Cruvellier takes readers inside the courtroom to witness the motivations, mechanisms, and manipulations of justice as it unfolded on the stage of high-stakes, global politics. It is this ground-level view that makes his account so valuable—and so absorbing. A must-read for those who want to understand the dynamics of international criminal tribunals, Court of Remorse reveals both the possibilities and the challenges of prosecuting human rights violations. A Choice Outstanding Academic Book Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association for School Libraries and the Public Library Association Best Books for High Schools, selected by the American Association for School Libraries

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299236730

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9780299236731

Court of Remorse

Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

By: Thierry Cruvellier

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Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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Le maître des aveux

By: Thierry Cruvellier

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Le maître des aveux

By: Thierry Cruvellier

Phnom Penh, mars 2009. Kaing Guek Eav, plus connu sous le nom de Douch, responsable de la torture et de la mort de plus de 12 000 victimes à la prison de Tuol Sleng (S-21), est seul derrière une vitre insonorisée : seul face à la justice internationale, seul face aux familles de ses victimes, seul peut-être plus que tout face à lui-même, à l’étendue d’un crime impossible à sonder, impossible à pardonner. Le maître des aveux est une saisissante évocation de son destin, mais aussi de l’étonnante « comédie humaine », tour à tour bouleversante et déroutante, qui s’est déroulée autour de son procès. Thierry Cruvellier est le seul journaliste français qui a assisté à la totalité de ce procès, du premier au dernier jour, qui a vu un événement remarquable et peu noté : pour la première fois devant un de ces tribunaux, un accusé qui reconnaissait sa responsabilité personnelle dans des crimes innommables, plaidait coupable et demandait pardon aux victimes, était à la barre pendant six mois à essayer d’expliquer et de s’expliquer. Ce procès allait-il se dérouler à contre-courant des attentes et apporter enfin, pour la première fois, apaisement aux victimes ? Allait-il dessiner la figure d’un bourreau « différent » ? Allait-il jouer ce rôle toujours attendu et jamais réalisé de « procès pour l’histoire » ? C’est la tragédie particulière, jusqu’à son coup de théâtre final, du procès du génocide khmer rouge qu’il n’en ait, en fait, rien été, et que le bouleversement des rituels attendus ait provoqué des moments d’une intensité exceptionnelle, des scènes d’une émotion considérable, des joutes médiocres et magnifiques – et au final une amertume profonde chez tous les acteurs de cette pièce. Il fallait pour écrire ce livre un ensemble de qualités presque impossible : une connaissance, une expérience, une discrétion, mais surtout, tout simplement un talent doublé d’une humanité profonde.

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