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Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison

Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison, by David CHandler During the reign of the Khmer Rouge, S-21 was used as the prison, interrogation centre, and finally, the place of execution for several thousand Cambodians who were suspected...

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28 août 2007

Tuol Sleng

. In 1975, Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot’s security forces and turned into a prison known as Security prison 21 (S-21). This secret prison soon became the largest centre of detention and torture in the country. Between 1975 and...

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27 août 2007

Our first day in Phnom Penh

. It’s been a weird night. Jérémie wakes up, looks at his watch. Hey, it’s midday already! We’ve been sleeping for more than 15 hours!!! I am ready for a shower when Jérémie looks by the window. Mmmh, it’s dark outside… That means we’re still in the middle...

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25 août 2007

A very long journey

. Everything is in order and we hit the road. It’s a 5 hour drive to reach Paris and catch our plane in late afternoon. Traffic in Paris being unpredictable, we need to leave relatively early. Still, it gets a bit longer than expected to reach the airport....

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24 août 2007

Last day in Brittany

. It’s a nice day with nothing much achieved except enjoying the sun and the day passing by. Jeremie does a bit of gardening again whereas Boris and Rita read some newspapers and rest. After another excellent lunch, time for Boris to head back to Paris....

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23 août 2007

Côte de Granit Rose

. Briac has left early, as we were still asleep. He has to get back to work. With only a couple hours of sleep, I guess his day shall not be the very productive… We wake up pretty late and enjoy the morning. Time for some tourism. Since this is Boris’s...

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22 août 2007

Eating, Drinking, Gardening, Drinking, Playing, Smoking

. We all wake up late and don’t do much in the morning. Jannig has to leave, since Lison has to take sailing courses later in the day. Briac stays with us. Jeremie goes to St Brieuc to welcome Boris who came to pay us a visit. That’s his first time in...

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21 août 2007

Friends arrive

. Still many things to do in the house and in the garden before our friends arrive. The weather is fantastic. Okay, looks normal since we’re in July but hey, it’s Brittany and one never knows. Beautiful blue sky, very sunny, some winds to clear some daring...

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20 août 2007

Home Sweet Home

. It’s been 2 years we haven’t been to our house in France. Needless to say we were pretty apprehensive about it, wondering in what condition we would find it. Not afraid it would be robbed or something (there are neighbours around watching what goes...

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18 août 2007

First Century After Beatrice

First Century After Beatrice, by Amin Maalouf This is a story about gender and population politics set in the first decades of the 21st century. In this elegant novel, a popular drug ensures women will give birth only to boys which has sharply reduced...

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