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In his testimony to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal nearly two years ago today, celebrated artist Vann Nath described the scene which provoked him to craft a painting that now hangs at S-21. The scene shows a man being suspended from a wooden frame ‘where children used to play’, his hands tied behind his back. Another image shows a man being plunged head-first into a large jar of water. The victim, whom Vann Nath described only as ‘an artist’, met his fate along with thousands of others after confessing under torture. Immortalized through art, his image remains a constant reminder of the anonymity of so many victims of torture, worldwide, whose suffering remains largely unknown and undocumented.

Information Source : Shining a Light on Torture

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