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Papers, 1979-1980 [manuscript]
Bib ID 568731
Format ManuscriptManuscript
Author
Ester, Helen
 
Access Conditions Available for reference. Not for loan. 
Description 1979-1980 
7 cm. (4 folders) 
Summary

Copy of the preface and introduction of a booklet "Vietnam Thailand Kampuchea : a first hand account", published as a result of the tour, and commissioned by the Australian Council for Overseas Aid. Copies of articles written about the tour. French and English transcripts of the "People's Revolutionary Tribunal held in Phnom Penh for the trial of the genocide crime of the Pol Pot - Ieng Sary clique". The transcripts deal with the evidence of witnesses, some of whom were present during the various atrocities committed by the Ieng Sary.

Biography/History

Helen Ester was a journalist member of a delegation of three women who went to Vietnam, Kampuchia, and the border camps for refugees on the Thai border on a visit arranged by the Union of Vietnamese Women and the Australia Vietnam Society. Other members were economist Melanie Beresford and trade unionist Aileen Beaver. The transcripts of the People's Revolutionary Tribunal, held in 1979, were given to Ester in Phnom Penh in January 1980 while she was touring with the delegation.

Notes

Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 8767.

The materials are in English and French.

Subjects Ester, Helen - Archives.  |  Ieng Sary.  |  Pol Pot.  |  Khmer Rouge.  |  Political atrocities - Cambodia.  |  Journalists - Australia - Archives.  |  Genocide - Cambodia.  |  Political atrocities - Cambodia.  |  Trials (Genocide) - Cambodia.  |  Vietnam - Social conditions.  |  Cambodia - Social conditions.  |  Cambodia - Politics and government.
Time Coverage 1979-1980 
Occupation Journalists

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