Dr. Soth Plai Ngarm, a peace activist and the founder of the museum, said the project would use photographs and other art forms to help visitors interpret conflict through a different lens.
His latest work, “Pol Pot Solved the Leprosy Problem: Remembering Colonial and Post-Colonial Worlds”, is a memoir of his days as a young diplomat in Phnom Penh between 1959 and 1961.
The award recognized Chhang’s work in preserving the memory of the Khmer Rouge mass killings and lifelong mission to work on a process of restorative justice, the statement added.
Alex Hinton is the director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights and a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. He has served as the president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention. Hinton is a prolific author an
So, the book argues that it is necessary to step behind this facade and understand how everyday Cambodians and people understand what's going on in this juridical process.
Survivor of Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge regime, now head of institute that documents regime's crimes, among six recipients of Asia's version of Nobel Peace Prize.
Even more than 43 years later, recognition has not been adequately given to those who died and those who survived the incident, according to Maguire.
The court ruled that the ECCC had no jurisdiction to prosecute Im Chaem.
On May 12, 1975, Cambodian gunboats intercepted the US merchant ship Mayaguez in Cambodian waters and forced it to dock at Koh Tang island.
Ex-Khmer Rouge cadre Im Chaem does nothing by halves.
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