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1st Cambodia genocide trial aims to expose crimes

October 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP)—The first trial on charges of genocide against Cambodia’s brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime opened Friday with a prosecutor saying it will show that Cambodians were enslaved in inhumane conditions that led to the deaths of 1.7 million people from starvation, disease, and execution.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Bopha Om, Cambodia Islamic Association, Chea Leang, Documentation Center, Ieng Thirith, Kaing Guek Eav, Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary, Lyma Nguyen, Nuon Chea, Pol Pot, Simach Smam, Vann Math, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 44 | October 25 - October 31, Youk Chhang

Cambodia passes bill against genocide denial

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a bill on June 7 making it a crime to deny that atrocities were committed by the country’s genocidal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, a law that critics allege will be used as a weapon against the political opposition.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Brad Adams, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, Cheam Yeap, Documentation Center, Human Rights Watch, Kem Sokha, Khmer Rouge, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Sam Rainsy, Tuol Sleng, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, Youk Chhang

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