On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh to open a new and appalling chapter in the story of the twentieth century. On that day, Pin Yathay was a qualified engineer in the Ministry of Public Works. Successful and highly educated, he had been critical of the corrupt …
Dith Pran is an aide, translator and friend of a journalist who is covering the war in Cambodia. He is eventually exiled to the labor camps in Cambodia's countryside, where he endures four years of starvation, torture and war before escaping to Thailand.
Dith Pran is an aide, translator and friend of a journalist who is covering the war in Cambodia. He is eventually exiled to the labor camps in Cambodia's countryside, where he endures four years of starvation, torture and war before escaping to Thailand.
Memories of violence, suffering and atrocities in Cambodia are today being pulled in different directions. A range of transitional justice practices have been put to work in the name of redressing, restoring and renewing memory. At the centre of this stage is the Extraordinary C…
1. Introduction -- 2. Transitional justice and memory -- 3. Political violence in Cambodia -- 4. Moving forward through justice -- 5. Memory on trial -- 6. Complementary knowledge -- 7. Victims and perpetrators -- 8. Beyond the tribunal -- 9. Remembering the Khmer Rouge tribunal.
Introduction -- Transitional justice and memory -- Political violence in Cambodia -- Moving forward through justice -- Memory on trial -- Complementary knowledge -- Victims and perpetrators -- Beyond the tribunal -- Remembering the Khmer Rouge tribunal
The Khmer Rouge was in power for less than five years and more than half of those years were spent fighting against the Vietnamese. The first attack took the Vietnamese by surprise and the Khmer Rouge killed at least hundreds of Vietnamese villagers during their raid. Vietnam so…
