Every time Chanthat Mam hears the ring of a bell, it takes him back 40 years.
“Whenever I hear the bell from a school or pagoda, I feel like I should stand up. I remember the Khmer Rouge. I see the picture.”
Standing outside the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Votey Panha shares what little she knows about her grandfather. “My grandmother only told me that our family lost Grandpa during the regime.” The mystery that surrounds Panha’s grandfather’s death is not a unique story in Cambodia, where between 1.5...
Sarin Chan is watching his world disappear. But instead of witnessing the slow death of the life-giving forests his Chong indigenous community rely on for so much – tradition, food, income and spirituality – the 26-year-old has been fighting back.
UN human rights experts* today called for an urgent review of the legal proceedings brought against opposition politicians in Cambodia after at least 43 defendants were convicted at a third mass trial on charges of plotting and incitement, and sentenced to up to eight years in jail.
GENEVA (15 March 2022) – Governments must ensure every person has an adequate standard of living, irrespective of COVID-19.
