Cambodia Deports Uyghur Refugees to China
The Cambodian government deported 20 Uyghur refugees to China despite protests by human rights groups. Two of the original refugees have disappeared within Cambodia. Included in the 20 deported refugees are two small children. All have been labelled...
East Turkistan: Refugees May Get Asylum in Cambodia
The Cambodian government is considering the granting of asylum to refugees from East Turkistan. Twenty-two people, including two small children have fled China via Vietnam to Cambodia. These ethic Uyghurs...
created by Barbara McPherson | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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Genocide Trial in Cambodia Wraps Up This Week
The genocide trial of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, wraps up in Cambodia this week. Prosecutors are calling for a life sentence for Duch who has admitted his part in the torture and death of over 16...
created by Barbara McPherson | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago
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AIDS Colony Condemned: An Open Letter to the Cambodian Government
The Cambodian Government has been reportedly creating an AIDS colony, where families affected by HIV are being placed. The supposed AIDS colony is located in Tuol Sambo, a ghetto 25 km outside the capital of Phnom...
Cambodia: Survivor of S-21 Prison Camp Testifies Against Duch
Vann Nath, a survivor of prison camp S-21, took the stand today to testify against Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch. Duch ran the prison camp S-21 in which all but 14 out of 15 000 captives were...
created by Barbara McPherson | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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Cambodia's Vietnamese Community Drawn into Sex Industry
BY MATTHEW RUSLING, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE Just as there is a pizza shop or deli on every corner in New York City, so too there is there sex for sale almost everywhere you look in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. On the infamous street no. 63, customers meander nonchalantly in and out of...
created by rachelaguiar | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago
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Khmer Rouge Killer Comrade Duch Admits Crimes
The head of one of the Khmer Rouge's torture centres has admitted responsibility for crimes committed during the regime's four-year rule. Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Comrade Duch, is on trial before a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia. He is the first Khmer Rouge leader to...
created by Rachel Nixon | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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UN Fears Over Thailand - Cambodia Border Exchange of Opened Fire
UNITED Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, has expressed concern over an outbreak of open fire at the Thai-Cambodia border. Bangkok, the scene of recent on-going clashes and civil anti-government...
created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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