Nuon Chea’s Last Wish: Solidarity Among Cambodians
The daughter and friends of former senior Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea said her father’s last wish was to see people in Cambodia join together
Saut Sok Prathna Aug 6, 5:43 pm
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The daughter and friends of former senior Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea said her father’s last wish was to see people in Cambodia join together
Nuon Chea, one of two former senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge to be convicted of the crime of genocide, died on Sunday evening in Phnom Penh, a spokesman for the Khmer Rouge tribunal said in a statement.
John Gunther Dean, the U.S. ambassador in Phnom Penh in the lead-up to the Khmer Rouge’s 1975 takeover and a career U.S. diplomat who blamed
Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Foreign Affairs Ministry and others this week continued to take issue with the question of whether the Vietnam-backed overthrow of
For Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Khmer Rouge genocide is evidence of progress and security under his rule — a doctrine he repeated again on Monday, the National Day of Remembrance. For some political observers, however, the lesson lies less in the virtues of his firm grip over the country’s politics, and instead in the dangers of unrivaled power.
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