François Ponchaud, a French Catholic missionary priest whose book "Cambodia: Year Zero" helped draw global attention to the staggering atrocities committed by the radical communist Khmer Rouge in the ...

Under draft legislation announced last week, anyone denying “the truth of the bitter past” could be imprisoned for up to five ...

A French Catholic priest, he wrote a book recounting horrors committed by the Khmer Rouge that were responsible for the deaths of almost two million people.

Under the law, Khmer Rouge deniers can be charged and jailed for terms of one-five years and subjected to fines of US$2,500 ...

Hun Sen, himself a former Khmer Rouge cadre, stepped down in 2023 and handed the premiership to his eldest son, Hun Manet. A UN-backed tribunal found two top Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide in ...

The Cambodian government Friday approved a draft law that aims to punish those who ignore, minimize, or deny the crimes ...

The draft law, which imposes penalties on those who deny these crimes, was approved during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime ...

Under the seven-article bill, people who ‘deny the truth of the bitter past’ will be jailed between one to five years and ...

Cambodia's government approved a draft law that will jail for five years anyone denying atrocities, including genocide, ...

Cambodia’s Cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying atrocities were carried out ...

Golriz Ghahraman didn’t shoplift “again” – but recent media reports made it sound like she did. This article looks back on ...

Former information minister Khieu Kanharith credited Ponchaud as “the first to draw world attention” to the plight of ...