When the Khmer Rouge seized Cambodia, Western intellectuals dismissed reports of atrocities as propaganda. But French missionary Fr François Ponchaud persisted in exposing the regime’s horrors. With ...

Ponchaud’s 1977 book “Cambodge, année zero” was one of the first detailed accounts of the horrors that unfolded after the ...

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.

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 ...

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

Interestingly, Wat Phou, which translates to “temple mountain”, predates Angkor Wat, the most famous Khmer site located in neighbouring Cambodia. Those who make the somewhat arduous journey to ...

The Cambodian government has approved a draft law and stiff penalties to counter those who would deny the atrocities ...