Cambodia News: Pol Pot

Katie Hopkins is dishing out advice for Londoners – live from her living room in Devon
The Guardian
According to the Exeter Pol Pot, London has “fallen” and is a den of every conceivable vice. Come her revolution, it would presumably be razed to the ground, Phnom Penh-style, and its denizens sent back to work on the land in Devon, or possibly in ...

You Are What You Quote
Total Croatia News
Pol Pot. ''Be the change that you wish to see in the world.'' - Jack the Ripper. ''I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as ...

Book Aims to Change the Negative Image of Police
Livermore Independent
Children's book author, and former Livermore police officer, Mony Nop, will be one of the special guests at the book event May 4th, 2pm, hosted by the Marilyn Avenue School, 800 Marilyn Ave., in Livermore. Mayor John Marchand, as well as Police Chief ...

'Morning Joe' Rips Trump VA Nominee Ronny Jackson: 'Sounded Like Hitler's Doctor' (Video)
SFGate
Jackson is the official White House physician and has previously served in the same capacity for Barack Obama and George W. Bush. This was the second time in mere days that Hitler merited a mention on the popular MSNBC morning show. Last week, NBC ...

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Khmer Rouge: Shocking genocide story behind 'stock' images
NEWS.com.au
THE woman with her baby stares quietly into the camera, her passive gaze perhaps containing some knowledge of the unspeakable horrors that were about to befall her.

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20 Years After His Death, Cambodians Still Struggle to Put Memories of Pol Pot Behind Them
VOA Khmer
A two-meter-long mound of dirt shielded from the sun by a rusty tin roof and surrounded by a decrepit fence is the final resting place of the country's most notorious leader: Pol Pot. Some twenty years ago, on April 15, 1998, the Khmer Rouge leader ...

Cambodian genocide: Survivors' stories show how justice can be ...
The Independent
Twenty years ago, on 15 April 1998, Pol Pot, the leader of Cambodia's genocidal government during the late 1970s, died in his sleep at the age of 73. Born Saloth Sar, Pol Pot was never held accountable for the crimes committed during the three years ...

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A scholar's journey to understand the needs of Pol Pot's survivors
The Conversation US
Research on profound human suffering requires more than intellectual understanding of legal and political mechanics. It requires a human journey that goes deeply into victims' experiences and needs.
Bearing Witness to Cambodia's Horror, 20 Years After Pol Pot's ...The Wire
Cambodia: 20 years after Pol Pot – Sri Lanka GuardianSri Lanka Guardian

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Patriot, Lucky Spirit, Villain: Pol Pot Remembered
The Diplomat
Anlong Veng, Cambodia — Twenty years ago on April 15, Pol Pot, the leader of one of the 20th century's most radical and murderous regimes that resulted in the death of around 2 million Cambodians, died while under house arrest here in the jungles of ...

Twenty years after Pol Pot died a broken man, his memory looms large
The Phnom Penh Post
Pol Pot, the widely reviled despot who spearheaded the Khmer Rouge regime that presided over the deaths of at least 1.7 million people, died 20 years ago on Sunday. Today, despite the horrors of the killing fields having long since been brought to ...