François Ponchaud, Who Alerted World to Cambodian Atrocities, Dies at 85
A French Catholic priest, he wrote a book recounting horrors committed by the Khmer Rouge that were responsible for the ...
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Obituary: François Ponchaud, French Missionary Who Alerted the World to the Khmer Rouge
Ponchaud’s 1977 book “Cambodge, année zero” was one of the first detailed accounts of the horrors that unfolded after the ...
La Croix10d
Remembering the missionary who exposed the Cambodian genocide
Father François Ponchaud, MEP, who exposed the Khmer Rouge atrocities in Cambodia during the 1970s, passed away January 17 at ...
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Cambodia: A Historical Overview
Cambodia's history is marked with periods of peace and of great calamity. From its early cities to the introduction of Hinduism and Buddhism, the great kingdom of Angkor, colonialism, and the Khmer ...
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French missionary remembered for exposing Khmer Rouge
Former information minister Khieu Kanharith credited Ponchaud as “the first to draw world attention” to the plight of ...
Cambodia’s Cabinet approves draft law toughening penalties for denying Khmer Rouge atrocities
Cambodia’s Cabinet has approved a draft bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of communist Khmer Rouge, whose brutal policies ...