Tuol Sleng documents preserved digitally
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum has launched a digital database to access the largest archive of the Khmer Rouge regime’s prison system records. The general public will be able to access the digital database and website in addition to the
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Historical events mark Anlong Veng’s KR history
Sun, 9 Feb 2020 | 10:17The Ministry of Tourism and Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) led the second annual Anlong Veng Tourism Sports Event over the weekend to raise awareness of the area’s history.
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Grant to save S-21 victims’ clothes
Thu, 16 Jan 2020 | 10:08US ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy and Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona on Thursday signed an agreement granting $75,000 in funds to preserve textiles belonging to the victims who perished at S-21, the notori
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Prosecutors divided in ECCC Case 004/02
Thu, 26 Dec 2019 | 12:02The international and national co-prosecutors at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) held their positions in Case 004/02 against Ao An, with the former insisting that the case be sent to trial and the latter
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ECCC urged to dismiss Ao An’s case
Sun, 22 Dec 2019 | 11:58Defense lawyers for Ao An have called for Case 004/02 to be dismissed after the Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) could not reach an affirmative vote on bringing their client to trial f
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ECCC rules not to bring Ao An to court over genocide
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 | 10:56The Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Thursday ruled that it did not have enough votes to bring Case 004/02 against Ao An to a trial.
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DC-Cam returns records, photos of Khmer Rouge cadre to family
Mon, 9 Dec 2019 | 11:24The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) on Monday brought a 220-page document and photographs of a former Khmer Rouge cadre killed at the Tuol Sleng S-21 detention centre to his daughter in Kampong Speu province.
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Aide of former King provides a ‘tonne’ of historical documents
Mon, 9 Dec 2019 | 11:06Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) director Youk Chhang considers the new documents on contemporary Cambodian history, especially during Pol Pot’s Democratic Kampuchea regime provided by Julio A Jelres as very valuable.
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ECCC starts hearing on trying KR’s Meas Muth
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 | 11:21The Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Wednesday opened a three-day hearing in Case 003 against Khmer Rouge naval commander Meas Muth on whether to prosecute him.
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KR tribunal to hear Muth appeals
Sun, 27 Oct 2019 | 10:17The Pre-Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) will in late November hear appeals from the National Co-Prosecutor and Co-Lawyers, as well as from the International Co-Prosecutor in Case 003 agai
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Call for short stories on happier times during Khmer Rouge era
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 | 11:17The Khmer Writers Association is collaborating with the Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) to organise a short story competition on the topic of life under the Khmer Rouge, with the winner receiving the Sleuk Rith Literature