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Searching for Survivors
By Sherry Harbert, Foreign Interest
11/23/2009
Across the table from Leakhena Nou, a Cambodian women silently fills out a form. She is neatly dressed, polite and unusually somber. Her deep focus is only interrupted by each new question, but she soon regains her composure to continue with her handwritten responses. It is a scene that has been repeated many times with Cambodian women and men throughout the U.S., this year. Some have only revealed their story for the first time in handwritten notes on the questionnaires.
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11/23/2009
Across the table from Leakhena Nou, a Cambodian women silently fills out a form. She is neatly dressed, polite and unusually somber. Her deep focus is only interrupted by each new question, but she soon regains her composure to continue with her handwritten responses. It is a scene that has been repeated many times with Cambodian women and men throughout the U.S., this year. Some have only revealed their story for the first time in handwritten notes on the questionnaires.
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Cambodians in U.S. recall Khmer Rouge terror
(Photo: AP/Damian Dovarganes)
Associated Press
9/25/2009
LONG BEACH, CA — The tiny Cambodian woman trembled slightly and stared blankly ahead as she told the story that has haunted her for half a lifetime: Her parents and brother died in Khmer Rouge labor camps. Her baby perished in a refugee camp.
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9/25/2009
LONG BEACH, CA — The tiny Cambodian woman trembled slightly and stared blankly ahead as she told the story that has haunted her for half a lifetime: Her parents and brother died in Khmer Rouge labor camps. Her baby perished in a refugee camp.
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Even From US, Khmer Rouge Victims Seek Justice
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Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
6/3/2009
Some nights, Chea Marie finds herself running from the black-clad Khmer Rouge guerrillas who have come to torture her. She runs and keeps on running until she wakes up. More than 30 years after the collapse of the regime, these nightmares continue to haunt her, even though she has moved to the US.
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6/3/2009
Some nights, Chea Marie finds herself running from the black-clad Khmer Rouge guerrillas who have come to torture her. She runs and keeps on running until she wakes up. More than 30 years after the collapse of the regime, these nightmares continue to haunt her, even though she has moved to the US.
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Khmer Rouge Continues to Haunt: Researcher
By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
6/2/2009
Cambodians living in the US continue to be haunted by the experiences under the Khmer Rouge, which can even affect their everyday behavior, a researcher said Saturday.
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6/2/2009
Cambodians living in the US continue to be haunted by the experiences under the Khmer Rouge, which can even affect their everyday behavior, a researcher said Saturday.
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US-Cambodians To Discuss Tribunal Options
By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
5/14/2009
Cambodians living in the US who feel they are victims of the Khmer Rouge will gather in Arlington, Va., later this month to discuss their right to file testimony at the UN-backed court in Phnom Penh.
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5/14/2009
Cambodians living in the US who feel they are victims of the Khmer Rouge will gather in Arlington, Va., later this month to discuss their right to file testimony at the UN-backed court in Phnom Penh.
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Khmer Rouge survivors give voice to their 'silent suffering'
(Photo: Vanta El)
By Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times
4/12/2009
At night, the old woman hears the voices of her children crying out for her. She knows they will never stop. Um Sath is 89, and it has been three decades since the Khmer Rouge laid waste to Cambodia. But she shuts her eyes and furiously taps her temples to show exactly where the genocidal regime still rules with impunity. "We miss you, Mama," the voices cry.
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4/12/2009
At night, the old woman hears the voices of her children crying out for her. She knows they will never stop. Um Sath is 89, and it has been three decades since the Khmer Rouge laid waste to Cambodia. But she shuts her eyes and furiously taps her temples to show exactly where the genocidal regime still rules with impunity. "We miss you, Mama," the voices cry.
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Cambodian community talks about troubled past, looks to the future
By Mara Grunbaum, Street Roots
4/1/2009
It’s been three decades since the Khmer Rouge killing fields, and Sochanny Meng still has nightmares. Meng, 49, came to the United States as a refugee from Cambodia, where between 1975 and 1979 the brutal Khmer Rouge regime killed 1.7 million people – one-fifth of the country’s population – through overwork, starvation, torture and execution.
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4/1/2009
It’s been three decades since the Khmer Rouge killing fields, and Sochanny Meng still has nightmares. Meng, 49, came to the United States as a refugee from Cambodia, where between 1975 and 1979 the brutal Khmer Rouge regime killed 1.7 million people – one-fifth of the country’s population – through overwork, starvation, torture and execution.
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From the Killing Fields to the Courtroom / Terry Tempest Williams
KQED Radio: Forum with Michael Krasny
2/18/2009
Thirty years ago, the Khmer Rouge regime oversaw the torture and genocide of at least 1.7 million Cambodians. As the first in a series of war crimes tribunals begins this week, we discuss the impact of the Khmer Rouge on the Cambodian people and the significance of the proceedings.
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2/18/2009
Thirty years ago, the Khmer Rouge regime oversaw the torture and genocide of at least 1.7 million Cambodians. As the first in a series of war crimes tribunals begins this week, we discuss the impact of the Khmer Rouge on the Cambodian people and the significance of the proceedings.
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