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Decades On, Southeast Asians Struggle in US

By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer 
10/27/2010
Researchers and educators from Southeast Asian communities in the US met over the weekend to discuss the ongoing challenges immigrants from the region face in America. 
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History cannot be hidden' as Khmer Rouge leaders tried

By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY 
9/15/2010
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Khmer Rouge shot and killed his wife and child. They tortured him with electric shocks and yanked out his toenails. They turned rice paddies into "killing fields," where the corpses of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians were left to rot. 
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In Lowell, Cambodians Expect More from Tribunal

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By Pin Sisovann
8/18/2010
Lowell, Mass., has one of the largest Cambodian populations in the US. Nearly 40,000 Cambodians live here, and many of them were also victims of the Khmer Rouge. Cambodians here have followed the Khmer Rouge tribunal with much interest, and on a recent Saturday, nearly 50 of them gathered to discuss more work of the UN-backed court. 
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Experts Say Healing Must Come From In and Outside the Tribunal

By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer 
8/13/2010
There are many ways that people can heal from the Khmer Rouge. The UN-backed tribunal is only one of them. And though some have voiced disappointment with a relatively short sentence for Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, experts say it's a start. 
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Khmer Rouge Leader's Prison Sentence Gets Mixed Reaction

By  Robert Carmichael, VOA News
7/27/2010
On Monday, a United Nations-backed tribunal convicted Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, of war crimes and crimes against humanity - the first major Khmer Rouge figure to be tried since the regime was overthrown. He has already spent 16 years in prison, and the tribunal sentenced him to another 19 years.  
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Airing memories of Khmer Rouge atrocities helps some victims recover

By My-Thuan Tran, Los Angeles Times 
5/1/2010
Kieng Seng never wanted to relive her memories of the brutal Khmer Rouge era. She never said a word to her friends or children, having "buried the memories in the ground under 100 layers." But last year, she recounted those nightmares openly for the first time, entering them as witness testimony in tribunals against former Khmer Rouge leaders accused of crimes against humanity.
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CSULB professor urges Cambodians to testify to history at event

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By Greg Mellen, Press-Telegram
4/29/2010 
 LONG BEACH - For two years now, Leakhena Nou has been engaged in a personal mission. The sociology professor at Cal State Long Beach has been at the forefront of collecting testimony from victims of 1970s Khmer Rouge atrocities in the Cambodian refugee community. The information could become part of the court records in the ongoing Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal being held in Cambodia.
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