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STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 12, 2021 • 11 min read

Khmer Rouge Photoshopping history: The true story behind the smirking man of Tuol Sleng

By Andrew Haffner and Alastair McCready • Apr 12, 2021
An artist has caused uproar and anguish after photoshopping smiles onto the faces of inmates photographed at notorious Khmer Rouge prison camp S-21. Here, the brother of Khva Leang, incorrectly introduced as Bora in the piece, tells the true story of his long-lost kin

Oct 19, 2020 • 8 min read
History

The Jakarta Method: How US-backed communist purges shaped our world

Recently released book The Jakarta Method documents the deadly game of trial and error practiced by the CIA in 1960s Indonesia, as the Southeast Asian nation's US-backed mass killings would become the model for anti-communist purges around the globe
By Shanti du Rocher • Oct 19, 2020

Mar 26, 2020 • 6 min read
Rohingya photography

A life in pictures

Driven from their homes and living in arduous conditions, three Rohingya refugees have been equipped with smart phones and trained in photography in order to document day-to-day life in Bangladesh's refugee camps
By Andrew Haffner • Mar 26, 2020

Mar 13, 2020 • 12 min read
Rohingya crisis

The power of the persecuted

Young Canada-based Rohingya activist Yasmin Ullah has helped take the plight of the persecuted ethnic minority group in Myanmar to the world’s largest court, yet her fight for justice has only just begun
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 13, 2020

Feb 25, 2020 • 15 min read
The Killing Fields

Going off script

In 1985, Cambodian Haing S Ngor became the first Asian to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the iconic The Killing Fields. The Globe sat down with the film's screenplay writer Bruce Robinson on the 24th anniversary of Ngor's murder to hear his reflections on the man and the movie
By Jonnie Bayfield • Feb 25, 2020

Dec 12, 2019 • 11 min read
International Court of Justice

The battle of The Hague

As Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi takes the unprecedented step of defending her nation on charges of genocide in front of the International Court of Justice, Rohingya Muslims watch on with fear and trepidation using mobiles phones from refugee camps in Bangladesh
By Andrew Haffner • Dec 12, 2019

Aug 02, 2019 • 14 min read
Khmer Rouge

Love in the time of genocide

Three transgender men living in secret under the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime share their stories of love, loss and betrayal
By Tabitha Payne • Aug 02, 2019

Jul 17, 2019 • 16 min read
Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Crime and punishment

From our print archive: Establishing the incredible against those who wish to defend the indefensible will be the grim task of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
By Craig Guthrie • Jul 17, 2019

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Jul 09, 2019 • 8 min read
Khmer Rouge

The revolution will be televised

From our print archive: Movie producer and real estate mogul Oum Prum looks back at his past life as a filmmaker for the Khmer Rouge regime
By Marc Eberle • Jul 09, 2019