Enemies of the People
VIEW EVENT DETAILSThe Khmer Rouge ran what is regarded as one of the 20th century's most brutal regimes. Yet the killing fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now.
In Enemies of the People, the men and women who perpetrated the massacres – from the foot-soldiers to the party’s ideological leader, Nuon Chea, aka Brother Number Two – break a 30-year silence to give testimony never before heard or seen.
Unprecedented access from top to bottom of the Khmer Rouge has been achieved through a decade of work by one of Cambodia’s best investigative journalists, Thet Sambath.
Join Asia Society for a screening of Enemies of the People, followed by a panel discussion about the ongoing UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia with Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch, and Tung Yap, Cambodian Americans for Human Rights and Democracy.
Sophie Richardson is the advocacy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division and oversees the organization’s work on China. Her book on Chinese foreign policy is forthcoming from Columbia University Press, and she has also published on domestic Chinese political reform, democratization, and human rights in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.
Tung Yap is the president of Cambodian Americans for Human Rights and Democracy (CAHRAD), a non-partisan, non-political, and non-profit organization promoting human rights and democracy in Cambodia. Its mission is to promote human rights and build a strong foundation of democracy in Cambodia through peaceful means, public awareness, education, advocacy, community actions and organizational alliances.
Event Details
Asia Society Washington, The Cinnabar Room, Whittemore House, 2nd Flr., 1526 New Hampshire Ave, NW