If you are a history teacher (or really just a teacher) with a desire to help make the world a better place and have some time on your hands this summer (or next), I highly recommend a stint as a volunteer with Teachers Across Borders. This very worthy NGO is currently seeking volunteer teachers to…
Tag: Cambodia
More Arrests in Cambodia
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) yesterday ordered the arrest of the former Foreign Minister of the Khmer Rouge regime, Ieng Sary, for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity and of his wife, Ieng Thirith (who was Minister for Social Affairs) for Crimes Against Humanity. These arrests seem to mark an intensification…
A Confluence of Interests
Regular readers of this blog know that I have a strong professional interest in things East European (or what we used to call East European–now East Central European or Southeast European) and things Cambodian. The East European interest is professional–I’m an East Europeanist by training. The second is personal and professional–I spent a very exciting…
Justice of a Sort (cont’d)
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia have acted to arrest another senior leader of the Khmer Rouge regime. Nuon Chea, former head of the national assembly in Cambodia was arrested today in preparation for his trial by the genocide tribunal. He is the second senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader arrested on the tribunal’s…