Analyst’s Murder Highlights Cambodian Misrule Dictator Hun Sen uses brutality to maintain power & erode international confidence, writes Nate Thayer Nate Thayer July 11, 2016 Asia Sentinel Minutes after prominent Cambodian independent political analyst Kem Ley was gunned down in broad daylight, police arrested a “suspect” who had “confessed” to the assassination. Within hours, a […]
In Defense of the War Criminal Henry Kissinger
In Defense of Henry Kissinger: Cambodia and Pol Pot The truth is the collective Cambodian political culture makes the war criminal Henry Kissinger look like Mother Theresa. By Nate Thayer February 15, 2016 Henry Kissinger has gotten a bad rap for the horrific crimes against humanity, war crimes, and mass murder that is the […]
Cambodian Army’s dossier of shame
Army’s dossier of shame The state sponsored violence in Cambodia in recent days has a long and predictable history that made the current events inevitable. “Villagers feel totally helpless as they see no recourse against official arbitrary violence and abuses. Deprived of any means to seek justice, even when their children are taken away and […]