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đź—ż Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection

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đź—ż Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center and S-21 Tuol Sleng—UNESCO World Heritage Site


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  • UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2025
  • Primary site: Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, an execution ground for S-21 prisoners (1975–1979)
  • Over 8,000 victims' remains exhumed; thousands more believed undisturbed
  • Khmer Rouge regime killed approximately 2 million Cambodians, nearly one-quarter of the population

The Cambodian Memorial Sites—From Centres of Repression to Places of Peace and Reflection—were inscribed as a UNESCO World ...

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