BehindthewallsofS21

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  • t'sacollectionofimagesfromagenocideforgotten.Aperi… t'sacollectionofimagesfromagenocideforgotten.Aperiodofhistoryseldomstudied.Facesneverseenbefore. "NightoftheKhmerRouge:GenocideandJusticeinCamodia"isthePaulRobesonGallery'slatestexhibitandisavividimageoftorture,victimsandperpetrators. TheselectedimagesarefromthearchivesoftheDocumentationCenterofCambodia,anon-profitorganizationaimedatdocumentingthecrimesandatrocitiesofthecountry'sdarkestperiod,whenaquarterofthepopulationwasmurdered. ManyofthephotoscomefromS-21,oneofthemostnotoriousprisonsduringthereignoftheKhmerRouge,anextremistcommunistpartywhichruledoverCambodiafrom1975to1979.LedbyPolPot,thepartykilledover1.5millionpeoplethroughpoliticalassassinations,starvationandforcedlabor. Thegallery'sunderlyingthemeisaviewcontrarytotraditionalperspectives,explainedMeng-TryEa,graduatestudentatR-Nandorganizerofthegallery. Itquestionsthedifferentiationbetweenthevictimsofthegenocideandtheperpetratorsofthecrimes,Easaid. PortraitsofmembersoftheKhmerRougeparty,someofwhicharechildren,linethewallsofthegallery.Manyofthemwereindoctrinatedbythepartyandwereforcedtocarryoutatrocitiesorelsebekilled.TheseexecutorsarealsovictimsoftheKhmerRougeideology,Easaid,andblurthelinesbetweenthetwoidentities. "Thisisonesideofthestoryandwehavetoanalyzetheirtestimonyasvictims,"Easaid. "ThisisthefirsttimemanyhavebeenseenoutsideofCambodiaorintheU.S.,"saidAlexHinton,associateprofessorofanthropologyandglobalaffairsatR-Nandco-organizerofthegallery. "Ihopeitraisesasmanyquestionsasitanswers.Itraisesquestionslike:'Whatisjustice?,''Whoisresponsible?.'"Hintonsaid. JorgeDanielVeneciano,directorofthePaulRobesonGallery,saidthegallery"hasresonancewithworldaffairstoday." "EverythingfromDarfurtotortureintheMiddleEast,Guantanamo,Iraq;anumberofissuescomeupherethatarebeyondthespecificissueofCambodia,"Venecianosaid. AnativeofCambodiaandsurvivorofthegenocide,Easaid"IwanttheworldtoknowwhathappenedinCambodia"and"worktogethertomakesureitdoesn'thappenedanywhereelseintheworld."

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