Cambodia Introduces Draft Law Criminalizing Khmer Rouge Genocide Denial

Cambodia government approves updated anti-genocide law

The Cambodian government Friday approved a draft law that aims to punish those who ignore, minimize, or deny the crimes committed by the communist regime between 1975 and 1979. Under the revised law, the civil penalty for genocide denial will now be increased to 1 to 5 years imprisonment and 10 million to 50 million riels (USD $2480 to $12,400). The draft law is an amendment to the original 2013 anti-genocide denial law. The original law enforce…

Cambodia approves law to prosecute deniers of Khmer Rouge atrocities

Under the seven-article bill, people who 'deny the truth of the bitter past' will be jailed between one to five years and could face fines of $2,500 (10 million riel) to $125,000

Cambodia approves draft law punishing Khmer Rouge genocide denial

The ultra-Maoist movement wiped out about two million people.

Cambodia's Cabinet approves draft law toughening penalties for denying Khmer Rouge atrocities

Cambodia’s Cabinet has approved a draft bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying atrocities were carried out in the late 1970s under the rule of communist Khmer Rouge, whose brutal policies are blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people.

Cambodia's cabinet has approved a draft law that would impose up to five years in prison on those who deny the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge regime, or glorify them.

The Cambodian Cabinet passed a bill to punish people who deny the crimes of the Khmer Rouge

According to the sheet Khmer Timesthe Cambodian cabinet headed by Prime Minister Hun Manet on January 25 passed a draft Law against non-recognition of crimes committed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979). Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen (front row, middle) and Prime Minister Hun Manet (right) at the ceremony commemorating the victory over the genocidal regime of Pol Pot 7.1 in Phnom Penh The draft law includes 7 articles de…