A0 years ago, cambodia experienced a genocide of unimaginable proportions. 2 Million People died. Now, A New Film Directed By Hollywood Superstar Angelina Jolie has won the backing of the cambodian establishment. The presence of the cambodian royal family at the movies premiere, a stamp of approval for a film about the genocide that has never happened before, a significant acknowledgement that there needs to be more public discussion about the events of that time. I hope this doesnt bring up hatred, i hope it doesnt bring up blame, i hope itjust brings up discussion and i hope that the people of this country are proud when they see it because they see what they survived. On the banks of the mekong river bursts of colour, the sound of laughter. This is phnom penh today, full of life, bustling, families together, young and old. Seeing all this it is hard to imagine thatjust four decades ago all seemed lost, destroyed. In 1975, the khmer rouge, a radical communist movement, took power, fo
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and you could say in all of these examples, there are worrying signs that governments are using their legislative power to undermine, for example, the independence of the courts. look at israel today, which is almost at a state of civil war, because the right wing netanyahu government is trying to hijack the rule of law by appointing politically helpfuljudges. this is a continuing fight, and yet it was a polish judge who announced the indictment of putin. so, don t despair. as we speak, we don t know how the drama in israel is going to play out. no. it may take many more weeks and months before it comes clear whether thatjudicial reform will be pushed through, but netanyahu s argument, and those associated with him, is that for too long, israel has been too beholden to what they pretty much describe as a dictatorship of the judiciary,