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The Cambodian government has threatened legal action against the UK-based Vice media group after the culture publication ran an article containing manipulated portraits of the people killed at the hands of the Khmer Rouge at Phnom Penh’s Security Prison 21. The modified images, by the Irish photographic artist Matt Loughrey, were taken without permission from the archive of what is today the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and ran on Vice’s website on 9 April. As part of a wider project titled The Colourful Past, Loughrey restored and colourised the archival portraits of the prison’s vic...

Vice Media group is facing fierce backlash after publishing photographs of victims of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime that were altered to show some of the victims smiling.

12 Apr 2021 Vice Media on Sunday removed an article featuring digitally altered photos of Cambodian genocide victims with smiles on their faces after complaints from the Cambodian government and a petition to demand an apology from the media organization. The article, originally posted on Friday, showcased the work of Irish digital artist Matt Loughrey, who said he wanted to humanize victims of the genocidal Khmer Rouge, a Communist insurgency supported by China that tortured and killed up to 2 million people in the late 1970s. Loughrey took black-and-white photos of prisoners from the infamo...

news Photo restorer who added smiles to Cambodian genocide victims violated the law, gov’t says © Hong Kong Free Press Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has said that an Ireland-based photo restoration artist broke the country’s archive law after he digitally colourised and added smiles to images of genocide victims. VICE News has removed an article showcasing Matt Loughrey’s work, whilst a petition demanding an apology gained traction on Sunday evening. © Hong Kong Free Press Photo: HKFP. Between 1.5 to 2 million people were tortured and killed by the Khmer Rouge reg...