Sophal Ear (អៀ សុផល) - Oslo Freedom Forum 2010 (English/Khmer) (ខ្មែរ)

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Sophal Ear discusses how Cambodia - at one point an island of peace and a model of development as war raged in Vietnam - deteriorated into the home of one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. Ear explains his family's history as they were forced to move to the countryside once the Khmer Rouge took power and re-ordered society in pursuit of the agrarian utopia that they promised the Cambodian people. The result of this social experiment? The starvation of one out of every four Cambodians as they tried to live off of rationed porridge. 1.7 million died, including Ear's father. The only reason Ear is still alive today is that his mother was able to use her limited knowledge of Vietnamese to fake her identity and sneak her children out of Cambodia. Ear takes us inside Tuol Sleng, a school where the classrooms were transformed into torture chambers by the Khmer Rouge. 16,000 died in Tuol Sleng, and these jailers did not discriminate by age or gender. Shockingly, says Ear, is that many intellectuals in the West actually supported this barbaric regime. For example, Noam Chomsky, George Hildebrand, and Gareth Porter wrote favorably of the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s. More than three decades after the end of the Khmer Rouge regime, a four-year old Tribunal will render its verdict in July of 2010 on the guilt or innocence of the individual who ran Tuol Sleng. Ear's talk culminates in a plea for keeping an accurate historical record, one where genocide does not have a statute of limitations.

លោក អៀ សុផល បង្ហាញថាកម្ពុជាគឺជាដែនកោះសន្តិភាពនិងជាគំរូអភិវឌ្ឍន៍មួយ ដែលជាអកុសលសង្គ្រាមនៅ វៀតណាមបានផ្ទុះឡើងហើយហូរចូលមកកម្ពុជា ហើយបង្កឲ្យមានអំពើប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ដ៏យង់ឃ្នងមួយ។ លោកពន្យល់ពីប្រវត្តិគ្រួសាររបស់លោកដែលត្រូវបានជំលៀសចេញពីទីក្រុងទៅនៅជនបទ ក្រោយពីខ្មែរក្រហម ឡើងកាន់អំណាច ហើយបានរៀបចំសង្គមខ្មែរឡើងវិញដោយស្រមៃកសាងប្រទេសឲ្យមានភាពក្សេមក្សាន្តដោយ ផ្អែកតែទៅលើកសិកម្មប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ លទ្ធផលនៃពិសោធន៍សង្គមបែបនេះបានបណ្តាលឲ្យមនុស្ស១,៧លាននាក់បាន ស្លាប់ ដែលម្នាក់ក្នុងចំណោម៤នាក់ស្លាប់ដោយអត់អាហាររួមទាំងឳពុករបស់លោក។ មូលហេតុដែលលោកនៅមានជីវិតគឺដោយសារម្តាយរបស់លោកបាននិយាយភាសាវៀតណាមដែលគាត់ចេះបន្តិចបន្­តួចបន្លំអត្តសញ្ញាណជួយឲ្យកូនៗគេចចេញពីកម្ពុជា។ លោករៀបរាប់ពីកន្លែងធ្វើទារុណកម្មនៅគុកទួលស្លែងដែលមានមនុស្ស១៦,០០០នាក់បានស្លាប់រួមមា­នស្ត្រី ក្មេងប្រុស-ស្រី។ មានបញ្ញាវន្តនៅលោកខាងលិចដូចជាលោក Noam Chomsky, George Hildebrand និង Gareth Porter បានសរសើរនិងគាំទ្រដល់របបព្រៃផ្សៃនេះដែលបណ្តាលឲ្យមានការយល់ច្រលំថាជារឿងល្អ។ សាលាក្តីខ្មែរក្រហមមួយដែលមានអាយុកាល៤ឆ្នាំនឹងកាត់ទោសបុគ្គលម្នាក់ដែលទទួលខុសគុកទួលស្­លែង នៅខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១០។ លោក សុផល បង្ហាញពីកំហុសក្នុងការដែលមិនបានថែរក្សាឯកសារ ប្រវតិ្តសាស្ត្រដ៏ត្រឹមត្រូវដែលចែងថាអំពើប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ត្រូវតែកំណត់ដោយច្បាប់និងមាន­ការកាត់ទោស។

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Translated into Khmer (Cambodian) by Socheata Vong, captions reviewed by Virak Kruy and Tharum Bun.

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  • This guy is a liar and a fraud. 

  • The most insightful talk of my home's darkest history!

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