Who Was Killed In The Reign Of Terror

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Cambodians who lost family during the Khmer Rouge genocide slammed an Irish artist's decision to digitally add smiles to old black and white pictures of victims killed by the regime.

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The Khmer Rouge's reign of terror from to left an estimated two million Killled dead. The regime took photographs of thousands of its victims, including those sent to Tuol Sleng or S, a Phnom Penh high school which was converted into a prison. An estimated 15, people were interrogated and tortured there before being put to death in a neighboring field. Artist Matt Loughrey has been adding color to the black and white photos of victims as part of a personal project, but claims he added smiles to some of those here has provoked a backlash.

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A selection of the images and an interview with Loughrey was published on the Vice news website over the weekend, attracting criticism. The article has been pulled from the website.

Norng Chan Phal, a S survivor who lost parents at the prison, characterized Loughrey's project as "an insult to the victims of Khmer Rouge. Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said it considered Loughrey's manipulation of the images to "seriously affect the dignity of the victims" as well as the reality of the country's history. The project also violated the rights of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum as the lawful owners and custodians of the images, it added. Hun Many, a lawmaker and youngest son of the country's leader Hun Sen said: "It clearly shows that those individuals, go here foreigners, do not understand the painful tragedy of Cambodia.

The Khmer Rouge took pictures of thousands of its victims, including those at Tuol Sleng prison, which has since been converted into a museum. The Standard Channel. IOS Android. Flipping Version.]